Comments That Make Your Day

[SimonDoom]

I think this depends on the story you're trying to market. My stories almost always have sex in them, and hopefully it's sexy sex, but a reader who shows up looking for stroke material will probably be disappointed. Of mine, "Counting to Eleven" is probably the one with the most titillating tagline; it's the one with the highest views, and also one of the lowest scoring, and I suspect that's partly because I was too effective at enticing the wrong viewers.

I'd suggest that the tagline should sell the story on what the author thinks its strengths are, whether that's sex or something else. (But don't expect to find great examples of this in my own taglines.)

I agree. In the case of a non-erotic story, just substitute "most interesting" for "sexiest." The basic principle still applies.

For recurring characters, name recognition can be useful.

For first chapters/stand-alones... well, "Sarah" isn't very informative, but it conveys slightly more information than "woman" and it doesn't take any more characters.

You can make an argument both ways. Without data I don't know which is right.

Consider your Sarah and Anjali series. I suppose after Ch. 1 readers may be invested in the characters so using their names in the tagline will help hook them. But you take up precious space that perhaps could be used for more description of the activity. Plus, new readers may not care about Sarah and Anjali; you may be able to hook them better by concentrating less on their names and more on what's titillating in the story.

I'm just speculating at this point, obviously. You could spice up your descriptions a bit, though.

 

[NotWise]

I might be able to lay claim to the worst erotic story title ever -- "Stinky and Fudd." It's a sibcest story. "Stinky" was the childhood nickname for the gal, and "Fudd" was the childhood nickname for the guy.

That's explained early in the story, but it didn't occur to me that the name would have an "ick" effect before readers read the story. ChloeTzang pointed that out about as soon as I posted the story.

 

[dmallord]

Comment on Life is Like Shit - Not Chocolate

I asked for input on my humor/satire story 'Life is Like Shit - Not Chocolate. A very nice reply made my day - my week even!

https://www.literotica.com/s/life-is-like-shit-not-chocolate

Comment:

. . . I happily gave it 5 stars and I wasn’t reluctant to read it; an imaginative story, with sympathetic characters, well told in, a very distinctive and engaging, first-person voice. A sense of humour improves everything.

PS: It's far better than the title suggests. Maybe work on the title.
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Makes one want to write another one! And ... Please feel free to read the above story as well!

dmallord

 

[gordo12]

Two nice comments this morning from a fan who obviously likes Westerns.

The Gunfighter and One Night In Dodge City.

by Anonymous user on 3 hours ago
Excellent story Gordo!

by Anonymous user on 3 hours ago
YEE-HAW ride em COWBOY

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

My newest all time favorite comment...

You wright [sic] like God's own drunk.

I am Irish, and there are so many drunk authors, Hemingway, Kerouac, Capote, Dorothy Parker, Steinbeck

Very heady company.

PS at least I can spell write correctly.

 

[Panty Wrangler]

I got this from a fellow author, which really pleased me

What a quirky and fun little story! It probably would have scored better with more sex, but the writing was very good and the characters came to life. The dialogue is written particularly well and I really enjoyed the exchange with her friend at work. I really hope there is a follow-up chapter.

I particularly enjoyed writing the dialog, so it’s satisfying to hear that part was appreciated. As it happens I did write a sequel and there is more sex in it, but that just went up today and so far the only comment is this.

Oh fuck......more please!!!!

 

[TxRad]

The Comment of the day:

Anonymous about 7 hours ago

Most disgusting. Terrible. Nasty. One star since I can't give zero.

No, not Loving Wives but Romance. Someone check the emergency doors in LW, one of them is ajar.

 

[gordo12]

Nice comment this morning on Following Laura's Footsteps.

by XXXXXXXX 7 hours ago
This one is my all-time favorite Christmas story! Perfect! Thank you!

 

[MajorRewrite]

Comment by anonymous on “Mom Son Lap Halloween”

Thank you for a master level piece of which I felt completely engrossed reading as it contained all the facets of a perfectly crafted tail. Such a refreshing change from the cringe worth drivel of norm

“Perfectly crafted tail” made me laugh out loud and is the ultimate compliment, I think we can all agree.

 

[SimonDoom]

I had to share this one, for my latest story Teddy Bear:

"IMHO you are very disturbed, SD which is part of your charm."

 

[ElectricBlue]

I had to share this one, for my latest story Teddy Bear:

"IMHO you are very disturbed, SD which is part of your charm."

That is very true, and Teddy is a superb example of your straight-forward pervertedness, and there should be more of it.

You are moving away from the beach and heading towards the empty ledge just down the cliff from Oggbashan's puffin. The future of quirk on Lit is in safe hands .

 

[gordo12]

Two new nice comments this afternoon.

Hidden Boss:

by xxxxxxx 35 minutes ago
Love this story! That is a tough industry!!

Homeless:

by xxxxxx 37 minutes ago
Awesome, just so awesome. Thank you for this one!

 

[Wifetheif]

When the historical research pays off:

Excellent take on Shanghai of old. It's been many decades since we had any real influence in China, Boxer Rebellion ring a bell? I'm really surprised Mr. Chang let the couple leave so easily. Chang had both over a barrel so to speak. Miss Jones' body could have been used by many others before releasing her husband. Great story I enjoyed reading. Five Stars.

 

[Bramblethorn]

"This is wonderful and extremely moving! It belongs right here in the Lit community, but it also belongs in contention for a Hugo and a Nebula award. I expect I will be rereading this many times."

That might be a bit generous but it still put a smile on my face.

 

[PetroniusJackson]

New writer here. One of my first stories received this anonymous comment:

"Utterly enthralling. I’ve given five stars to all your chapters thus far, you more than deserve them for such a lovely work of art."

Wow! Someone called my stroke fiction "a lovely work of art". I'm frankly flabbergasted by this flattering bit of hyperbole.

But it did make my day.

P.J.

 

[gordo12]

New writer here. One of my first stories received this anonymous comment:

"Utterly enthralling. I’ve given five stars to all your chapters thus far, you more than deserve them for such a lovely work of art."

Wow! Someone called my stroke fiction "a lovely work of art". I'm frankly flabbergasted by this flattering bit of hyperbole.

But it did make my day.

P.J.

Congratulations and welcome. You can link your stories in your signature so that people can follow them back if they're interested. Under User CP (at top left) "edit signature"

 

[Bramblethorn]

Loss Function is getting some ego-boosting comments: "The best Literotica story of the over 3000 I’ve read, and the first 5 star I’ve awarded."

 

[Bodington]

One of the favorable comments I received from a new member: 'You got that way of making the reader feel that they're a part of the story...love it!!!!!'

 

[RichardKimble]

New Lit author, published my first series recently. After posting the final chapter, this was the first comment on it to appear:

"Poorly Written Trash. 1"

A bit later, this one arrived: "Jesus. Just...no"

LOL and Welcome to Literotica!

I did receive a few other positive comments, which have been nice. However, I think I'm developing a soft-spot for the callous one-liners.

Cheers,
RichardK

 

[Wifetheif]

When you realize that you have touched someone on a deep emotional level.

Well written and thought out stories. However not for me, I have been poor, bought second hand clothes for me and my husband, made the childrens clothes from clothes bought at car boot sales. I have cried wondering when the light at the end of the tunnel would appear, but appear it did and we are quite well off now thank you. Would I have sold myself and my dignity to have avoided going through all those bad times, no never. I have retained my dignity and self esteem, my husband loves me more than ever for helping to steer us through those choppy waters. Could we honestly have retained our love for each other, could I have looked him in the eyes having spent twelve months as a perverts sex slave, filled daily with other men's spunk, I very much doubt it.

 

[Omenainen]

We had a bunch of very lovely comments on our first collaboration (Grumpy Old Ladies), but this was my favorite:

On Sundays, my husband knows I watch football. Today, my favorite team is on a bye. So I decided to read this story. When my husband asked and I told him, he thought it was funny, a gay man reading a lesbian story. I told him this was a sweet story about two people finding love a second time. It is like us. Thank you for sharing.

On the fun side, there was this anonymous gem of an opposite opinion:

16 pages about a couple of crusted up hags bickering and grinding their dust collectors together? 1

 

[Kumquatqueen]

My Hallowe'en story (Homesick Halloween) has an American guy in London having to deal with culture shock. He eventually gets together with his Welsh housemate.

Comment:
"OMG! This rang so many bells for me, I’m Welsh, married to an English Girl, plus I’ve worked for U.S. based companies and with Americans for over 30yrs, the culture clashes and phrasing differences are bang on in this, the humour had me crying with laughter in places, plus the gentle build of attraction between the two principals was so well done, the mental picture of a Thanksgiving dinner with British Christmas Crackers is one I’ll treasure for a long time!
Many thanks for writing this @Kumquatqueen, this is by far my favourite Halloween story for this year, cheers, Ppfzz. "

 

[dmallord]

Perhaps this isn't the right thread for my comment ... however, today if found it very gratifying to find a new member to lit [two day member] saved my story 'Life is Like Shit - Not Chocolate' as the reader's very first favorite story! NO comment, however.

Finally! I'm a 'first category' person on Literotica! . Made my day!

 

[gordo12]

On Fido:

"Loved it. I have 3 very protective dogs. I sometimes wonder what goes on in those heads."

 

[dmallord]

Better than a Smile!

One of my favorite stories gave me one of those 'I'm glad I wrote this' feelings! It comes from a comment on 'Tutoring Miss Picket' after this ending:

... It had been right at noon when I spotted her at the mailbox and it was after four o’clock now as she strolled out my door. I headed to the kitchen looking for something to restore my strength. ‘God, she nearly killed me,’ I thought as I creaked and gingerly limped across the living room. It had been years since Emma and I had done anything like that together. Looking up at the mantle, I thought I saw Emma’s portrait wink an eye at me before returning to that wonderful smile she always had in our evening conversations.

“Sugar,” I sighed, “if I did wrong, then come for me tonight before I get too far into tutoring Miss Picket and can’t stop.”

The comment is: “Loved the story between he and the sexy student, but there is just something in the last sentence that grabs this old 83 year old heart. I still have my sweet thing with me. Married now 60 years. I hugged her tighter last night after this story.”