content or technical merits
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Whispersecret
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I take in everything when I vote. Poor mechanics will detract for a story a great deal for me. I want to enter the story with my imagination and if there are a lot of places where my brain has to stop short, process an error, then that detracts from my experience as a reader.
However, sometimes (not often) a story can be so riveting that I find myself glossing over mistakes. But, as I said, that doesn't happen very often.
However, sometimes (not often) a story can be so riveting that I find myself glossing over mistakes. But, as I said, that doesn't happen very often.
sirhugs
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Whispersecret said it well. I just want to add that a well plotted, tightly written sexually charged story will blast me past modest errors to get a "5". A wel written, technically solid bland story I likely wont bother voting on. A technical mess I vote down. I decide if I like a story by the end of a paragrapgh or two and find I'm usually right- a good story pulls me in immediately and holds me.
PaulX35
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Keep in mind...
Ernie,
Keep in mind that erotic content is what you - theoretically, at least - have in common with all the thousands of stories being posted here. So if you want to get higher votes than the "competition" you have to make sure your readers are not stumbling over technical imperfections.
Most readers here are pretty experienced, so they will likely, and even over stuff you would maybe not consider that important yourself. So I would definitely make sure my grammar and tenses are not the things that make my reader stop to read again, or be irritated. It will only distract him/her from the erotic content, and hence from liking what you wished to share with others, and that's a shame.
Style is a personal thing of course. But any style you happen to like should be one that allows the reader a chance to be captivated.
With that in mind: what you don't say is often as important as the degree to which you elect to be explicit, not matter how well written that is.
Oh, and by the way: I think it's "semantics", not "symantics", but that's technical
evilernie said:
Ernie,
Keep in mind that erotic content is what you - theoretically, at least - have in common with all the thousands of stories being posted here. So if you want to get higher votes than the "competition" you have to make sure your readers are not stumbling over technical imperfections.
Most readers here are pretty experienced, so they will likely, and even over stuff you would maybe not consider that important yourself. So I would definitely make sure my grammar and tenses are not the things that make my reader stop to read again, or be irritated. It will only distract him/her from the erotic content, and hence from liking what you wished to share with others, and that's a shame.
Style is a personal thing of course. But any style you happen to like should be one that allows the reader a chance to be captivated.
With that in mind: what you don't say is often as important as the degree to which you elect to be explicit, not matter how well written that is.
Oh, and by the way: I think it's "semantics", not "symantics", but that's technical
ronde
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If I'm going to drive somewhere I've never been before, I use roadsigns and a roadmap to find my way. If the map is good and the roadsigns are in place, I end up at my destination after an easy drive. Take down the off-ramp signs on the interstate, and I end up someplace I don't want to be. I'll have to backtrack and hunt for the proper road. I'm almost certainly going to be upset with the road commissioner.
Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are the signs and map for understanding the written word. The grammar and punctuation an author uses tell the reader how to interpret the words. Spelling removes doubt about meaning. Poor spelling is like driving in Europe. All the letters are there; you just can't tell what they mean without flipping through the phrasebook.
Without the "map", the reader will end up backtracking to find the direction of the story, or may miss the point all together. In either case, the reader is not going to be satisfiedsatisfied.
Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are the signs and map for understanding the written word. The grammar and punctuation an author uses tell the reader how to interpret the words. Spelling removes doubt about meaning. Poor spelling is like driving in Europe. All the letters are there; you just can't tell what they mean without flipping through the phrasebook.
Without the "map", the reader will end up backtracking to find the direction of the story, or may miss the point all together. In either case, the reader is not going to be satisfiedsatisfied.
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