I wish more readers would take that into account as well. Some of them get all worked up over a story to the point they sound offended, but did it cost you anything but time? I could see if you spent a few bucks and were let down, but again, authors here are doing this for the bubble.
Ideally, I'd want to measure success by total fluid volume loss by the audience (adjusted for at-rest respiration, naturally). But that's a difficult metric to capture online.
That's probably a good attitude to have, but I don't think it's accurate, not for Literotica at least.
This is only a winning strategy if you are writing commercially. Even then it has its weaknesses. If you are writing for free, then write for yourself.
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I understand that. I was merely saying that here on Lit, getting better doesn't necessarily mean getting more fans. But it's still a good way of thinking.
Same storyline, same style, same genre, same anything - with the whole of our imagination to draw on, and the entire world to inspire us, why should we deliberately limit ourselves?And the idea of constantly serving up essentially the same tired storyline is
I enjoy writing established characters, but try to place them in some different situation, or a in a different genre of story, or using a different writing style.
I have a few established characters too, and I enjoy reusing them. Avilia and Sligh from "The Rivals" because I haven't nearly finished telling all the sword & sorcery stories I want. Allie from "The Code", "Flesh For A Third Fantasy" and "While She Watches Them" because she's a convenient character to drop into a variety of sexy situations. Generic Hot Redhead, because everyone loves a hot redhead.
Some will realize you are dialing it in for sure
I've mentioned Nathanael West's concept of "excited disgust" (see The Day of the Locust). People are sometimes fascinated with something (it could be incest, as in this case) but they are ashamed to admit it, even to themselves. They put on a show of disapproval but they often give themselves away by continuing to seek more materials about it. There's a fair amount of that on this site.
Actually they would have asked for better streetcars. Some truth to that even today. Only 4% of Americans use transit regularly, but 84% of them support more funding of it. It's a good thing, I suppose they think, but for other people mostly.
Well, I don't know anyone else's experience, but I have one commenter who has commented on several of my stories and always positively, here and on other sites.
I don't even have a car now. If I could afford it, I'd take a taxi or Uber a lot. At my age, I can't walk that well. We have subways, but only about one station in four or five is ADA accessible. I can climb stairs but it's very difficult to go down them. They'll get to them all long after I'm gone.
I wasn't looking for pity. Just trying to say that mass transit has become tiresome to use and the costs of new rail lines in places like Phoenix make them boondoggles. Why, in fact, only 4% of Americans use it.
