Got a bit of feedback

[cawastedyouth]

I got some written feedback on one of my latests posts about Julia and Lauren
The Hardest Answer: Cars http://english.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=275058

The anonymus commenter was annoyed I had posted this story in small chunks.

From what I have up so far, should I have done this in one large mega chunk (which would mean about 11-14 possible lit pages) or keep going in installments? I have a large piece I could just put up for readers now and have the last of the story up and done.

 

[SweetErika]

On your bio page, they posted in order of the story, as it develops, correct?

Were the installments designed to stand-alone (more or less)?

I've been frustrated by accidentally starting in the middle of the story, only to find there are more chapters before, so I can kind of see what your commentator is saying. I also get pissy if I read a good story, then find it's the first chapter and the next one isn't up yet (or worse, never gets posted).

On the flip side, with so many non-erotic chapters and a couple of lesbian ones thrown in, I can completely see why you separated them (not to mention the length). I'm sure there are some who would be displeased to find erotica in the non-erotic section, others might not like lesbian action, and if the whole thing was in Lesbian, you'd likely get negative feedback on the lack of sex. You'd definitely need a note explaining what people can expect if you did it as one long story.

If it's permissable, what I might do is resubmit each chapter, linking to the first, and each previous and subsequent installment right IN the story, for example, in "Cars," you might put an authors note at the beginning and end, saying something like:

[While this piece is intended to stand alone,] If you'd like background, please see the previous installment, "The Hardest Answer" (hyperlinked).

The story

Thanks for reading! If you'd like to continue following Julia and Lauren's journey, please see "The Hardest Answer: Ex-Lover" (linked).

Then it'd be really easy for people to start at the beginning and keep reading, if they want to.

Does that make sense?

 

[Zorel]

Another viewpoint.

That is certainly a dilemma.
Since this is a free site, I really have no expectations at all. It would be terribly hard to write a bunch of chapters and keep them all suited for just one audience, say, just for lesbians, or just for people that liked group sex. Labeling in general is problematic in that way.
As a writer, it is easier to write in installments. And I would guess most internet readers wouldn't want to slog through a 20 page literotica post, no matter how good the writer is. I'm guessing most of us are sprinters, not marathon runners.

I doubt I'll ever write 'chapters' for literotica. If I want to go to that much trouble, I'll find a publisher and get it printed as a book.

 

[AchtungNight]

The chapter stories I did were meant to have each chapter stand alone, yet be connected to the others. Each chapter had hot action, and good plot and character development too. If the reader was interested in the story for the story's sake, as well as the sex that initially attracted them to the story, they could find more of both. As much as I was willing to write, anyway. I think I've written all I'm comfortable with for the time being.

Read whatever of my stories you want. I hope you enjoy it all.

 

[cawastedyouth]

Thank you...

It certainly was just a concept I needed to discuss with more prolific Lit authors. I have come to my general decision about The Hardest Answer. I was just hoping to generate more feedback on my writing in general, but I haven't found that much here. I've applied to several people who are active editors, but none seem interested in my work, which could just be because they're extremely busy. I'd just like people to enjoy my stories as they go up.

I have yet another Novel/Novella going up when Because of The Night is through. Actually several in that same category.

I don't think I will be able to finish posting The Hardest Answer here at Lit because of what is brewing in the future for Julia and Lauren...the original chapter would not be accepted here under the posting guidelines. As it is, I've skipped over a few chapters because of the less than adult centered nature. I'll figure out the rest in due time. I will conclude the piece here because the readers do need to see the ending, no matter what it becomes--I hate to leave readers hanging.

 

[cawastedyouth]

Yet another comment...

Okay, here's the deal:

I have written quite a bit about Julia and Lauren who happen to be lovers, but there's so little that actually quantifies their story as 'lesbian sex'. Even the few times I even came close to anything considering sex, I wasn't at all explicit.

So I don't post under 'Lesbian Sex', opting instead for the less sex oriented category "Non-Erotic".

I get feedback from someone who just is totally against anything gay oriented, but they had to get to the end of at least the first page to comment, and they felt it necessary to complain that I had written about lesbians at all. I just found it funny. That's all--a person doesn't like anything about the gay (male/female) population but feels compelled to comment about their dislike.

I'm a little upset, but it is really funny in some sense.

And they left a name...heh....

 

[SweetErika]

Okay, here's the deal:

I have written quite a bit about Julia and Lauren who happen to be lovers, but there's so little that actually quantifies their story as 'lesbian sex'. Even the few times I even came close to anything considering sex, I wasn't at all explicit.

So I don't post under 'Lesbian Sex', opting instead for the less sex oriented category "Non-Erotic".

I get feedback from someone who just is totally against anything gay oriented, but they had to get to the end of at least the first page to comment, and they felt it necessary to complain that I had written about lesbians at all. I just found it funny. That's all--a person doesn't like anything about the gay (male/female) population but feels compelled to comment about their dislike.

I'm a little upset, but it is really funny in some sense.

And they left a name...heh....

I'm giggling.

Watch, they probably enjoyed it on some level, but needed to comment to reiterate their anti-gay stance to themselves.

One of the stories I edited just came out and is getting a ton of feedback. Much of it negatively mentions a spanking that was meant to be humiliating for the main characters. The subject line of one comment was "Not too bad" and the text went on to criticize the spanking (wrongly, as they completely missed the point). That person gave it a 25, which hardly seems consistent with the overriding opinion of "not too bad" to me.

It seems like some get all caught up in criticizing anything they possibly can, or jumping on the bandwagon, even if it's going the wrong direction.

 

[cawastedyouth]

So the question is: Do I delete that comment?

It's a valid comment. It's unfortunate, but this exists. It infurated me and then made me laugh simply because of the sheer irony.

 

[Athena_e19]

It is interesting how many people will complain about a single element of the story and then keep coming back to read the follow up chapters or other elements of your work.

I had one "gentleman" who liked the non-human aspects of my story but disliked the occasional bit of violence and lesbianism. Much to my dismay he read each of the chapters of the work, posted negative comments on each of them always saying the same thing- "Your stuff would be better if you didn't include all the female-female stuff and the violence. It isn't very interesting. But I do like the tentacles!"

Bums.

 

[SweetErika]

So the question is: Do I delete that comment?

It's a valid comment. It's unfortunate, but this exists. It infurated me and then made me laugh simply because of the sheer irony.

I wouldn't delete it. It shouldn't matter to your other readers, and will probably give others a laugh.