This is more of a delurk than anything else. My first story went up a few days ago which I guess makes me an author, and since I'll be scavenging these forums for advice and ideas, I thought it would be good to introduce myself.
I don't really have much of a clue about what I'm doing at the moment, but I've always thought that if you want to be good at something, you have to get past being bad at it. I like reading the stories on here, and I like to tell stories, so I thought I'd try to add something to the pot. My first attempt seems to have been well enough received, but there was no sex in that. I'm interested, in a terrified sort of way, in how the second installment works.
One thing I have noticed, as an aside, is the way that even though characters are figments of my imagination, they're remarkably independent. Almost to the point of being uncooperative. You think "Let's have Jane buy a new set of waterproofs, and before you know it she's walked into a dojo to resume her Kendo training, which she abandoned when her ex confessed it intimidated him. I'm kind of assuming this isn't just me. Even if it is, I guess I have to deal with it.
One question I have is regarding the huge discrepancy between views and votes. If a story has a thousand views and five votes, does this mean that a thousand people have read it to the end, or does a view count if someone never makes it to the bottom of page one? And on a related note I've noticed the score on my one submission so far has changed slightly a couple of times even though the number of votes hasn't. Obviously I'm losing lots of sleep over this - can anyone satisfy my curiosity?
Someone in another post suggested adding a link to stories we'd written. This post isn't really about a particular story, but here's the link anyway in case anyone's curiosity is piqued. Fair warning though - Your five minutes is non-refundable
http://www.literotica.com/s/quid-pro-quo-ch-01-2
Anyway. First posts are always the hardest, and my preferred tactic has always been to jump in and wing it. This one is no exception.
Er......
that's it
I don't really have much of a clue about what I'm doing at the moment, but I've always thought that if you want to be good at something, you have to get past being bad at it. I like reading the stories on here, and I like to tell stories, so I thought I'd try to add something to the pot. My first attempt seems to have been well enough received, but there was no sex in that. I'm interested, in a terrified sort of way, in how the second installment works.
One thing I have noticed, as an aside, is the way that even though characters are figments of my imagination, they're remarkably independent. Almost to the point of being uncooperative. You think "Let's have Jane buy a new set of waterproofs, and before you know it she's walked into a dojo to resume her Kendo training, which she abandoned when her ex confessed it intimidated him. I'm kind of assuming this isn't just me. Even if it is, I guess I have to deal with it.
One question I have is regarding the huge discrepancy between views and votes. If a story has a thousand views and five votes, does this mean that a thousand people have read it to the end, or does a view count if someone never makes it to the bottom of page one? And on a related note I've noticed the score on my one submission so far has changed slightly a couple of times even though the number of votes hasn't. Obviously I'm losing lots of sleep over this - can anyone satisfy my curiosity?
Someone in another post suggested adding a link to stories we'd written. This post isn't really about a particular story, but here's the link anyway in case anyone's curiosity is piqued. Fair warning though - Your five minutes is non-refundable
http://www.literotica.com/s/quid-pro-quo-ch-01-2
Anyway. First posts are always the hardest, and my preferred tactic has always been to jump in and wing it. This one is no exception.
Er......
that's it
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