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[destinie21]

why are we here?
Is this (LIT) a substitute or a suppliment?......for?
love?
relationship?
conversations?
sex?

for me...I find it too much a substitute for what is either missing or waning in my "REAL" life. More idealy this would be supplimental. Back when ifelt i was being heard, understood, listened to etc...i think i would have no need or desire to be here...or at least minimally. I definately enjoy meeting new and intelligent people.

I will make an example outside myself...at great risk. This is Only MY observation and i think it is not entirely accurate....

take for example Destinie's love poems to her love.....
beautiful.


why post them here for us?
for positive feedback that is not coming at home?
is THIS the forum in which they are presented to her?
WE are privy to extremely personal aspects of relationships here.

I am sorry Destinie if this seems like a stab, it is not intended to be...please respond. or not.

I think the reason I post my pictures and WILL post stories is because i do not get the response i long for at home....yes i have presented them to her...drawings and stories and notes etc...



rhino-thoughhtlessly-thinking

There's no reason to be sorry unless there was malice intended.
Anyway the reason I post here is because I need to vent sometimes and why not here. I get alot of feedback from K. re: art and poetry but It's not even about feedback I've always used written word to express myself so it seems only natural to me.

 

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[SlaveMasterUK]

I post stories here because here is an audience that is actively seeking what I write (or somewhere along those lines). I have given copies of my stories out to friends in the past - my female friends seem to read them and let me know what they think, but the one male friend I trusted with a sneak preview of my last novella took 3 months to read half of it, said he "didn't have time to read it", then started talking to another friend about this really good book he bought earlier that week...

As to why I post in the Hangout, well... I get to chat to other people who do what I do, or thereabouts, and have some interesting conversations along the way. Plus I get to advertise a little of what I'm doing through my replies - I've had a few people write feedback saying things along the lines of "after reading your replies in the hangout, I thought your story would be worth a look..."

but mostly I'm chatting to people on the same wavelength, which is something I have trouble doing in my age-group in my area.

ax

 

[ffreak]

For me it is both substitution and supplemental. I discuss books, music, writing, life, politics, everything but sex at home (guess I'm too 50's).

Here I can discuss the impact of sex in our lives and our writing with a group of people I feel comfortable with - maybe because they don't know enough about me to be judgmental about me personally (no, I'm not an axe murderer - I've never harmed an axe in my life).

It is also a place for me to bounce my ideas of how to express something and get honest opinions (albeit worded uniquely according to each responders mood and background - which provides the variety I seek). OK, honest... opinions flung out without regard as to what I might think about them. Well, scratch the comment about regard. I find the vast majority of people I have run-into here do regard other people's feelings (note I didn't say how they regarded them).

OK, so I am really here just because I like it.

 

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I post stories here because here is an audience that is actively seeking what I write (or somewhere along those lines). I have given copies of my stories out to friends in the past - my female friends seem to read them and let me know what they think, but the one male friend I trusted with a sneak preview of my last novella took 3 months to read half of it, said he "didn't have time to read it", then started talking to another friend about this really good book he bought earlier that week...

As to why I post in the Hangout, well... I get to chat to other people who do what I do, or thereabouts, and have some interesting conversations along the way.

but mostly I'm chatting to people on the same wavelength, which is something I have trouble doing in my age-group in my area.

ax

My reasons for coming here are much the same as yours, Ax.

I have a very good relationship with my husband. We talk vey openly about sex with each other. He is always very willing to read my stories, and provide feedback on them, he even has a go at writing his own. I have a lot of friends, all of whom are willing to povide me with feedback, but I do think feedback from them tends to be biased. Here I get the chance to hear what complete strangers think of my efforts.

I'm just a very chatty person, and I love making new friends. Lit gives me a place to not only post my stories, and get feedback, it also provides me with a place to talk with like-minded people in a very open, unhibited way. That kind of place rarely exists in the real world.

Lou

 

[pop_54]

Yeppers

My reasons for coming here are much the same as yours, Ax.

I have a very good relationship with my husband. We talk vey openly about sex with each other. He is always very willing to read my stories, and provide feedback on them, he even has a go at writing his own. I have a lot of friends, all of whom are willing to povide me with feedback, but I do think feedback from them tends to be biased. Here I get the chance to hear what complete strangers think of my efforts.

I'm just a very chatty person, and I love making new friends. Lit gives me a place to not only post my stories, and get feedback, it also provides me with a place to talk with like-minded people in a very open, unhibited way. That kind of place rarely exists in the real world.

Lou

You said it for me Lou, well except I don't have a husband like, I have a wife, well she's a bit butch at times but not that bad.

You too ax and ff, I too come here for a break from normality, the AH that is and Lit in general, as well as to air my crappy writings on the story board, (the crappier one's go to a more extreme site. )

I too have all the support I need at home, wifey is editor and technical advisor for my tales of debauchery, (the clean one's she isn't interested in), she advises on the woman's viewpoint in my writings. You know, "Hey sweetheart how does it feel having a 12 inch dick shoved up your butt", technical questions like that I ask of her in order to make things realistic.

As we all agree I think, we need somewhere like this to chat openly and admit our sins and preferences without too much fear of judgement, hell we can hardly discuss such things with most of the neighbours.

pops...........

 

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[Guest]

When I first came to Lit. I was immediately impressed by the generosity, humor, wit and general good will of the crowd; still am despite the regular blips.

I have writer friends in RL, including academics, and my best reader is one of my brothers, but no one among them writes erotica so the AH and my special friends on it are good companionship. I've mentioned this before but I'll say again that my former Shakespeare professor, a distinguished scholar and retiree now, was excited to know of my erotica. She's 70+, and even gives me plot bunnies!

Just, fyi, Rhino: when I first read your original post I thought, "My, an honest man."

Perdita

 

[The_Fool]

I consider Literotica in general and the threads I post to specifically to be a complement to the rest of my life. Literotica is another extension of my sphere of influence. Where I influence others and they influence me.

Writing, especially erotica and poetry, is a major departure from what I normally do with designing computer networks. Most of my acquaintances do not share my interests, so I don't typically share my stuff. Even with those that would be interested, I usually don't share, especially at work. Sexual harassment rules in today's work environment very strongly frown on such subject matter, at least the erotica. Even having my own stories on my laptop could be grounds for dismissal. This is not a condemnation of the rules, merely a fact of life.

So here, I find people that have common interests, common goals and with whom I can talk freely about most things. I think most of us take pride in our stories, so posting is a way of say "I did it, too." Plus it makes a nice receptacle for storing material.

Perdita made a comment in her thread about RL or Real Life. My concept has changed over the last few years about what "real life" is. Not so long ago I would have substituted "real life" for "the rest of my life" in my first sentence, because web friendships were so far outside my normal behaviour. But now, I have so many work associations that are strictly phone and email with no face-to-face interaction at all. I even take internet based classes where all contact is in written form and I have never met my instructors or fellow students. So "real life" now certainly encompasses the actions and discussions, emotions and laughter that are derived from Literotica.

 

[oggbashan]

I came to Lit to get a response to my stories and to improve my technique. I think got both but I also enjoy the interchange on the AH.

What still amazes me is the range of Literotica. I tend to stick to the AH and the stories but there is so much more that I don't have time to explore. Lit could keep me amused and interested for weeks.

Og

 

[TheEarl]

I originally came to Lit as a tender young fifte... sorry, I mean eighteen y/o just for the smut. I'm here now for the company as much as anything else. Sad, isn't it? I'm growing old .

The Earl

 

[Quasimodem]

Common interests.

We all can, and probably do, write erotica, or at least we try.

We all have different backgrounds, talents, interests, and abilities.

We come from all over the world, yet can get together at something like a club, but we don’t have to attend the meetings unless we wish to.

We can choose in which activities we will participate: reading, writing, making comments, asking questions, pontificating, ranting, joking, or just lurking.

We can keep our efforts separate, schmooze in the Author’s Hangout, participate in the Story Ideas forum, critique stories in the Story Discussion Circle forum, or even coauthor a Group Stories effort.

Literotica forms a part of my life, but it is neither a substitute nor a supplement.

Before I went online, I attended writing courses as a form of social activity. On line, before Literotica, I took part in other writing groups. Since Literotica isn’t that much into Sci-Fi, I still participate in writing for other sites.

Literotica is like a writing group which has a wider variety of interesting members and activities than you will find in any other group.

How many groups do you belong to where you can discuss what makes you hard (moist), whether you write like a male or a female, and the societal impact of transvestite singing cowboys, without raising an eyebrow?

 

[CrazyyAngel]

Well ... originally I cam to Lit. to find some good (and LOTS of different) Stories to jerk off to, simple as that. And thats still the case. I just love to read a well written story which arouses me.

But now I also try to get a little bit deeper into the messaging board. Its sheer size still amazes me. More than 200.000 members and more than 5.5 Million posts. Thats an awful lot. And you can get drowned in this, but I try to stay above . I haven't written much stories in my life (one to be exact) and it isnt even in english, but I have a lot of ideas and will write them down and translate them into english also. But for now I am just enjoying reading other peoples stories and hang out in the board.

Another point is, that I dont usually talk about sex to my friends ... although I was unintentionally introduced to Lit. by a friend . But it is still kinda odd to talk to people you know about it, cause of the whole judgement thingy. Some of the things I came here for to read (all those incest stories for example) I wouldnt want to talk about to friends ... And believe or not, but talking in foreign language (as english is for me) helps me a lot ... I dunno why

If I would have a girlfriend I think I would use it also as a way to explore our fantasies together and get some ideas to actually live them out.

CrazyyAngel

 

[fiery_jack]

Re: Yeppers

I too come here for a break from normality, the AH that is and Lit in general

pops...........

I come here (when i finally get some time to myself) for the normality! Some people out there are far too uptight.

Blow jobs and multi-speed vibrators should be available on the NHS.

 

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LIAR!

 

[KillerMuffin]

I post stories here because I'm not interested in becoming the next Anais Nin. I probably couldn't do it anyway, human sexuality doesn't excite me. So, when I write a graphic erotic story, I can choose between posting it here where 375,000 unique visitors a day have a shot at looking at it and speaking directly to me--which they do daily--or selling it to some editor for 10 to 400 bucks and never hearing another word about my writing other than a few "change this" notes every other editor or so.

I'm not Stephen King. The mailman doesn't dump bags and bags of "I love you" mail on my doorstep. Literotica does.

That, and I really Laurel.

 

[Madame Manga]

I'm obviously NOT the chatty type. Note registration date; note number of posts. I visit far more often than I speak.

No, I'm not hiding--I'm looking to learn something, and keeping quiet often helps with that. When I do speak up, I sometimes regret it. ;-) But I rarely regret reading.

MM

 

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[Quint]

I have a confession.

I'm using you, all of you, shamelessly.

Lit is a place where I can invest precisely as much as is most comfortable for me--I feel no guilt about taking unannounced hiati or never completing the damned series; I can alternate between stormy silence and rose-cluttered babble with equal complacence. I can learn what I want and get the hell out.

Occasionally I wonder if I already care too much, or if I'm not fulfilling my role as The Sort of Person I Want My (Theoretical, Thank Gawd) Child to Have As A Parent. And I won't pull a MG and blame it on gas, either. The balance between taking myself too seriously and investing too lightly is a very fine one.

I have yet to sacrifice on the out-of-computer-chair life, though. Here's hoping.

 

[The_Fool]

I have a confession.

I'm using you, all of you, shamelessly.

Lit is a place where I can invest precisely as much as is most comfortable for me--I feel no guilt about taking unannounced hiati or never completing the damned series; I can alternate between stormy silence and rose-cluttered babble with equal complacence. I can learn what I want and get the hell out.

Occasionally I wonder if I already care too much, or if I'm not fulfilling my role as The Sort of Person I Want My (Theoretical, Thank Gawd) Child to Have As A Parent. And I won't pull a MG and blame it on gas, either. The balance between taking myself too seriously and investing too lightly is a very fine one.

I have yet to sacrifice on the out-of-computer-chair life, though. Here's hoping.

Sounds like a cat personified.....

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I come to Lit to post my stories and have them read by a huge audience, who every now and then stroke my ego by sending me nice feedbacks telling me just how intense their orgasms are after they have read my stories.

I come to AH to chat with nice people. I get disappointed when I see that my Buddies aren't on-line, and I light up when I log in and see that they are on-line too.

How that differs from RL?

A great deal, I'd say. In RL, I'm an unemployed, over-weight person who lives on social security, and I don't have all that many friends.
In AH, I'm a spiritual, witty, sharp-tongued Babe, who writes super-hot stories, and chats daily with a lot of friends.

What's so good about the real world, anyway?

 

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I light up when I log in and see that they are on-line too.

Svenskaya-mou,

I light up when I see you're on-line.

tu Perdita

 

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