Noob question: How do you reply in the comments?
Two or three a story is more than most of us get. That's life on Literotica. If what you live for is comments put outrageous stuff in your stories.
That's probably my problem. I try to keep my stories in the realm of possibility; I want my readers to say, "Yes, this could happen to me." I'd even settle for "Stop with the purple prose and obscure cultural references."
You don't reply directly to a comment; you simply add a comment of your own. You're allowed to comment on your own story.
Post in Loving Wives category. I'm serious. The only global stats I've seen indicate that LW readers, on average, comment around ten (10) times as often as almost every other category. Romance is a very distant second. And all of the other categories cluster around an average of a couple or three comments per story.
As you note, comments aren't threaded. So while the author gets notified of a comment being posted, a commenter gets no notice that someone else posted. So unlike other social media sites, the comments don't support back-and-forth discussion.
Write a really really good story, staying away from the "conventions," (whatever they might be), or write a really bad one.
I've put notes at the beginning of my stories requesting feedback, but hadn't thought about putting them at the end. I'll give that a try on my next submission. Thanks for the suggestion.Post in Loving Wives. That'll get you comments.
On a more serious note, I found asking nicely does help. I end my stories with a quick note thanking my readers for their time before reminding them that a click on the stars and maybe a comment is the easiest way to "pay" me.
I do get a handful of comments per submission, but it's slim pickings.
If it's an anonymous comment you can't unless you reply there in the comments, if they have a username, click on the username, it will take you to their page. Click on the contact tab and send them a comment via email
ChloeT is right on with her feedback. The first way to get more comments is to write really good stories that connect readers to you (not saying that authors who don’t get a lot of comments, don’t write great stories), but I get a fair share of “This is my favorite story in this genre” so it certainly doesn’t hurt. But more importantly, is to write series stories and to not publish them too quickly one after another. Some comments will be “when is the next chapter publishing?” But many more are “I hope in the next chapter Jack does Jill doggie…I love the way you write those scenes!” My most recent chapter story (chapter 7) published in Non-consent in early October has 64 comments. Non-con isn’t the most popular category on Lit either, so it can be done.
I get a lot of feedback on PTSD and Veteran Suicide... but both of those subjects don't work into erotica very well.
...maybe, so but veterans and PTSD sufferers can still have sexual feelings and deserve space at Lit. I've not read your work yet, but kudos for reaching out
