I'd love to have some pointers....

[Ellie]

My first story from about a year ago was pretty much a flop. It scored a 4.0 (hey, I guess it could have been worse), but it only netted 11 votes. Would anyone be willing to give me some ideas on how to get stories read, voted on, and most of all, how I can improve them?
Thanks!

Category: Exhibitionist & Voyeur
Title: Let's Make a Night to Remember

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=10036

 

[MaxSebastian]

It's your first story... unless you have a seriously populist title and/or tag line, you'll never pick up loads of readers. So, unless you want to cynically attract legions of readers via the strategic use of words like 'virgin', 'threesome' and 'anal' or phrases like 'son caught by mother', 'teacher seduced by student' and 'strip poker turns into orgy measured at 6.4 on Richter scale by local seismologists', you should just be patient.

Your story is 4.0 with 11 votes, and since that is an average, if you had people voting you a 3, then you also had people voting you 5. If not, then everyone voted 4, which is still good. You'll keep them by writing more stories, and by writing more stories you get more and more people to notice you - and then you start finding fans who have the same kinds of desires or fantasies that you do, and the voting figures will improve.

If you are worried about your actual writing, though, take a look at the articles in the writers' resources section - you can get there via the story index.

Another thing to think about if you are looking for coverage is which category you are writing in. Some categories suffer because the majority of readers on this site seem to hang out in the 'incest' section or the 'erotic couplings' section. I think group stories do okay, too. If you write a story in one of those categories, you'll attract more readers to read your stories in less popular categories. It's still all about building up a readership, though. Have patience!

The wise Wayne Campbell once said: "Book them, and they will come." Or something to that effect.

 

[Axeltheswede]

Pointers

"What he said." - Hawkeye Pierce

Is that Glen's brother, Max?

 

[Shotokan07]

One way to catch a reader's eye is to use a Subject or Heading that is a little taboo to them, and yet they are interested to find out more about it.

And to keep them going and going, you need reveal little by little about what you're writing instead of giving in all in a punch. As a friend told me, "use alot of adjectives when describing something." =*)

 

[MaxSebastian]

Re: Pointers

Is that Glen's brother, Max?

Actually, I don't think he has a brother, Axel. Friend called Garth, but no brother, I think.