Is real better, or does it matter?

[coraleefinn]

No, I'm not talking about breasts. I'm wondering about stories. Is it hotter for the reader and/or writer if they know a story is true? Or does a story always stand on its merits alone? I just was curious about what your thoughts were.

 

[NaokoSmith]

No, I'm not talking about breasts. I'm wondering about stories. Is it hotter for the reader and/or writer if they know a story is true? Or does a story always stand on its merits alone? I just was curious about what your thoughts were.

Hotter if I've got the hots for the author . Otherwise it's a bit of a distraction.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Depends on how well its written. If you know the writer it can be more of a high knowing....

 

[sr71plt]

There isn't just one reader, so any question about what "the reader" wants is irrelevant from the get go. That said, any reader who thinks any of these stories are fully true is being pretty naive (even if a couple of them are fully true).

 

[NaokoSmith]

Depends on how well its written. If you know the writer it can be more of a high knowing....

'High knowing', how well put that is.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

On the otherhand I wanna write some incidents I was told about. My friend Bruno and a pal picked up two gals on Liberty, and what he related about the date is hilarious. Will make a good story with a surprise ending.

 

[PennLady]

Speaking for myself as a reader, I don't care if it's true. I don't know the author, so what's the difference to me if it really happened or not? And if I can't relate to the characters in the story, then it matters even less.

Plus, since we (most of us) don't know the authors of these stories, why couldn't an author just say it's true if it isn't? Who'd know the difference?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

People who share experiences know its true or not. Naifs are clueless but others know!

 

[oggbashan]

If a story starts: "This is true, it happened to me" I immediately assume it isn't, didn't, and will possibly be badly written.

 

[TxRad]

If a story starts: "This is true, it happened to me" I immediately assume it isn't, didn't, and will possibly be badly written.

This is the reason I started my "Memories of" series so I didn't have to make that disclaimer.

 

[Safe_Bet]

If a story starts: "This is true, it happened to me" I immediately assume it isn't, didn't, and will possibly be badly written.

EXACTLY!

Well said, Ogg!

 

[lovecraft68]

As others are saying, I can only speak for "this" reader.

Call me cynical, but whenever a story starts with soem variation of "this really happened" my reaction is

Yeah, right and I automatically move on.

Again, I am only speaking for me and not saying for others to do the same.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

LIT forbids the good stuff, in my case.

OGG? How is fiction different from a lie?

 

[soflabbwlvr]

There are some readers who prefer true stories; there are others for whom it makes no difference. There are probably more who will refuse to believe its true merely because the author asserts that it is.

I was, at one time, a reader who preferred true stories. Lit. was my last resort for reading material because it did not have a true story category. After a while I realized that whether the events in the story actually occurred made little difference in my enjoyment of the piece. What mattered most was the skill of the writer.

Now, I don't question whether it actually happened. Rather, my test is whether it is plausible.

 

[oggbashan]

LIT forbids the good stuff, in my case.

OGG? How is fiction different from a lie?

Fiction is usually more plausible.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Its bull shit for anyone to assert that theyll read fiction but hoist their nose at a lie. Thats really fucked up mental processing if you think about it.

 

[oggbashan]

Its bull shit for anyone to assert that theyll read fiction but hoist their nose at a lie. Thats really fucked up mental processing if you think about it.

Some cultures really don't understand the concept of fiction or fantasy. They treat both as lies and therefore unacceptable. They also believe their religious books even if everything around them suggests that most of those books are fiction.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate...

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Some cultures really don't understand the concept of fiction or fantasy. They treat both as lies and therefore unacceptable. They also believe their religious books even if everything around them suggests that most of those books are fiction.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate...

All of a sudden I understand why Britain is the worlds supplier of mixed race bastard children and mutant Royals.

 

[coraleefinn]

Very interesting responses! Thank you to everyone for taking the time to post.

 

[Stella_Omega]

A story has to be true within itself. Half of the things that actually happen to me-- don't make sense, because real life is a lousy storyteller. If I want to give someone something worthwhile, I'll have to edit and change things, come up with a theme, and a good last line...

If you can write well enough, you can have group sex with alien unicorns and the president of the United states, and your reader will get off on it.

Hmm. Plot bunny?

 

[sr71plt]

There doesn't have to be a wall between fiction and nonfiction in writing stories for Literotica. I dare say many of the good stories here are ones that happened at the core and were dressed up--pushed on the erotic scale and had the farts and body functions taken out--but at the core had some fact in there.

 

[HeyAll]

I agree with the "This is a true story" part being a sign that it's a fake.

One time I saw an incest story saying that, and it was written from a female pov. Only problem is that the profile said the author was a male and plot was ridiculous. That's usually how it ends up if it claims to be true, that it's a ridiculous story.

People don't care if it's true or not, stories are like movies or tv shows.

 

[lovecraft68]

I think a good author can tell me it(or a related event) was real.

Each category has some traits that when someone who really indulges in that kink reads it they say "Yeah, they've been there"

The two categories that stick out the most to me like that is group and BDSM.

I've read a lot of gang bang or orgy type stories where I'm like "Yeah, they have no clue" and others where I'm thinking, "This person is/was a swinger they know.

BDSM even more so. When I'm reading a story and catch myself nodding in agreement to the dom or subs actions or recalling myself in a similar situation (or get a new idea from one) I'm thinking, this person sure as hell has been in a d/s relationship and is a r/l top or bottom.

Then I read others and I know this is a girl who let her boyfriend cuff her to the bed a couple of times and thinks she's Justine

 

[Handley_Page]

No, I'm not talking about breasts. I'm wondering about stories. Is it hotter for the reader and/or writer if they know a story is true? Or does a story always stand on its merits alone? I just was curious about what your thoughts were.

For me, a story will stand or fall on its merits.
If it's well written (and maybe credible), it'll stand.

 

[lovecraft68]

I agree with the "This is a true story" part being a sign that it's a fake.

One time I saw an incest story saying that, and it was written from a female pov. Only problem is that the profile said the author was a male and plot was ridiculous. That's usually how it ends up if it claims to be true, that it's a ridiculous story.

People don't care if it's true or not, stories are like movies or tv shows.

There is a female incest author here (and I'm sure you may know who I am speaking of) who insists everyone of her stories is true.

She really seduced her son, then her daughter then got the father in to sleep with the daughter etc...etc...

Implausible and written like crap, but the scores are through the roof and they are on a boat load of fav pages, no doubt because of the insistence its real.