I recently completed a story; it remains in first draft, and may never move beyond this stage. I need the opinion of Lit's editors and staff.
The story deals with the thoughts and actions of a girl who was sexually abused as a child. She deals with suicide, deaths, abuse, prejudice and essentially every horror a child can endure. Her life is a mess, but she turns her experiences around and makes a sort of life. I minimised the sexual abuse portions, but some description was necessary, else it is just hollow words, nothing vivid, and nothing I have not seen in a hundred novels and newspapers, but still perhaps it still falls outside Lit's guidelines.
The entire story is rather dark and twisted, but the topic naturally went in that direction. I hate to delete this, I think it might be a good tale and it has some power, but I do not know if I am able to tell it without overstepping the boundaries. Any ideas? What are the limits?
I prefer this on this forum to the AH or GB, as those forums likely would begin discussion of abuse rather than of Lit guidelines and how they might apply.
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Lit guideline on submissions:
3. No sexual activity involving bestiality (you can write stories about supernatural beasts like ghosts, unicorns, werewolves, etc.) or underage persons will be considered. For the purposes of this site, the minimum legal age is 18. This site does not publish stories, articles, essays, or other material supporting, encouraging, or defending child abuse and/or exploitation.
The story deals with the thoughts and actions of a girl who was sexually abused as a child. She deals with suicide, deaths, abuse, prejudice and essentially every horror a child can endure. Her life is a mess, but she turns her experiences around and makes a sort of life. I minimised the sexual abuse portions, but some description was necessary, else it is just hollow words, nothing vivid, and nothing I have not seen in a hundred novels and newspapers, but still perhaps it still falls outside Lit's guidelines.
The entire story is rather dark and twisted, but the topic naturally went in that direction. I hate to delete this, I think it might be a good tale and it has some power, but I do not know if I am able to tell it without overstepping the boundaries. Any ideas? What are the limits?
I prefer this on this forum to the AH or GB, as those forums likely would begin discussion of abuse rather than of Lit guidelines and how they might apply.
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Lit guideline on submissions:
3. No sexual activity involving bestiality (you can write stories about supernatural beasts like ghosts, unicorns, werewolves, etc.) or underage persons will be considered. For the purposes of this site, the minimum legal age is 18. This site does not publish stories, articles, essays, or other material supporting, encouraging, or defending child abuse and/or exploitation.