New author looking for tips

[impressive]

Does this help?
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The Earl

Dayum! Helps ME!

 

[LadyJeanne]

Does this help?
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The Earl

YES!

 

[Softouch911]

So Lady Jeanne explained the trolls thing to you, and if you're cool with that here are a couple more things that are more useful here than I've found them to be in other places --

PMs -- personal messages make up for all sorts of lost time here. Probably as many of those as there are of threads and posts.

switching categories -- if votes are the primary thing then, as explained, stay in one category. But you are also welcome to experiment and move around as you or the story feels is good. In fact there's an entire contest here devoted to such schizo writing behavior: the Survivor Contest.


Hey, you got enough yet?



Softouch

 

[Samandiriel]

Can we help ourselves?

 

[rgraham666]

Welcome to the AH, Ms. K.

It really is a very good place for an authour to hang.

The only advice I can give you is write, submit it and suffer through the feedback. Ignore the trolls. Or find them amusing, they are pathetic little creatures.

Do that, ask for help when you need it, and you'll do fine.

If you need a shoulder, advice, a good laugh, or a quick kick up the backside to get moving, you'll always find them here.

And don't mind Sam. She is, in the rather clever phrase I invented this morning goes, 'a sweet confection, wrapped in razor wire'. Lot's of good stuff there, but you're going to collect a few cuts getting to it.

 

[TheEarl]

I actually meant with Ms Katrina's debate over whether I was cute or sexy, rather than helping the rest of you .

In an attempt to avoid complete hijack: I can recommend reading a lot of the members of the AH's stories. Most of the best stories on the site come from this group of authors and there's a lot to be learned from seeing how other people have done things.

The Earl

 

[Ms Katrina]

*ahem*



When entering the AH, check your seriousness at the door...

Q_C

How do you know I was being serious?

 

[Ms Katrina]

Does this help?
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The Earl

Oh YES! You are an amazing welcome committee, has anyone ever told you that? I can PM you, you say?

What are you holding? Your belt? I might have to borrow that...

 

[Quiet_Cool]

How do you know I was being serious?

*shrug*

You're a newbie; you're all confused...



Q_C

 

[TheEarl]

*shrug*

You're a newbie; you're all confused...



Q_C

I'll say. She thinks I'm sexy.

If she thinks that, she's gonna lose the place when she sees Cant and Snoop.

The Earl

 

[Ms Katrina]

So Lady Jeanne explained the trolls thing to you, and if you're cool with that here are a couple more things that are more useful here than I've found them to be in other places --

PMs -- personal messages make up for all sorts of lost time here. Probably as many of those as there are of threads and posts.

switching categories -- if votes are the primary thing then, as explained, stay in one category. But you are also welcome to experiment and move around as you or the story feels is good. In fact there's an entire contest here devoted to such schizo writing behavior: the Survivor Contest.


Hey, you got enough yet?



Softouch

Getting there, thank you!

You've all been very helpful (and funny), I could get used to it here. As for the Survivor Conest, no thank you. My stuff is pretty limited to BDSM, so I'm not quite crazy enough to enter that.

 

[Ms Katrina]

Can we help ourselves?

To the refreshments? I do hope so.

 

[Ms Katrina]

Welcome to the AH, Ms. K.

It really is a very good place for an authour to hang.

The only advice I can give you is write, submit it and suffer through the feedback. Ignore the trolls. Or find them amusing, they are pathetic little creatures.

Do that, ask for help when you need it, and you'll do fine.

If you need a shoulder, advice, a good laugh, or a quick kick up the backside to get moving, you'll always find them here.

And don't mind Sam. She is, in the rather clever phrase I invented this morning goes, 'a sweet confection, wrapped in razor wire'. Lot's of good stuff there, but you're going to collect a few cuts getting to it.

Thank you, rgraham. I'm not averse to a little pain, so I think I'll be fine here.

 

[Ms Katrina]

*shrug*

You're a newbie; you're all confused...



Q_C

Not such a bad state to be in, believe me.

 

[lil_elvis]

Hello,

I'm a fairly new member here at Literotica, although I have been reading the many varied stories here for quite some time.

I have written quite a lot of stories in the past and most are posted to another site (a BDSM site) and I decided to write some new ones and post them here. The readership seems a lot larger, for one thing.

I was wondering, do any of you have any good hints or tips for a fledgling author at this site?

Please, bear in mind, I don't mean what's contained in the FAQs (I've read them, extensively) and I don't mean about the actual technicalities of writing (I think I write a fair story), I mean the kind of stuff you don't find out until you've "been around the block" a bit. Not that I'm not willing to pay my dues and learn the hard way, of course. I merely thought I'd ask and attempt to avoid any possible pitfalls, or faux pas.

I write hardcore BDSM, for the most part, from the Dominant female perspective.

Thank you, in advance,

Katrina

Welcome Kat,

Seems like you're headed on the right track. However, there would be two kinds of success you could have here. The first being the overall score of a story and the second of writing as you see fit and letting the chips fall where they may.

In the beauty pageant of scores, the winners are not necssarily the best written, they just have the right formula (for lack of a better word) to rate well with the general lit readership. To get an idea of what people like, go to the top lists for a section and read a few selections, for the BDSM category:

BDSM Top List

However, when you write something strictly to your own standards, you'll find that most at the AH are more satisfied with receiving positive (even if it's constructive criticism) feedback from fellow authors. Don't get me wrong, we like good scores, but nothing beats a nice e-mail or PC on one of your stories from a fellow author whose work you appreciate.

l_e

 

[TheEarl]

Just read your bio - this suit your tastes better Ms Katrina?

The Earl

 

[Ms Katrina]

I'll say. She thinks I'm sexy.

If she thinks that, she's gonna lose the place when she sees Cant and Snoop.

The Earl

I just noticed what it says above your pic. Haha! I'm honoured. So, who are Cant and Snoop and where can I find them?

 

[rgraham666]

Thank you, rgraham. I'm not averse to a little pain, so I think I'll be fine here.

A 'little' is a matter of perspective.

 

[Samandiriel]

Thank you, rgraham. I'm not averse to a little pain, so I think I'll be fine here.

Don't let him fool you, he was talking about Abstruse (who I have yet to meet) and Charley ( an enigma of delightful sorts).

Sometimes there are little writing challenges that come up and are quite fun. Join in on them and when you do get a story up, make sure you post it in your sigline so everyone knows about it.


ps...there are no refreshments.

 

[rgraham666]

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The Earl

Doesn't do a thing for me.

But of course I'm so straight they have my picture next to the sexual definition of the word in several dictionaries.

 

[Ms Katrina]

Welcome Kat,

Seems like you're headed on the right track. However, there would be two kinds of success you could have here. The first being the overall score of a story and the second of writing as you see fit and letting the chips fall where they may.

In the beauty pageant of scores, the winners are not necssarily the best written, they just have the right formula (for lack of a better word) to rate well with the general lit readership. To get an idea of what people like, go to the top lists for a section and read a few selections, for the BDSM category:

BDSM Top List

However, when you write something strictly to your own standards, you'll find that most at the AH are more satisfied with receiving positive (even if it's constructive criticism) feedback from fellow authors. Don't get me wrong, we like good scores, but nothing beats a nice e-mail or PC on one of your stories from a fellow author whose work you appreciate.

l_e

Thank you lil elvis (are you?).

I have read a lot from the BDSM category here, and it is quite a mixed bag. Some of it blew me away and some was, well, sub-standard, shall we say? And you are right, I have realised that score can mean very little. However, the high scoring ones with a lot of votes do tend to reflect the quality of the piece.

I write what I want to write and to hell with those who don't like it.

 

[Ms Katrina]

Just read your bio - this suit your tastes better Ms Katrina?

The Earl

Oh yes, yes, YES! My God, that is extremely sexy. Is that really you?

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Welcome Kat,

Seems like you're headed on the right track. However, there would be two kinds of success you could have here. The first being the overall score of a story and the second of writing as you see fit and letting the chips fall where they may.

In the beauty pageant of scores, the winners are not necssarily the best written, they just have the right formula (for lack of a better word) to rate well with the general lit readership. To get an idea of what people like, go to the top lists for a section and read a few selections, for the BDSM category:

BDSM Top List

However, when you write something strictly to your own standards, you'll find that most at the AH are more satisfied with receiving positive (even if it's constructive criticism) feedback from fellow authors. Don't get me wrong, we like good scores, but nothing beats a nice e-mail or PC on one of your stories from a fellow author whose work you appreciate.

l_e

And to add to this:

If you get the chance, chat it up with Tatelou. I'm pretty sure she's got that category down...

Q_C

 

[Ms Katrina]

A 'little' is a matter of perspective.

Absolutely. I had a boy say that to me once... bless him.

 

[Ms Katrina]

Don't let him fool you, he was talking about Abstruse (who I have yet to meet) and Charley ( an enigma of delightful sorts).

Sometimes there are little writing challenges that come up and are quite fun. Join in on them and when you do get a story up, make sure you post it in your sigline so everyone knows about it.


ps...there are no refreshments.

Thanks. So, I've still got some more weird and wonderful people to meet then. Should be fun.

Ok, I will do.


So, what do I do if I get a thirst on? It's ok, no need to answer that.