Oh s**t! This is serious.

[oggbashan]

I am getting disturbing feedback on my erotic horror story:
[http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=88399][Donna]

The feedback is from people who recognise Donna as either a part of their life or of someone they know.

Then they ask me for advice.

I'm just a b****y writer for f**k's sake.

What do I do?

Og

 

[Dirt Man]

Beware internet lurkers....

What do I do?

For one thing, remember that you've written a piece of fiction, and that it has nothing to do with any real living person. Second, be very careful about replying to feedback about one of your stories to people who may be disturbed mentally, or just by the story itself. People tend to cling to those they think understand them, or their passions, and it can get very dicey once you've given them your e-mail address.

As Always
I Am the
Dirt Man

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Beware internet lurkers....

For one thing, remember that you've written a piece of fiction, and that it has nothing to do with any real living person. Second, be very careful about replying to feedback about one of your stories to people who may be disturbed mentally, or just by the story itself. People tend to cling to those they think understand them, or their passions, and it can get very dicey once you've given them your e-mail address.

As Always
I Am the
Dirt Man

Thank you for that sound advice. My e-mail address in my profile is a nom de plume which I protect but will answer from.

I know I'm a writer of fiction. I didn't expect to be a writer of fiction that gets agony aunt letters. It is scary to be considered "responsible".

Og.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Tell them that as a writer your job is to explore the human condition. You are not a counselor and you cannot give advice in those situations. However, there are battered women resources available in nearly every community in most industrialized nations, so please, look into those.

Yada tada.

 

[SexyChele]

You've written a story that comes very close to real life for a lot of people. And people here sometimes have difficulty understanding that writers are not writing their personal life stories here. I'm not certain what type of feedback you are getting, but I can well imagine what it is comprised of.

I would take KM's advice: let them know there are shelters and organizations within their communities that can offer help and counseling, if needed. You simply write, you cannot heal.

Good story, btw. Thanks for posting it.

(And yes! I did vote! )

 

[flawed_ethics]

Pat yourself on the back. It's a helluva a story, and you know it because of the feedback. I dream that I could write with such an effect. (My latest got all of four votes from 3,000+ views. Zero feedback. oh well.)

 

[MathGirl]

Advice

Why not start an advice column? B.Keeney and I did one for a while and it was quite popular among the unlettered. I'm sure she could give you some tips to get you started.

Helpfully,
MG

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Advice

Why not start an advice column? B.Keeney and I did one for a while and it was quite popular among the unlettered. I'm sure she could give you some tips to get you started.

Helpfully,
MG

Thank you MG.

Unfortunately I do not have your manifest qualifications.

Apart from being unqualified as a counsellor, I seem to be unqualified as a writer. "Donna" is on 2.88 at the moment.

I hoped and intended that "Donna" should score an all-time low score. I was aiming to write a story that was valid but turned people OFF. An unbroken 1 would have been nice ...

I have to give more thought on how to upset Literotica's readers. Perhaps next time.

Og.

 

[MathGirl]

Plumbing the depths

"Donna" is on 2.88 at the moment.

I hoped and intended that "Donna" should score an all-time low score. I was aiming to write a story that was valid but turned people OFF. An unbroken 1 would have been nice ...

Dear Og,
I might be able to help you there. Dirtman and I wrote a story as DurtGurl and it was rejected as being too bad. Let's see you beat that one!
MG

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Plumbing the depths

Dear Og,
I might be able to help you there. Dirtman and I wrote a story as DurtGurl and it was rejected as being too bad. Let's see you beat that one!
MG

Shame. It was a wonderful story. Did you suggest it for satire?

Believe it or not, I have been rejected for too few words.

I wrote five fifty word stories. That was really hard for me to do. Normally I take 500 words just to introduce the characters. My fifty word stories were rejected with a suggestion that I should resubmit as poetry. I couldn't do that. My poems rhyme.

This is one of my shorts:


Fifty Word Scarfing

Her Hermes scarf wrapped my silk stuffed mouth. Her foot rolled
me over. My scarf bound hands dug in my back. "Now we can discuss your affair with my husband," she said. Helpless I glared back. She ripped my blouse. "Or I can enjoy myself." Her fingers
caressed my breasts.



Copyright Oggbashan November 2002
The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author
of this work.

Regards from Og.

 

[MathGirl]

Re: Re: Plumbing the depths

Shame. It was a wonderful story. Did you suggest it for satire?

Dear Og,
You actually went to that other site and read it? Good grief. There are two more there now. I haven't looked, but I'm sure they have been rejected here.

Of course I wanted it under 'Humor and Satire.' I'm not really as stupid as I look. Some people just don't appreciate DurtGurl's art.
MG

http://www.eroticstories.com/my/story.php?id=18003

 

[oggbashan]

Deep Plumbing

Dear Og,
You actually went to that other site and read it? Good grief. There are two more there now. I haven't looked, but I'm sure they have been rejected here.

Of course I wanted it under 'Humor and Satire.' I'm not really as stupid as I look. Some people just don't appreciate DurtGurl's art.
MG

http://www.eroticstories.com/my/story.php?id=18003

I had to join the site to read. I couldn't comment there without being a "fan" but I am a fan here already. Nice to find out your birthyear. Younger than any of my daughters. One of them is a professional (WRITER of course!).

Congratulations to MG (and DG) from Og.