"Pending" Put My Baby In A Corner.

[BobbyBrandt]

And what makes good erotica? I personally believe that it's about good writing. Other writers might argue that it's about engaging characters, or emotional impact, or an exciting plot. Plenty of others probably don't care about any of that, and just want to describe the sexy stuff - and let's face it, the sexy stuff is what draws readers to Lit.

I have frequently disagreed with you over simplification of what readers here expect or what types of stories that writers can find success with.

The subject matter of the stories aside, those "newish" authors who venture into the AH or similar groups deserve advice that emphasizes improvement and growth. Make their first one the best that it can be with the knowledge and skills that they have at the time and then get it out into the world. Just don't settle for that.

I think you're wrong in your assumption that their 1k word chapters aren't purely intentional.

Furthermore, only a tiny part of authorship visits the AH. Even if we had the time and ambition to "educate" all those authors, how would we ever reach them? Your idea is practically unfeasable, to say the least.

Edit: If the website were to actually increase the word count limit, I'd be happy to provide guidance here for total amateurs, along with many others, the same as we do with every other issue authors have.

Of course the 1K stories are intentional. Who posts a story accidentally. What is the motivation behind those intentions? I suspect that it is a combination of the fact that the site allows it, and the quest for instant gratification more than a lack of desire to write longer stories.

We can only focus on two primary means of educating new writers. We can help those who do wander into the AH forum, and we can do what more and more authors have been doing, which is contributing to the "How-To" category with sage advice targeting the skills required to be most successful on Literotica as an accomplished writer.

 

[PennyThompson]

I hesitate to break up this gleeful airing of grievances between old frenemies

but I feel like the solution to this problem -- if there's a problem at all -- would be when Manu activates the long-awaited story browsing interface update.

Right now there's no way to tell at a glance how long a story is, you have to click on it and then determine if it's too long, too short, or just right for your tastes and mood. So view count is a skewed metric of success, because it mostly only measures how successful your title, description, and possibly rating were at drawing initial attention. It tells nothing about how many people actually read and enjoyed the story, and how many clicked away immediately.

If and when we can see the word count and story tags while in story browsing mode, I think it would dramatically reduce premature story clicking. Which means that most all stories will probably see lower view counts over time, but there would be higher confidence level that the views that you got were meaningful ones.

If it turned out that most readers are not interested in 1k stories, then those stories would see fewer and fewer views, would have less reward, and would not "steal attention" from longer stories. Assuming that's actually a desirable goal, which I'm not sure of.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Premature eclickulation is a serious condition that affects up to thirty percent of readers, Penny. It shouldn't be taken lightly.

 

[PennyThompson]

Premature eclickulation is a serious condition that affects up to thirty percent of readers, Penny. It shouldn't be taken lightly.

Do you suffer from premature eclickulation? Do you often regret clicking on a story only to realize it's not for you, thereby falsely equating your attention with the quality of the story? Ask your doctor if Know More About Story is right for you.

Side effects may include mild spoilers, more efficient browsing, and "oh god what if the freakanomics bros are right." Seek medical attention for reading sessions lasting more than four hours. Always wash your hands after reading smut.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

but I feel like the solution to this problem -- if there's a problem at all -- would be when Manu activates the long-awaited story browsing interface update.

Indeed. 2035 is just around the corner.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Do you suffer from premature eclickulation? Do you often regret clicking on a story only to realize it's not for you, thereby falsely equating your attention with the quality of the story? Ask your doctor if Know More About Story is right for you.

Side effects may include mild spoilers, more efficient browsing, and "oh god what if the freakanomics bros are right." Seek medical attention for reading sessions lasting more than four hours. Always wash your hands after reading smut.

 

[PennyThompson]

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...does this ad imply that those two naked old people are about to fuck in an outdoor bathtub? what even are the logistics of that?

Edit: how did they get two bathtubs worth of hot water up onto the top of a mountain? What position is best for having penetrative sex in a curved, narrow bathtub? Maybe if you put some towels on the bottom of the tub for cushioning you could do doggy, but wouldn't the reciever's head be underwater? Do you drain the tub first? Doggy style sex in an empty porcelain bathtub doesn't sound like very much fun.

 

[StillStunned]

...does this ad imply that those two naked old people are about to fuck in an outdoor bathtub? what even are the logistics of that?

It looks more like they're about to have a downhill bathtub race.

 

[PennyThompson]

It looks more like they're about to have a downhill bathtub race.

is this an ad for MarioKart and not boner pills??

 

[YmaOHyd]

...does this ad imply that those two naked old people are about to fuck in an outdoor bathtub? what even are the logistics of that?

Edit: how did they get two bathtubs worth of hot water up onto the top of a mountain? What position is best for having penetrative sex in a curved, narrow bathtub? Maybe if you put some towels on the bottom of the tub for cushioning you could do doggy, but wouldn't the reciever's head be underwater? Do you drain the tub first? Doggy style sex in an empty porcelain bathtub doesn't sound like very much fun.

You're going to have to ask the Cialis Corporation, because old people in separate outdoor bathtubs popping boner pills is kinda their thing. I'm just surprised they're not copper tubs; that's usually the look.

How did they get the tubs up there? Sex-positive mountain resort -- certain kinds of old-folks homes are havens of sin, iniquity and venereal disease. I think you'd be locked into something like cowgirl, assuming the tub was wide enough. Maybe a lotus or modified crab.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

is this an ad for MarioKart and not boner pills??

Well, racing always gave ME a boner...

 

[PennyThompson]

I think you'd be locked into something like cowgirl, assuming the tub was wide enough. Maybe a lotus or modified crab.

that man is going to need to have some narrow AF hips, because I am not seeing enough knee room in there for a proper straddle. I would worry that the venn diagram of "people who are in the market for cialis" and "people who are physically agile enough to maintain lotus or crab position" might be a pretty small customer market....

Unless this is specifically a wish fulfillment ad for older men who want a young, fit, flexible girl to do complicated sex on top of them while they lay back in a bathtub

 

[YmaOHyd]

that man is going to need to have some narrow AF hips, because I am not seeing enough knee room in there. I would worry that the venn diagram of "people who are in the market for cialis" and "people who are physically agile enough to maintain lotus or crab position" might be a pretty small customer market....

Unless this is specifically a wish fulfillment ad for older men who want a young, fit, flexible girl to do complicated sex on top of them while they lay back in a bathtub

Don't be absurd. Older men have never wanted a young fit flexible girl to do complicated sex on top of them while they lay back in a bathtub. Jesus, Penny. I know you have some weird ideas but that one is really over the top.

 

[onehitwanda]

would be when Manu activates the long-awaited story browsing interface update.

Oh Christ, what fresh horror is this now?

 

[PennyThompson]

Oh Christ, what fresh horror is this now?

This thing that Manu first previewed in 2024!

 

[iwatchus]

how did they get two bathtubs worth of hot water up onto the top of a mountain

It's really not hard to heat water in the wild if you have a water source. The bathtubs themselves feel like the challenge.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Snow melted on fire, maybe?

...does this ad imply that those two naked old people are about to fuck in an outdoor bathtub? what even are the logistics of that?

Edit: how did they get two bathtubs worth of hot water up onto the top of a mountain? What position is best for having penetrative sex in a curved, narrow bathtub? Maybe if you put some towels on the bottom of the tub for cushioning you could do doggy, but wouldn't the reciever's head be underwater? Do you drain the tub first? Doggy style sex in an empty porcelain bathtub doesn't sound like very much fun.

 

[onehitwanda]

This thing that Manu first previewed in 2024!

 

[PennyThompson]

unclear if this is a positive or negative reaction

 

[onehitwanda]

unclear if this is a positive or negative reaction

I wanted to find the unicorn who shits out rainbow icecream, but I got bored.

 

[ColtonWrites]

I wanted to find the unicorn who shits out rainbow icecream, but I got bored.

That is still unclear

 

[Bamagan]

unclear if this is a positive or negative reaction

Since it's only coming out of one end, I'm gonna guess positive.