Reading Competition Stories

[AwkwardlySet]

I haven't read one, and I don't think he's read mine and that's fine.

People can be concerned with forum dynamics and horn tooting, but the smart ones are more concerned with lit's readership, not the small number of people here.

Tens of thousands of people have read my stories, whether anyone here or not does isn't the goal.

I read one of yours! The one with a domme who was cast out of her family? Her desire was to see her niece or something. I read it years ago.

Anyway, I read all of T's stories, and that kinda ruined the rest of Literotica for me.

 

[lovecraft68]

I read one of yours! The one with a domme who was cast out of her family? Her desire was to see her niece or something. I read it years ago.

Anyway, I read all of T's stories, and that kinda ruined the rest of Literotica for me.

Wow, I forgot all about that story. My last foray into BDSM on lit. Write what you know so I said sure I'll write as a black female from the rural south...heh. Ballsy over brainy, that's me.

 

[Actingup]

@Actingup, how do you identify new authors?

Obviously there's the 'do I know them / follow them / sleep with them' answer, but I quite often click on an author's story page and have a look before deciding whether to read them. I'm sure others do the same.

 

[joy_of_cooking]

I search for the tag, sort by descending rating, and pick out the ones that sound interesting by title, description, and tag. It's a very biased method but a lot of stories are just really bad.

 

[Erozetta]

As we are in the mist of the Halloween competition, do you read all the stories that are submitted to a contest or a competition?

If not, how do you select what story to read?

Do you read just writers you follow and/or respect?

How do you discover new writers?

More generally, how many stories do you read in average on Literotica in a day?

Do you just read the ones in the category you like best?

I know this is a lot of questions but I know that one way to become a better writer is to read well written pieces. However, my experience here has been underwhelming to say the least. Any tip is appreciated.

For contests, I typically read stories under 15k and by author names I don't recognize first. Then I go by titles that appeal to me. Outside of contests, it's always the title that appeals first, then the teaser line; who wrote it doesn't come into play.

I do contests this way because I mostly assume the people I recognize are also recognized by many others, while the ones I don't recognize may or may not get as many views/reads/votes as others and since there's a minimum number of votes needed to even qualify for the contest, I feel it's the best use of my limited reading window. I don't comment on contest stories typically.

I read 1-2 stories a week, usually.

All categories are on the table for me, but erotic horror is my favorite category, and it's a difficult category to get right because there's a fine line to walk between the two realms without straying too far on either side to detract from the other.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Anyway, I read all of T's stories, and that kinda ruined the rest of Literotica for me.

What, you got a thing for a poor man's Proust? I read a few before he took them down and found them a bit turgid. Like swimming in treacle but not as much fun.