The odd one out

[Not2Pervy]

I’ve tried stretching myself in several different directions but, in my mind at least, The King Takes His Privilege stands out.

I wrote it using somewhat stilted and flowery prose that seemed befitting of royalty and days of old. The story tells a tale of droit de seigneur, where a dutiful peasant girl must surrender herself to her king. This was out of my comfort zone but seemed to me just about the only way I could write a story of non-consent and reluctance.

It’s far from my highest rated story at 4.58, but did receive a couple of glowing comments. Considering that I don’t even read in that category, and the tone is immediately alienating to a lot of readers, I was pretty happy with how it was received. But anybody combing through my catalog looking for something similar is probably going to come away disappointed.

It was fun to write like that though! If I get a good enough story idea I’d be tempted to try again with maybe a deeply gothic horror story that only a couple hundred people might read.

 

[Bazzle]

I know @StillStunned already knows this

But this story https://www.literotica.com/s/spick-and-span-only-with-a-fan was effectively my first detour out of fetish. There is no smoking, no drunken debauchery, no wet panties, and its a blinking good story.

However its completely different to everything else I have ever written.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Audience isn't why I do what I do, but I've often thought that even my most rabid fans really only like about 50% of what I've produced.

I suppose I have a few fans here, although they're pretty quiet. I doubt that many of them are rabid. It would be nice if they reacted like this when a story came out.

https://res.cloudinary.com/aenetwor.../q_auto:eco/v1/1040386764_mzxx8y?_a=BAVAZGDX0

 

[Rob_Royale]

For me it would have to be The Ravishment of Melody. Aside from a 750 word vignette, it's my sole foray into NC/R.

It's a story about a wife with a rape fantasy and the husband who makes it come true. Its rated very well and many female readers have reached out to me to tell me how much they enjoyed it which makes me feel good. Due to the way I used fear, though, I felt it was riding the hairy edge of acceptability.

I have received feedback from readers who liked it that were dispointed that my other stories were nothing like it.

 

[Nightaelf]

What a good question. To be honest, I hope Catfish: a confession isn’t the story people cling to. That was a one-of-a-kind piece, something I needed to get out of my system. The rest of my stories are much closer in style and tone. I love slow burn and a narrative approach. My best standalone story so far is probably Little lost lamb, and it’s also the one that brought me more followers.

Still, I write mainly because I enjoy it, not to hit a certain number of readers. If just a handful of people read my story and it resonates with them, then I’ve achieved my goal. Of course I hope people will keep coming back to my work, but I decide the direction and the subject. Following my own path, that’s the heart of writing for me.

Right now I’m working on a story that doesn’t fit at all with what I’ve written before, and I also have one waiting for publication that’s completely different again. But I believe readers will value that. Every story is a new chance.

 

[yowser]

I know @StillStunned already knows this

But this story https://www.literotica.com/s/spick-and-span-only-with-a-fan was effectively my first detour out of fetish. There is no smoking, no drunken debauchery, no wet panties, and its a blinking good story.

However its completely different to everything else I have ever written.

Bazzle? Is that you? Employing ghostwriters now?

 

[Bazzle]

Bazzle? Is that you? Employing ghostwriters now?

I wish I could afford them. It was all me with maybe a little help with the editing from StillStunned

 

[Comshaw]

I wasn't talking about category, or even content so much, but rather style and tone - things that the reader can't guess by looking at the story details. Like a moody and bitte r 2P POV when all your other stories are lighthearted 3P past tense, or purple prose when your other stories make Samuel Beckett look like Oscar Wilde.

I must be totally tone deaf as to what you are talking about and have no clue about it. That said it seems to me that if a reader read one of my Romance stories, then decided to read one of my Nonconcent tales it would cause a bit of consternation. While the style might be similar, the tone definitely wouldn't be.

So I'll circle back to my first sentence and admit to my tone deafness on what you're asking for.

Comshaw