There's a New Queen of Prolific Submitting...

[PapaRomantic]

...and her name is (redacted)

Since May 14, this author has had 18 stories published, all but one in the same category

How does this author do it, you may ask?

By submitting the EXACT SAME STORY EACH TIME, BUT CHANGING A FEW WORDS TO MATCH UP WITH WHOMEVER THE HERO'S PARTNER IS!

The author's disclaimer admits this is the formula being used

The author on round two, which means the author has written a second story, but even then it's one page long and the author is already re-using that story for other partners in the hero's family.

The author is smart enough to not allow comments, but surprisingly the author's ratings have been as high as 4.24, which is pretty embarrassing since I have ratings lower than that for stories I've work hard on!

So why did I write this post? Purely to vent, since I can't do anything else about it. But I do feel better sharing my sour amusement with someone, and this thread is the place to share!

Long live all authors, I guess.....

(rant over)

Edit - I have nothing personally against this author, so I have taken the name off of my post and changed some of the details. I just don't like the practice, but probably the author doesn't deserve the vitriol with which I attacked.

 

[yukonnights]

I view this as just someone being experimental. The author has 70 followers, and as you said, the ratings indicate a respectable reception by readers. Probably best to not get so vexed over what someone else is writing. One thing Literotica will prove; it's a big world and everyone has different tastes and preferences.

 

[KeithD]

Laural actually doesn't accept repeated content. Report it, using the button given, if it bothers you, and I suggest then just moving on. I don't see much satisfaction being gotten from spending time worrying about what the other authors are doing here. That can get--and has gotten here--into the realm of stalking.

 

[Vix_Giovanni]

Shrug. I’ve read a couple of the versions. I think hockeymom has a very elegant approach to getting around readers’ personal peevishness and catering to their kinks by tailoring the pairing of the story. If you don’t like mother/son stories, then read the sister/brother version, etc. For many I/T readers, that makes a world of difference; in context, therefore, I think each story is different enough, but that’s obviously not my call.

To the extent that her approach seems pedestrian, pandering or recycled... well, most stories on this site won’t unseat any great masters.

 

[yukonnights]

Laural actually doesn't accept repeated content. Report it, using the button given, if it bothers you, and I suggest then just moving on. I don't see much satisfaction being gotten from spending time worrying about what the other authors are doing here. That can get--and has gotten here--into the realm of stalking.

I've never noticed repeat content or even knew it was a thing. Seems that changing the characters and how they might experience the same scene could be new content — but not if the interior dialogue remained the same (if there was any thoughts/emotions in the first place?). Not something I'd enjoy writing or reading — but I wouldn't judge it as wrong but more of just trying something new. But, as I said; I have no experience with such — like you said, let Laural decide.

 

[VermillionVenusian]

Reminds me of a site... Hyperdreams, I think it is. I has a choose-your-own-adventure functionality but also has customization options at the top of some stories. I recall one letting you choose the partner’s name (a universal option) but also her relation to you, her “best asset” (e.g. big tits, long legs, petite build, etc.) and maybe a few more. Interesting concept, I suppose.

 

[KeithD]

I've never noticed repeat content or even knew it was a thing. Seems that changing the characters and how they might experience the same scene could be new content — but not if the interior dialogue remained the same (if there was any thoughts/emotions in the first place?). Not something I'd enjoy writing or reading — but I wouldn't judge it as wrong but more of just trying something new. But, as I said; I have no experience with such — like you said, let Laural decide.

I did an expanded version (by request) of a story once and Laurel didn't want to accept it because of repeated content. The expansion recast a lot of aspects to the original story but it maintained the original base.

 

[lovecraft68]

Reminds me of an author that was very prolific in the pay market with taboo stories. I found out that it was literally the same story except they would swap dad/daughter for sibs etc kind of like what's described here.

Difference is, people were paying for these and he ended up getting so many charge backs the publisher dropped him.

Their reason-according to the publisher-was they figured there isn't much crossover meaning if he wrote the dad/daughter that crowd wouldn't read the mom/son and catch on.

Now there are people who are locked into a particular pairing, but apparently more than enough to realize what they were doing.

But here, for free, I don't see it as a big issue, if you don't care for it, don't read it.

Also, and I'm not trying to be snarky, but I'm never really a fan of calling out authors by name on the forums. if you want to discuss the topic why not just say "A" author...the naming is kind of tacky. Just my opinion.

 

[roowa]

I did an expanded version (by request) of a story once and Laurel didn't want to accept it because of repeated content. The expansion recast a lot of aspects to the original story but it maintained the original base.

Honest question here, would a retelling of a first-person story but from the perspective of the partner be considered repeated content, you think?

I was considering doing just that with my NND story submission—basically telling the same story but from the other person's perspective, filling in details that partner A knew but partner B didn't, while still respecting that there were things partner A wouldn't have been privy to but were included in the original story.

I hope that made sense.

 

[KeithD]

Honest question here, would a retelling of a first-person story but from the perspective of the partner be considered repeated content, you think?

I was considering doing just that with my NND story submission—basically telling the same story but from the other person's perspective, filling in details that partner A knew but partner B didn't, while still respecting that there were things partner A wouldn't have been privy to but were included in the original story.

I hope that made sense.

I think it would be fine if the perspective on events were different (which would be the whole reason of writing it, I would think.) It also would be most effective if done within the same work. I've always liked how that was done with Carol Shields's Happenstance (the wife's story going in one direction and the husband's in the other in the paperback).

This actually is the technique that Sabb and I (as sr71plt/habu) write as Shabbu. We alternate chapters, giving a different character's perspective on events but also expanding the events so that the next chapter has an advancement of the plot for the other character to give his unique perspective on.

 

[roowa]

I think it would be fine if the perspective on events were different (which would be the whole reason of writing it, I would think.) It also would be most effective if done within the same work. I've always liked how that was done with Carol Shields's Happenstance (the wife's story going in one direction and the Husband's in the other in the paperback).

This actually is the technique that Sabb and I (as sr71plt/habu) write as Shabbu. We alternate chapters, giving a different character's perspective on events but also expanding the events so that the next chapter has an advancement of the plot for the other character to give his unique perspective on.

Oh wow, that would've been really cool and interesting and now I wish I'd done that with my story. Nice to have that idea in my hip pocket for the future, though. And now I have something else to go check out from the library (if they have it). Thx!

 

[litfan10]

Akutagawa's "Rashomon" or "In the Grove" is a great Japanese story of the murder of a samurai told from the perspective of all the witnesses including the ghost of the samurai.

I read this way back in college and found it an incredible study of perspective - each character had a unique and often contradictory view of the murder.

The first story I read here hooked me and got me to keep coming back. Once I was writing here and developed a nice following I reached out to the author years ago about using that story in one of mine as a way to get my readers to see it and pay her some homage and thanks. Happily, she loved the idea. It was a fun writing exercise - my characters had their own story going but interlaced with the other - I didn't change any of the situations from her story and used exact dialogue wherever possible. Before posting it I sent it to her for her blessings. She loved it and didn't change a thing.

Sadly, I see that she has deleted her account and pulled all her stories recently.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Seventy followers in a little over a month is impressive. She must have struck a chord with a lot of readers. I wonder what the number will be by the end of July.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Seventy followers in a little over a month is impressive. She must have struck a chord with a lot of readers. I wonder what the number will be by the end of July.

It's a strategy tailored to a category, from what I can see. I'm not sure it would work in all categories. Simon will know .

 

[yukonnights]

Akutagawa's "Rashomon" or "In the Grove" is a great Japanese story of the murder of a samurai told from the perspective of all the witnesses including the ghost of the samurai.

I read this way back in college and found it an incredible study of perspective - each character had a unique and often contradictory view of the murder.

The first story I read here hooked me and got me to keep coming back. Once I was writing here and developed a nice following I reached out to the author years ago about using that story in one of mine as a way to get my readers to see it and pay her some homage and thanks. Happily, she loved the idea. It was a fun writing exercise - my characters had their own story going but interlaced with the other - I didn't change any of the situations from her story and used exact dialogue wherever possible. Before posting it I sent it to her for her blessings. She loved it and didn't change a thing.

Sadly, I see that she has deleted her account and pulled all her stories recently.

This sounds like an amazing technique to play with. I would have enjoyed reading Akutagawa's story. What's the title of the story you wrote in homage?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I have a story that I wrote three different endings for. There was a fourth but I knew that would be too much. Laurel didn't complain. Of course the only part that was the same was the first four or five paragraphs, the rest was completely different.

I have seen other authors do the same thing as described. Won't mention any names though.

 

[gunhilltrain]

It's a strategy tailored to a category, from what I can see. I'm not sure it would work in all categories. Simon will know .

Yes, I'm in my sixties and until I saw Literotica, I never imagined it was so popular. Except for non-blood relatives - step-parents, in-laws, and so forth - it didn't seem at all interesting to me. Like Marty McFly kissing Lorraine Baines: "It's like kissing my own sister."

Probably there are some people who would find my interest in BDSM - towards the vanilla end of the scale - to be weird. To each his own.

 

[HeyAll]

Reporting a story/author actually does work.

I've seen people get reported and taken down.

And I've had that happen to me twice. One for taking down my own story, then resubmitting it many months later with major revisions. Someone didn't know it was mine and thought I stole it. It got taken down and I quickly had it cleared up. The second time for posting a revised story with the original author's permission.

But I do think author reputation means a lot. Meaning, this is nothing to stress over. A lot of Lit readers come here regularly. So they'll know that the author does that and slowly stop reading.

 

[PennameWombat]

I have a story that I wrote three different endings for. There was a fourth but I knew that would be too much. Laurel didn't complain. Of course the only part that was the same was the first four or five paragraphs, the rest was completely different.

I have seen other authors do the same thing as described. Won't mention any names though.

I published three stories recently that were an interleaved narrative. In terms of timeline the first half of one (Chasing Robes and Shadows) intentionally interleaved with another (Adrift in Space). But there were no duplicated events, two characters met and the two narratives followed their separate adventures after their one night together.

All three stories fit into a shared universe but the two mentioned above were relatively standalone.

Then the first one 'collided' with another (Chronicle: Mel & Chris Ch 04) where my detective character from 'Chasing..' (Joyce) met up with other characters were all trying to understand the fate of her one night stand, who'd disappeared (Peter, story in 'Adrift...').

Two sections in each ('Adrift...' and 'Chronicle...'), so about a third of each story's text, were the same set of events from the different character's points of view from the different stories. Of course, each character saw and felt things differently but it was the same events. If you only read one or the other you'd get a complete view of events from that set of characters.

Not that I get that many comments, but no one's mentioned this, but only 'Adrift...' has a largish number of views.

 

[Abbafan]

Shrug. I’ve read a couple of the versions. I think hockeymom has a very elegant approach to getting around readers’ personal peevishness and catering to their kinks by tailoring the pairing of the story. If you don’t like mother/son stories, then read the sister/brother version, etc. For many I/T readers, that makes a world of difference; in context, therefore, I think each story is different enough, but that’s obviously not my call.

To the extent that her approach seems pedestrian, pandering or recycled... well, most stories on this site won’t unseat any great masters.

I think she mentions what she's doing in the little description for her stories. I'm a little curious but feel like taking the time to read through a few. Does she cut and paste or does she make more meaningful changes to fit the story to the different characters?

If its the latter, I don't see what the issue is.

 

[PapaRomantic]

I think she mentions what she's doing in the little description for her stories. I'm a little curious but feel like taking the time to read through a few. Does she cut and paste or does she make more meaningful changes to fit the story to the different characters?

If its the latter, I don't see what the issue is.

I admit I have not read all of the stories. But it's a simple find/replace function - there is no change to fit the story to different characters, at least in the couple I have checked.

She's literally written only two stories, as best as I can tell.