What if the genres don't fit the story?

[kleve]

Hi,

I'm new here so please forgive my ignorance. I checked to see of the FAQ covers this question but it doesn't appear to.

I have a slight problem with assigning categories to the stuff I've submitted. This is probably due to my wild and fertile and unbelievably subversive imagination, for which I bow down and kiss the bunions of my creator. (Thanks, guy.)

Fair enough, my first story sucked and has rightly not appeared. But supposing (say) I have written a story about a guy being ravished in every orifice at once by a perverted tree - and I have, and yes I know it's not a very original subject - does that count as Gay, Non-consensual, or Non-human?

And while we're on the subject - is there demand or room for a category of stories about WAM? Or would that count as a Fetish? Do I have to get lumped in with the shoe people?

Many thanks for your consideration.

 

[MathGirl]

Two questions:

a. Was that a boy or a girl tree?
b. What is a WAM?
MG

 

[TheEarl]

Non-human IMHO.

What the hell is WAM?

The Earl

 

[wildsweetone]

Wandering Around Mad.


geez don't you guys know anything?

 

[MathGirl]

Wandering Around Mad.geez don't you guys know anything?

Dear WSO,
Thank you for the information. Actually, I know several things.
MG

 

[Uther_Pendragon]

Lit puts the stories up in one of several categories.
Therefore, they can't handle the statement, "This doesn't fit in
any particular category."
So submit your story in some category. If Laurel disagrees,
she'll shift it. If you really hate where she puts it,
you can argue with her. Otherwise, let it rest.
I submitted "Crush" as incest, she felt it was better in
the first-time category. Probably right when thinking of
*that* story; I was thinking of hitting as many categories
as possible. (I'm not much of an incest writer;
first time, though, I can handle. Even if I haven't
many first-time stories in which the protagonists are over
18.)
So submit your story in the category you want it in, and
let Laurel put it in the category she prefers.

 

[openthighs_sarah]

What the hell is WAM?

(looking up from reference book)

Whack-A-Mole

 

[oggbashan]

What the hell is WAM?

The Earl

With any mammal.

Og

 

[openthighs_sarah]

What the hell is WAM?

I found one more definition: Wistful Anal Marbles.

Sounds kind of cute.

 

[MathGirl]

Whack-A-Mole

No, Sarah. That's a Mexican dip with avocado.
Helpfully,
MG

 

[DarlingNikki]

Non-human.

You have to think about what a reader wants when s/he opens a category. The odds that someone's browsing the non-consent section going, "God, I'd love to find a story about a man being raped by a tree," are much lower than the odds that someone's searching the non-human section for a story like that.

Unless it's a Black Elm. Then you'd put it in interracial.

But... what's gay about a man being fucked by a tree?

 

[openthighs_sarah]

The odds that someone's browsing the non-consent section going, "God, I'd love to find a story about a man being raped by a tree," are much lower than the odds that someone's searching the non-human section for a story like that.

But how much lower? What's the Vegas line on both?

 

[kleve]

Thanks

Many thanks for the advice. I suppose non-human is the right one to've submitted it in, after all.

I dunno why I thought it might count as a gay story. I suppose that it just came from somewhere near that part of my brain.

At the risk of being boringly literal, WAM (at least where I come from) stands for Wet And Messy. Interested parties should have a look at www.umd.net, which can explain it a lot better than I can.

Cheers again! Back to work...

 

[openthighs_sarah]

No, Sarah. That's a Mexican dip with avocado.
Helpfully,
MG

Thanks, MG. You really do know a lot of things, despite what WSO might say about you.