What impact has lit made on you?

[sweetnpetite]

And what impact do you think you've made on Lit?

ps- what happened to that thread about suggestions for change? I don't think I subscribed but I want to read it again.

 

[SnoopDog]

Without Lit and the safety-checks at airports, I'd have no sex life at all.

My impact on Lit? Don't know. Ask the others. But I think not a major one since I have not a lot people that I talk regularly to.

Snoopy

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Lit on me?

I've gotten some writing experience, some feedback on my skills, and have spent a lot of time between here and the RP boards being not as bored as I would have been otherwise.

Me on Lit.?

I posted five stories; other than that, I don't think I've done much but complain and pretend to be someone else (Rp board, I mean).

Q_C

 

[HerVeryOwn]

At this point, nothing significant.

It's a nice diversion that holds the potential for some thought-provoking discussion on a number of topics.

 

[Boota]

Lit is another source of inspiration for me. This is one of the few places that I ever get to talk to other writers about writerly things. Not that we all talk writerly things that much sometimes. LOL.

What impact have I had on Lit? Not much. But I can always be counted on for a smart ass comment.

 

[Guest]

Without Lit and the safety-checks at airports, I'd have no sex life at all.

Snoop, that's a great line (no matter the truth). P.

 

[shereads]

I used to sit here for hours at a time, staring at the monitor and typing random crap, or searching for dirty stories. Then I found Literotica.

 

[LadyJeanne]

I don't think I've had much impact on Lit. But now I have this tendency to urge to add porn to everything I write.

 

[Guest]

It's given me a very pale complexion. And a complex. Apart from that, it's enhanced my life no end.



No, seriously, it has, much more than I could ever have imagined.

My impact on Lit? Way too bloody much. What with NaNo's and the Lit Olympics and now this mad-cap Thread Archive project thingy, yep, I reckon I've put a fair amount in. All that and the sheer amount of bollocks I spout in the threads.

 

[BlackShanglan]

I used to sit here for hours at a time, staring at the monitor and typing random crap, or searching for dirty stories. Then I found Literotica.

Actually, it's ridiculous how much of an impact it's had on me. It gave me other writers to talk to, encouraged me to write more and differently, and gave me a place to work through a lot of the basics of writing - learning to control diction, handle POV more effectively, work on longer and more complex plots, etc.

It's meant a great deal to me.

Shanglan

 

[neonlyte]

Impact of me on Lit - zero.

Impact of Lit on me - considerable. The confidence to write above all else.

 

[Liar]

I have fun here. And I value fun. Lit have also developed my poetry skills more than any creative writing course.

Lit is big and I am small, so I suppose my impact on Lit is quite marginal. If I've made a difference to an individual or two, that would be cool as fuck.

 

[SnoopDog]

Snoop, that's a great line (no matter the truth). P.

*bows* Thnx. And I made it up myself. Clever beagle.

Snoopy,

 

[sweetnpetite]

Lit on me?

I've gotten some writing experience, some feedback on my skills, and have spent a lot of time between here and the RP boards being not as bored as I would have been otherwise.

Me on Lit.?

I posted five stories; other than that, I don't think I've done much but complain and pretend to be someone else (Rp board, I mean).

Q_C

I think you made an impact when you encouraged me to start this "Magic In America" writer's challenge. People are really excited about it- even if they don't have any idea what they want to write

 

[sweetnpetite]

I used to sit here for hours at a time, staring at the monitor and typing random crap, or searching for dirty stories. Then I found Literotica.

I think Lisa Denten is rubbing off on us all.

(actually that's a pretty hot thought- lisa 'rubbing off' on us- er, but that's not what I meant!)

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I think Lit has had a big impact on me. I think my writing skills are better, I have learned alot about the world around me from the postings here, and it certainly has done wonders for my typing speed. (However, I still can't spell to save my life.)


My impact on Lit? Zero, I have a few stories posted that were trolled into oblivion, if I was gone tommorow, no one would notice.

 

[sweetnpetite]

For me, it's been kind of circular. I read things now- and who do I want to share them with?

Most of the impact that I think I've made has been sort of jumpstarted (or followed through with) by someone else.

The Magic chain resulted in an idea that I had for myself that was encouraged along by Quiet_Cool.

The Archive thread was an idea that took off fast- thanks to Lou- and I was worried that no one would take it seriously.

The Depression thread- which i think has been really important was started when Perdita happened to post something that deeply impacted me personally.

I really do feel like I have left a mark here, and that feels good. As to the mark that lit- and all of you have left on me, there is no question. But I believe I've said it all in theEarl's thread.

Ok- trying not to get all emotional...

 

[LadyJeanne]

Re: Re: What impact has lit made on you?

I think Lisa Denten is rubbing off on us all.

(actually that's a pretty hot thought- lisa 'rubbing off' on us- er, but that's not what I meant!)

But that's exactly what I meant! I see porn everywhere now.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

I think you made an impact when you encouraged me to start this "Magic In America" writer's challenge. People are really excited about it- even if they don't have any idea what they want to write

You may have something there, actually, eventhough the idea wasn't mine. I guess it exemplifies the basic truth, that, while we each seem minor parts from our own perspectives, we make up Lit. as a whole...

That's right, I've become an over-positive, new age motivational speaker...

Luckily, I've got a good heater...
























"In my VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!!"

Ahem...

Q_C

 

[LadyJeanne]

"In my VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!!"

Ahem...

Q_C

PMSL!!! Loved that guy.

 

[sweetnpetite]

(However, I still can't spell to save my life.)


My impact on Lit? Zero, I have a few stories posted that were trolled into oblivion, if I was gone tommorow, no one would notice.

silly duck- that's so untrue.

I think most of you have made a bigger impact here than you know. (maybe not as much as lou, lol but a lot) without you- lit just wouldn't be lit. (well it would be- but you get the picture- it wouldn't be what it is today)

***edited to add, when I say lit, 9/10ths of the time I don't even realize it, but I'm talking about the AH.

**I wonder if the spelling thing has anything to do w/ being a piscies- I can't spell either

 

[cloudy]

Lit has made quite an impact on me. I've gained confidence in my writing, and I know that it's improved from my interaction here with other writers. I've met a man I love here.

As far as my impact on Lit? Probably insignificant, but that's cool, too.

 

[mtnman2003]

Insignificant at best

I believe the impact is greater on me than me on Lit!!

I contribute some for comments in the AH, but minimal. Approx 260 comments in the past 18-months. Some live here, and comment that much in a few days.

I enjoy the interaction with several writers/friends. White box friendships, but still important at this time. Never sure the actual depth of the friendships. It's a sterile environment here in the white box, we are what we want to be.

I have had great times writing the stories that I have submitted. Most all fictional situations, however some real basis for some of the stories in erotic couplings. The other categories are direct fabrications to seduce readers, votes, comments, etc.

I feel successful at what I have contributed. I finish a story, decide that I am done with the site, but somehow, it has grown on me. I keep returning, with new stories hammering my fingers to get out.

So the addiction has impacted me, rather than the other way around. Like said earlier, I do not believe I would be missed if I never visited here again. Sad for me, but realistic.

Mtn

 

[brightlyiburn]

Well, I write in more than once place. But all the places I write have been great encouragement. It's hard for me to stay focus on getting writing done without people who are reading it.

My impact on Lit? Well...there are quite a few people who tell me they come here only for my stories, but they could be coloring the truth a bit.

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

I think this thread's question will be unnaturally hard to answer for modesty's sake.