What is the average age of SRP writers?

[Chief_Lifeguard]

Let me know what your opinion is on this. I'm older than most, if not all, of you. Whether or not I chose to initiate some SRP threads depends on the interest level of any of the more mature people populating this part of Lit. I'm not opposed to writing with younger people. I do wonder if maybe they are opposed to writing with me. (LOL).

Thanks.

 

[fuckmeat]

If you add a poll to this thread and put options for different age groups e.g.

18-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
60+

Then members can vote i.e. select the age-group that applies to them. This will give you an accurate idea of the age ranges within SRPs.

Click 'edit post' on your first post to this thread, click 'go advanced' then 'add a poll' (specifying how many 'options' or age-groups you want. Fill in the prompt boxes with the question and the different groups.

I suggest this because to be honest, I don't look at the ages people put on their profiles. Most people of all ages use young/attractive avatar pics so I couldn't even begin to guess what percentage of posters are mature.

You should also consider that the age of a writing partner shouldn't matter as much as their emotional maturity and literary talent.

 

[zydrate]

If you add a poll to this thread and put options for different age groups e.g.

18-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
60+

Then members can vote i.e. select the age-group that applies to them. This will give you an accurate idea of the age ranges within SRPs.

Click 'edit post' on your first post to this thread, click 'go advanced' then 'add a poll' (specifying how many 'options' or age-groups you want. Fill in the prompt boxes with the question and the different groups.

I suggest this because to be honest, I don't look at the ages people put on their profiles. Most people of all ages use young/attractive avatar pics so I couldn't even begin to guess what percentage of posters are mature.

nods and points to what FM said

Ditto

 

[DarkWarrioress]

Let me know what your opinion is on this. I'm older than most, if not all, of you. Whether or not I chose to initiate some SRP threads depends on the interest level of any of the more mature people populating this part of Lit. I'm not opposed to writing with younger people. I do wonder if maybe they are opposed to writing with me. (LOL).

Thanks.

Chief,

Like FM, I don't look at ages in profiles. Hell, even in storylines (threads) with people, unless age is a focus, I'm more focused on the interaction. What my co-writer looks like or how old he is, doesn't mean a damn thing to me. As in the RW, age is of no significance, people, themselves, are.

 

[Chief_Lifeguard]

I had assumed most of the responses would elude to the thought that the age of the writer doesnt matter. And I would agree with that sentiment. I read what all of you folks post and your creativity and talent is evident.

That being said, most of us like to feel the company of others like us. Being of a certain age, I most likely would create story ideas that would interest people of my own age group more than they would a younger person. Not that a younger person couldnt participate in a quality manner. I do look forward to writing with many of you. This was primarily meant as an attempt to see who's out there around my age.

Thank you everyone for your responses.

 

[Veroe]

If you wanted to meet and talk with other members around your age then try to make a thread for that specific purpose, Chief. You won't meet them unless you go specifically looking for them.

 

[monique_minx]

To answer the thread question...

Anywhere between 18 and 100?

There's people here of all ages and its never mattered to me. I just want a competent co writer - hard enough to come by (especially when you're new! - That was a lot of reading!)

I agree with FM, a poll would provide an accurate and calculated response, if you still want an answer, that is.

I would like to ask why you want your writing to appeal to your age group?
Is there some written rule somewhere that if you're the same age as someone else you must like the same kinks?
I like bondage, my best mate of the same age is vanilla.
My writing would therefore not appeal to him...

Why don't you just write for yourself like everyone else?


...Man, it's bad when your own logic gives you a headache!

Now...looking up at what I've just written, my grammar, my spelling (no, I don't use spell check) and my vocabulary - most people would peg me as old, or at least; older than I actually am.

I'm 21.
You'd never have guessed unless you already knew.
Age doesn't matter here.

 

[Ausus_girl13]

I had assumed most of the responses would elude to the thought that the age of the writer doesnt matter. And I would agree with that sentiment. I read what all of you folks post and your creativity and talent is evident.

That being said, most of us like to feel the company of others like us. Being of a certain age, I most likely would create story ideas that would interest people of my own age group more than they would a younger person. Not that a younger person couldnt participate in a quality manner. I do look forward to writing with many of you. This was primarily meant as an attempt to see who's out there around my age.

Thank you everyone for your responses.

Ageism much?

Seriously? Age isn't much around here, and given that it's a sex oriented site most likely someone out there is lying to you.

Instead of focusing on age, you should find the writers that light a fire under your ass, or one in your head. That's when the magic really happens. Looking specifically for age can sometimes blind or block off those who you might really mesh with. Unless you're looking for a relationship.... then... well.. the playing field changes slightly. Maybe. But that's an argument for another day.

 

[fuckmeat]

I understand CL's desire to write with an older person. In it's way his 'ageism' in no different to any other preference/exclusion we all express around here in order to get what we want. Yes, it's limiting but then so's my choice only to write dark, violent threads opposite dominant sadists. BY dominant sadists I mean people who can portray one convincingly. Whether they could put the fear of God into me in real life is immaterial.

The caveat here is that this is the internet, where everyone can be whoever they dream up that morning. I'd be surprised if most of the ages listed in profiles here were accurate. CL can ask the age of prospective writers but he has to accept what he's told.

Also, there are plenty of writers of all ages who lack the education and practice at creative writing required in order to have a broad vocabulary, good SPG and the capacity for story crafting as well as playing out sexual acts. While lack of education is not the same as a lack of intelligence, (Minx being a superlative case in point) it's still a necessary way in which the playing field here is carved up. The bottom line is that people here will most often write with others who have the same degree of competence and talent.

And the more limits you place on finding a prospective co-writer, the less likely you are to find one.

My advice to CL therefore is to post your ideas on the 'seeking writers/inspiration' thread and see what responses you get. If someone is interested, look at their profile and other SRP threads they have worked on to see whether their talent and style suits your own. I can't tell you who here is mature in real life, but I could certainly point you towards people who have portrayed very convincing mature characters. That ability to portray a character convincingly should really be the most vital thing you're looking for. That's why I feel that you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater in your attempt to establish real life attributes (assuming nobody lies to you) that are really only vaguely relevant in terms of finding someone with which to write erotic fiction.

Daniel Defoe was an embittered political activist in his 60s when he wrote Moll Flanders in 1722. He portrayed beautifully the trials and tribulations encountered by a lone young woman in a world ruled solely by men. That he was possessed of such insight in the midst of such a gloriously chauvinistic era, particularly as a rich and privileged man writing about a poverty stricken widow, is remarkable.

If he could do that, I'll wager that there are writers of all ages around here capable of fulfilling your SRP needs with equal brilliance.

Good fiction needs no basis in fact.

But naturally, the prerogative is yours.

 

[Britwitch]

Let me know what your opinion is on this. I'm older than most, if not all, of you. Whether or not I chose to initiate some SRP threads depends on the interest level of any of the more mature people populating this part of Lit. I'm not opposed to writing with younger people. I do wonder if maybe they are opposed to writing with me. (LOL).

Thanks.

Like many other people I think if you want an 'actual' answer, then add a poll to your initial post. But as many have said, people will click on whatever number they like so you're unlikely to get an accurate answer but it would be an answer.

To respond personally to what you're asking, I will grit my teeth and ignore the fact the you seem to think maturity is based on age alone. I've known 20 year olds with more maturity than some 40 somethings of my acquaintance but that's a different debate all together.

Anyway, you ask what we think the average age is. I think the average age is probably somewhere around the 20-35 mark but that'll be by no means accurate.

I've had writing partners in their 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's playing characters with a wide range of different ages and have loved writing with them all based solely on the stories we've written together and that alone. Style, subject matter and skill are the things I look for in a writing partner, not their birthdate.

To be frank I think the only reason younger people might be opposed to writing with you (another point you make in your post) is that I can't actually see anything you've posted anywhere which displays your own writing style, skill or areas of interest.

Maybe try filling in an SRP profile listed at the top of the Lounge or, shameless plug, maybe try writing a post in my Writing Challenge so that we and other posters can see what you're about. As well as posting in the Seeking Partners thread in the main SRP forum

 

[Vail_Indigo]

While I think that assuming an older person is more mature than a younger person, starting an SRP is a significant thing and a significant commitment.
If you don't already know the person, you don't have much to go on.
So you take the information you have.
I, for one, won't start an SRP unless a person has at least 100+ posts. Even that is changing, and moving up to a couple hundred because of an SRP that I spent a lot of time starting, only to get abandonned after one post.

 

[Chief_Lifeguard]

Thanks to EVERYONE for your feedback, negative, positive, both, neither and middle of the road. I look forward to more one-on-one interaction with each of you.

CL

 

[Veroe]

I think rather than people your own age, CL, You should try to look for other members who have the same level of maturity as you, that's the real measure of compatibility here on Lit. Its difficult to guage with relative strangers. Its not like an arbitrary number like our ages that's too far one way or another from your own arbitrary number.

Also as was discussed age is no measure of maturity. And neither are first impressions you get over a smattering of text you read off of someone's comments here. There are people here who seem young and may seem immature from what they do and say here. Its all too easy to get the impression of some people here as childish or geeky, but if you get to know them more I'd bet you'd be surprised by just how mature they can be.

Anyway good luck with your search for compatible people to talk with.

 

[Niriate]

Wait, wait, wait...

Minx is 21?...

Goddamnit woman, you keep surprising me every single time I see you.

 

[DeathsKnight]

I'll put my foot in my mouth and agree with BritWitch here, the most writers I have come across is between the 20 - 35 range. I'm 29 myself