What should happen next.....

If you can't decide where you want your story to go, asking the readers at large is probably not going to help much. Six people will have six different ideas. I think you might be better to find a beta reader, someone who could read this over and work with you. Bouncing ideas off one person is one thing, but I don't know about this.
 
If you can't decide where you want your story to go, asking the readers at large is probably not going to help much. Six people will have six different ideas. I think you might be better to find a beta reader, someone who could read this over and work with you. Bouncing ideas off one person is one thing, but I don't know about this.

I agree, or at least put a short summary of events so far and ask which direction it should go in or what elements should appear in the story.
 
I agree with PennLady, asking your readers what should be written next is the wrong approach. You should already have an idea as to how you want your series to end. What is the ultimate goal of the series? Will she meet her Master in person, despite what she says in the first story about only wanting an online master? Will they live happily ever after? It sounds like your fans would like to see Mr. McCarthy turn out to be the Master, but I think that would be a stretch, since 1) it would be a very large, unbelievable coincidence for two people who know each other to hook up via random chance through a forum message on Literotica, and 2) they've been sending pictures back & forth (although it's not clear whether they've been including their faces in their pictures), so she would be able to recognize him right away.

In any case, if you don't have a set goal in mind, then you run the risk of meandering along from chapter to chapter and not getting anywhere. You're then forced to come up with increasingly novel sex or dominance scenes in order to keep your readers' interest. You're going to get burned out or hit writer's block (which I'm guessing is already happening if you're polling people for ideas).

One note on point of view: IMO, it's unfortunate that the story is in first person POV. I think if it were in third, then there would be better opportunity to develop the character of the Master, which would make the story more interesting. As it is, our only exposure to him is through his instant messaging. It would have been nice to switch the POV to the Master on occasion and see what his motivations are, what his life is like. Or perhaps you'd like to keep his identity a secret and surprise your readers at the end.

So decide how you want the series to end, and that will help guide you as to what to do next.
 
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