Wondering if i should continue my current story

[MelanieShaman]

So, here's my dilemma. I've been away for a long time, but I am currently working (like crazy) on my new project. My issue is, it's a teacher/student lesbian story, and when the story opens the student is only 17. There is obviously no sexual content, as it's illegal, but I am pretty deep in the story with only one "erotic" scene (teacher masturbating). It's a lot of talking and "near misses". A lot of the teacher explaining why they shouldn't and her trying to explain why they can't be together all while wanting it.

I am really enjoying the drama, the struggle, etc and writing this has been really great, and I want to make this a deeper and more personal story than it already is. So, in the end... do i write it just for me, or put it up here? I mean, the girl will turn 18 here shortly, then another aspect comes in. She's legal, but it's not "moral" a teacher and a student. Not that "morality" in this situation matters much to me as a person. So, should I keep going and submit it?

 

[HeyAll]

Just the flirtation alone with a 17 year old may be enough to get the story rejected here. That's likely the case.

If I were you, I'd make the student 18, freshman in college, and have the drama stem from a university rule where professors and students can't have relations.

Or if you really want to make it more taboo, have it be a religious college. People love that.

 

[KeithD]

Writing underage isn't illegal--there's a lot of it in mainstream literature. It just isn't accepted by this Web site. If your 17-year-old is any way involved in a sexual situation that you describe I the story, it won't fly here. Watching or being aroused are sexual activity. If you can't write it without a 17-year-old being involved, it's important to you to write underage, which isn't accepted by this Web site's submissions editor. Legality isn't involved.

 

[Jada59]

Doesn't sound to me like Lit would publish it.

 

[ef_oh_ex]

Just the flirtation alone with a 17 year old may be enough to get the story rejected here. That's likely the case.

If I were you, I'd make the student 18, freshman in college, and have the drama stem from a university rule where professors and students can't have relations.

Or if you really want to make it more taboo, have it be a religious college. People love that.

I agree that the 18 year old in college bypasses most all of the issues on this site, while still allowing you to continue with the character study, plot development etc.
In short, you've invested time and effort into this process, so I would advise continuation of the story line, on those grounds alone.

 

[MelanieShaman]

That was my fear... I'll just write it for myself.

thanks

 

[ElectricBlue]

Just add a year on to her age, put her in college, not high school. The same moral dilemma applies between student and teacher, regardless of venue, regardless of age.

Everyone loses their virginity on their eighteenth birthday on Lit. It might be ridiculous, but that's just the way it is, it's happened to every first timer here. No big deal.

 

[MelanieShaman]

Yeah... I'm just trying to rework how they meet. The girl isn't in any of the teacher's classes... So meeting might be a bit of a challenge. I guess they can meet in a similar manner as my current story... I'll have to change the "getting to know each other in detention thing".

 

[ElectricBlue]

Yeah... I'm just trying to rework how they meet. The girl isn't in any of the teacher's classes... So meeting might be a bit of a challenge. I guess they can meet in a similar manner as my current story... I'll have to change the "getting to know each other in detention thing".

Extra coaching because she's not a native English speaker, is dyslexic, has some disability or other, a special scholarship program or something - there are any number of reasons why there's one-on-one outside the lecture room.

 

[Handley_Page]

Could the student be a recently-moved-in 18 year-old from somewhere else ?

 

[Jada59]

They could meet at some event at the college such as a concert or play. They could meet outside on q bench or at a table. They could meet at one of the places that sells food or coffee. They could meet in a bathroom.

 

[Voboy]

Lit solved this problem awhile ago: she was held back a year for, say, dyslexia. In, say, second grade. So she’s a year behind her classmates, graduating at nineteen instead of eighteen.

Easy PZ, though you WILL be forsaking the extra layer of 18-year-old “sudden legality” pressuring the teacher. You could achieve a similar dilemma by having the student be in the teacher’s class as a junior, then not as a senior. This brings in the “fair game” element in a way you might find useful.

I do understand (because I tend to write these sorts of stories myself) the difference between an HS setting and a college setting. I’d do what it takes to keep the story in HS, but you need to compromise in some way if you want to publish here.

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Also, if it happening during high school is critical to the story in a way that a college wouldn't suffice, why not have her repeat a year? Maybe she slacked off in her last year of high school and failed her exams. Could even be why she's in detention, with a teacher telling her that she's acting the exact same way as last year, and that this isn't looking very promising for her passing this time either.

Not too familiar with US high schools though, but she could also just have had to repeat a year earlier on, making her a year older than her classmates. Of course, since her classmates would still be underage they need to be away from any and all action going on between the teacher and student, but that shouldn't be that big of an issue I'd imagine.

So yeah, plenty of ways to justify and 18 year old girl in high school. Also, last time I checked for a story idea of mine, your birthday can also have some influence on that. Apparently average high school graduation age is 17-18, so as long as she's in her last year you might not even need to justify or change anything (except make her 18, of course). But that's been a while since I read that, so it might need some research to make sure that's plausible. Anyway, I see plenty of ways to make this story work while still conforming to Literotica's guidelines.

 

[LupusDei]

That was my fear... I'll just write it for myself.

thanks

This isn't the only story site on the internet. Just saying.

 

[LupusDei]

Also, if it happening during high school is critical to the story in a way that a college wouldn't suffice...

It is also dependent from jurisdiction and time period.

Here (in Latvia) the education law reads "[children] start school the calendar year they turn seven..." Yes, roughly half graduate at 19 here. About two thirds start senior year already 18. It is an artefact of Soviet history and 11 year school. Initially, the twelfth year was added instead of the "zeroth" preschool grade some schools offered (I have happen to attend such), but soon was changed "back" to be as it is now. Yes, it was quite a chaos for a while, I, and all my classmates haven't never been in a certain grade, and some people later had two different grades with the same number. Sure, there's ongoing debate to change it back again to be more consistent with the rest of the world. I think, one of the main arguments was that six year old are too young to navigate public transportation on their own, but that is universally expected from school children here.

From context and stories I have read it seems to be acceptable to claim such age distribution also in at least certain US parts at least in some historical periods... point is, there are stories on this site that claim 18 year old school children the summer before the senior year of high school. I plan to use this at some point, appealing to honest historical/geographical context. (Sure, at least some of those mentioned stories are easily recognizable as artificially aged stories about sixteen years old, and may not stand probably more tightened scrutiny now, but again, just saying.)

 

[SimonDoom]

This isn't the only story site on the internet. Just saying.

Yes. There are other websites that allow these stories. If you have a clear idea of the kind of story you want to tell it makes more sense to find the right forum for it instead of changing the story to fit the forum.

 

[KeithD]

If you have to have it set in high school, you're playing the underage card. I'm not opposed to that, but the Web site is, and whether or not you get it slipped through, you are playing the underage card to get underage-interested readers. Let's just be real about it.

 

[MelanieShaman]

If you have to have it set in high school, you're playing the underage card. I'm not opposed to that, but the Web site is, and whether or not you get it slipped through, you are playing the underage card to get underage-interested readers. Let's just be real about it.

I'm not interested or rather not writing for underage readers, it's for drama and tension.

I really appreciate all the feedback everyone. Given me great insight. Thanks so much!

 

[Voboy]

If you have to have it set in high school, you're playing the underage card. I'm not opposed to that, but the Web site is, and whether or not you get it slipped through, you are playing the underage card to get underage-interested readers. Let's just be real about it.

As you never fail to point out.

She seems like she's got a very clear sense of where she wants her story to go. Indeed, her question indicates to me very plainly that she's got scant interest in getting her story "slipped through," despite your insinuations. She's trying to do exactly what the site wants her to do, in case you hadn't noticed.

 

[KeithD]

As you never fail to point out.

Because the "how can I get around this?" constantly comes up here. Sometimes reality sucks.

I don't start any of these threads.

 

[Voboy]

Because the "how can I get around this?" constantly comes up here. Sometimes reality sucks.

I don't start any of these threads.

She's not looking to get around it. She's perfectly happy not posting it here.

 

[KeithD]

She's not looking to get around it. She's perfectly happy not posting it here.

It may be about a specific instance for you; it isn't for me, nor have I tried to make it so. Again, I didn't bring this "how can I pretend it isn't about underage?" issue up. If the question never changes, why should my response change?--unless you just see value in wearing the response down to where the reality doesn't exist anymore. So, you can save yourself the "wearing down" effort on this.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

It may be about a specific instance for you; it isn't for me, nor have I tried to make it so. Again, I didn't bring this "how can I pretend it isn't about underage?" issue up,

Neither did she. Her OP was "should I keep writing this story" given that it does have an underage element. That's the opposite of "How can I pretend it isn't about underage."

And if your response is specific to her question, then why are you responding at all?

 

[KeithD]

Neither did she. Her OP was "should I keep writing this story" given that it does have an underage element. That's the opposite of "How can I pretend it isn't about underage."

And if your response is specific to her question, then why are you responding at all?

My, there seem to be a lot of folks here touchy about the "really want to write underage" issue.

Since you want to harp away at it, in this specific instance, the writer wants to write to underage so badly that she isn't going to adjust it so that she can post it to Literotica.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

My, there seem to be a lot of folks here touchy about the "really want to write underage" issue.

No. I'm not going to let you get away with that implication about me. None of the characters in any of my stories are remotely close to being underage. I don't do "oh she just got out of high school" or "ooh, he's a freshman in college stories." It's not my thing, and I'm not interested in it.

Own your shit Keith. The OP asked a perfectly reasonable question seeking advice about *whether or not* to continue a story. YOU responded as though they were asking for help evading the censors. That's on you, not on her.