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It does not matter how big the spot is, with my impressive girth I take up all the room back her.
Be careful if you try to move in behind me, I ate spicy foods last night.
Be careful if you try to move in behind me, I ate spicy foods last night.
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Jimmy Buffett
What habit do you have that you would like to get rid of?
What habit do you have that you would like to get rid of?
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This is more in reference to cursing and keeping it within the guidelines of this site. The forums are public and a younger audience are allowed to partake. On stories we can put an age limit and warning on it, in the forums, we can't.
Thank you everyone for keeping that in mind.
Since you must be 16 to join, would it be fair to say, as a general guidance, that the forum should be basically PG-13?
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I was wondering if anyone else has had trouble submitting stories on here. I have been told and have also read that the stories are usually verified with in 24 hours and both times I have submitted it has taken over 24 hours to be verified (have put my second one up on the 27th of February and am still waiting for it to be verified) so I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else (not judging or wanting to cause trouble just curiosity)
Hi again Nekala.
I have not been to every site that people have stories checked before being posted, but the ones I have average closer to 3-4 day and sometimes a week.
I would guess that more than 80% of my stories are done within 12-36 hours. Most of my writing is stories of 1500-3500 words (usually around 2250).
I have found that shorter pieces such as poems, flash fiction, and story of 1200 words or less tend to be verified a little quicker for obvious reasons.
Occasionally they will be returned for the reason mentioned when returned. That is for the author's benefit.
The moderators will make minor proofing fixes. I found it very helpful to compare the posted story to the submitted story from my original.
I found several mistakes I was commonly making so I learned a lot from it.
If you begin to think your story is taking too long, contact a moderator and they can check on its progress.
Personally I wait two days for that and in all the time I have been here that has only happened to me once.
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Methinx this path has come to an end
With all the dribble that has been penned
It's time for all to have a fresh start
To have more fun and play it smart
And treat each other like a friend.
AMEN!
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Honestly Andy, I actually do both. My arthritis hurts bad enough after lying still for four hours that it wakes me up.
I'm normally in bed at 9pm and up no later than 2am. Take some pain medication, stretch out the kinks , and then usually go to my computer. By 6am I usually go back to bed until 10am.
If I had a choice, l would sleep in for sure. Getting older sucks in some ways.
Skiing, water or snow?
I'm normally in bed at 9pm and up no later than 2am. Take some pain medication, stretch out the kinks , and then usually go to my computer. By 6am I usually go back to bed until 10am.
If I had a choice, l would sleep in for sure. Getting older sucks in some ways.
Skiing, water or snow?
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Lady Gaga at the Oscar sing songs from the 'Sound of Music' in a tribute to Julie Andrews.
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A night sky so clear that you can see all the stars in the heaven and it will testify to your belief in the beauty of the world.
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right now I wish it would stop snowing........
Right now I wish I was sharing fresh popcorn (kettle corn if possible) and a good movie with someone as the snow fell.
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What are you two arguing about? I would like some piece and quiet back here please. Oh, you did not notice me; that is quite alright.
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Quote by LousyNick
Alrighty - that's perfectly sensible, and all well and good.
So much for the maximums. But how bout those of us who're likely to write maaaaybe a story a month, in a good month, when we're not too busy, when we remember... That kinda thing isn't frowned upon, is it?
No, not at all.
I may write a story a month or maybe two. I recently went almost three months without a story.
Write what you like and when you like to. This is not a business, there are no quotas.
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Welcome my new friend. Thank you for keeping my place warm.
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Quote by paulus
At the moment, I'm trying to make friends without Facebook, so I go out on the street every day and shout, what I've cooked, what I've eaten, how I feel, what I'm doing and where I am. And I grab hold of everyone I meet and yell: "I like you!".
By now, I've got 6 followers: 2 cops, a doctor, 2 nurses and a psychiater.
You are so lucky. All I got was slapped and sued.
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This one is one a student in my Summer program came up with: L--a.
At first, I was like "What?" But, her character is basically illiterate and that's her mark.
The character's name is L'dasha. The kids I work with are preteens. I had to laugh
because she had the right idea about names. I had to bite my tongue and not say,
"A dash and a hyphen are two different things." LOL
That is very funny!
I like to use names as Easter eggs sometimes.
In my present story I have an Italian engineering chief named Alessandro Mendini. Alessandro Mendini is a world renown Italian architectural engineer.
Also Christina Hülsmeyer is an electronics specialist and works on the tadar system. Christian Hülsmeyer was a German inventor and entrepreneur who is often credited with the invention of radar.
I like to make sure that the names my characters have fit into their cultural and family background. Like giving a Russian sounding name to a character with Asian features, because the father was Russian and the mother Asian.
For less important characters I sometimes steal names from literature or entertainment. My wife and I wrote a story that had three college friends.
Theirs names where Moses 'Harry' Horowitz, Louis Feinberg, and Jerome Horowitz. In days gone by they were called in vaudeville; Moe, Larry and Curly.
I try to make the names make sense, but I like to have fun with them too.
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I'm never satisfied. I always see room for improvement each and every time I do a read.
I have to sometimes make myself let it go.
I am so glad I am not the only one that feels that way.
I have always felt screwed up because I never seem to be able to overlook problems I see, but have not figured out how to fix, despite how minor those problems may be.
I am not alone.
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I always build up a 'world environment', very in depth character profiles, a general description of the overall story, and a good outline of plot points to reach my intended ending.
Probably about a third of my writing goes into this process. At that point I put the characters in the situation I have built and let them work their way through it.
Now I just write want the characters do, like I am watching a TV show or movie. It goes very quickly.
I find that working everything out ahead of time helps me to 'see' the complete story. It makes it very easy to make changes in any part of the story and then making sure how that change affects everything else.
Probably about a third of my writing goes into this process. At that point I put the characters in the situation I have built and let them work their way through it.
Now I just write want the characters do, like I am watching a TV show or movie. It goes very quickly.
I find that working everything out ahead of time helps me to 'see' the complete story. It makes it very easy to make changes in any part of the story and then making sure how that change affects everything else.
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The other difficulty I found was trying to find new and interesting ways to describe the physical act of sexual intercourse. It's a simple and basic act: once part a is inserted into part b there's not a great deal else one can say! Sure, you can find new and interesting places and positions to put a and b together but the fact remains that it's still a dull act to write about over and over again.
This is where the erotica writers and the porn writers (or we like to call them stroke story writers) separate. A strong story line and interesting well defined characters are going to eliminate that problem. Then of course you have to have the imagination (or I like to say nature) for those types of details. Everyone that simply knows what the acts consists of isn't necessarily going to be able to make it erotic--as in real life. Experience is a major enhancement, admittedly not always necessary. If it is a really good story highlighted by the sex, the characters can be doing the most simple of things and your reader is hot an rooting for them regardless. There own imagination can fill in the whatever spaces do it for them. The entire genre is underestimated. However, it's a major thing right now. With online publishing and such, readers are flocking to it. In most book stores, it isn't even separated. It's all fiction or romance.
Strokers can care less and neither do those type of writers.
You are so correct. I think the biggest difference is just as you said, the story.
Erotica can be an excellent read, just as genre can, If the characters come first (no pun intended), the plot / storyline second, and the sex third.
I like to think of erotica as a story which happens to have some sex in it. Porn (or stoke stories) are either just sex, or the sex is the main character.
If at the end of a story that has sex in it, you can not recall the main characters' names, then that is porn. If at the end of the story you first thoughts are about the characters or the plot, then that is erotica.
I believe sales of erotica are presently greater than sales of all other genres put together.
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I have asked her if she liked what I had done or if it seemed right because I haven't written anything like this before and I wanted her opinion on what she thought of it. Yes I did tell her it is "Read Only" and she still changed things and I have told her before that she can't make changes to my story as it puts me off. No the changes weren't beneficial and I prefer to keep all my copies in electronic form because then I can control a lot easier who sees it and it wasn't that I didn't appreciate her opinion but I would have preferred her to tell me what she thought was wrong instead of just changing things in my manuscript without telling me. She changed the length of a couple of my sentences and added things where they shouldn't be. It would have been different if she had told me what was wrong so that I could do it instead of just changing things I wouldn't of minded it so much.
Did you want the person to just say yes I liked it or no I did not like it; or did you want them to make constructive criticisms?
If you want more than just a yes or no, then making changes is the most practical means of doing it.
It seems that you want them to recommend changes that you might make, but you do not want them to make them. It would be easy for you to go back and fix any changes they made back to the original form.
I understand that feeling. My writing is like my baby, I do not want anyone touching it, but I realized a long time ago that if I wanted the help, I had to let them play with my baby.
ABG made some great points too. A second pair of eyes is always a good idea. If you want advise from an outstanding writer, she is the one to listen to. She is one of the best.
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I think the way I deal with characters is crazy, but it is the only way I have ever been able to create believable and unique characters. It also makes the writing process slow for me.
I think of my characters as real people. I will figure out a complete personality profile for any character. The more important the character is the more extensive the profile.
I work up their history, family, childhood, their physical characteristics and abilities, their mental processes including their general ideas of life, and their emotional make-up. I try to make a character that I can give 15-25 labels to.
After I make this character as much of a person as I feel I need, then I write the story. As the story move along, the characters are placed in various situations. How would this person react to this situation? What would they do? That is how the story will progress.
I think my characters are realistic and easy to empathize with is because I make them as real as possible then make the story fit them and not make the characters fit the story.
I know it sounds strange , but I talk with my characters (mentally, not out loud) and let them tell me what they will do. I think it is because I grew up playing role playing games. (Yes D&D was a big part of that. I actually played with the creators of the game. The Gygaxs. Name dropping can be fun.)
Does anyone else do characters this way?
I think of my characters as real people. I will figure out a complete personality profile for any character. The more important the character is the more extensive the profile.
I work up their history, family, childhood, their physical characteristics and abilities, their mental processes including their general ideas of life, and their emotional make-up. I try to make a character that I can give 15-25 labels to.
After I make this character as much of a person as I feel I need, then I write the story. As the story move along, the characters are placed in various situations. How would this person react to this situation? What would they do? That is how the story will progress.
I think my characters are realistic and easy to empathize with is because I make them as real as possible then make the story fit them and not make the characters fit the story.
I know it sounds strange , but I talk with my characters (mentally, not out loud) and let them tell me what they will do. I think it is because I grew up playing role playing games. (Yes D&D was a big part of that. I actually played with the creators of the game. The Gygaxs. Name dropping can be fun.)
Does anyone else do characters this way?
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I have to say, this is an interesting thread. I enjoyed reading everyone's answers.
I have not posted a story I did not like. I have worked on a couple of dozen things that never panned out, but I would not post them. Maybe someday I might think of a way to make them worthwhile.
I am super critical of my own writing. I keep changing it again and again trying to get it just right, but at some point I have to stop when I'm not making helpful changes. It is common for me to do 5-10 rewrites of a piece before I submit it.
Even then I still notice every single little bit that I feel is not just right. A word grouping, phasing, or word choice that I feel could be better. Organizing the story's flow and pace, especially in my Sci-Fi stories.
I often find it difficult to go back and read some of my work because I see the possible potential I did not quite reach.
I think my stories are good and a few very good, but I have not written the story yet that everything fell into place. A story that people read and go WOW. I may never, but I think I can if I keep getting better.
The people on Stories Space have made me such a much better writer with their advise and examples. I look at my earliest few stories compared to what I do now, and I can only thank all my friends for their help and support.
I have not posted a story I did not like. I have worked on a couple of dozen things that never panned out, but I would not post them. Maybe someday I might think of a way to make them worthwhile.
I am super critical of my own writing. I keep changing it again and again trying to get it just right, but at some point I have to stop when I'm not making helpful changes. It is common for me to do 5-10 rewrites of a piece before I submit it.
Even then I still notice every single little bit that I feel is not just right. A word grouping, phasing, or word choice that I feel could be better. Organizing the story's flow and pace, especially in my Sci-Fi stories.
I often find it difficult to go back and read some of my work because I see the possible potential I did not quite reach.
I think my stories are good and a few very good, but I have not written the story yet that everything fell into place. A story that people read and go WOW. I may never, but I think I can if I keep getting better.
The people on Stories Space have made me such a much better writer with their advise and examples. I look at my earliest few stories compared to what I do now, and I can only thank all my friends for their help and support.