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    General Orgy Chat

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    9 hours ago, Melrick said:

    It’s easy to screw up writing about someone else’s character, to be honest, especially if you’re not fully familiar with them.  I think if you’re writing something a little out of the ordinary then it’s probably best to talk to them first and get their opinion.  

    Oh yeah, if I was doing something a bit out there, I’d definitely want a consult! That’s why I try to wait and get a general understanding of everyone else before using their characters in a scene. I reference the original writer’s writing too, and that helps.

    4 hours ago, BronxWench said:

    Foe and I have done this before, and Willow and I also write together, so we sort of have an edge there. But honestly, I’m not all that bothered if someone writes my character for their post, and messes around with my character a bit. It makes it fun, for me. I get to react to having been put in a situation I might not have thought about before, and I take it from there. It’s rare I’ll object to anyone’s take on my snarky pretends-to-be-a-drow bitchy dragon. :lol:

    Aaaah right, you guys are all old RP buddies! And I totally agree if you guys wanna take Kassie for a spin. It’s actually interesting seeing other people’s interpretation of the character. She’s new to me too, after all. :D Writing Bronx is hella fun, even from a far perspective, lol, and the group dynamic in general is fun to tinker with. 

    Forum Orgy 2: Tales From the Tavern

    in Forum Orgy

    Posted · Edited by KassX

    "If the view from back there pleases m'lady," Kassie teased, taking the lead with Foe. The entire tavern seemed to heave a collective sigh of relief as the adventurers took off into the forest. The sun had just dipped over the horizon, plunging the forest into a darkness which must have suited the dark elf in the party just fine. At least Kassie hoped it did because she couldn't think of another good reason to begin their journey at this hour, when the creatures were out and about. It was different from those lonely nights hiding in her hastily cobbled-together nests in the treetops, though. She felt braver in the presence of her powerful new companions.  

    The darkness of nightfall twisted benign branches and leaves into the shapes of monsters to the point where she wondered if she would be able to discern an actual beast hiding in the foliage, or simply squat next to it obliviously the next time they stopped for a bathroom break. 

    Kassie was not a little girl anymore - she wasn't afraid of the dark, she just had a healthy respect for the monsters that dwelled in it. In fact, as a thief, the cover of night had always been her friend. She simply preferred to be in a city during that magical time when half the townspeople were drunk and the other half asleep, their property ripe for the taking... 

    Kassie scanned the canopy for signs of the moon peeking through, but had no luck finding it. She should have been grateful: a full moon might have put a rabid werewolf in their path. On the other hand, new moons tended to bring out packs of roaming barghests with an affinity for waylaying and devouring travelers... She went back and forth in her head on which fate she preferred and decided the moon was driving her mad, as it was rumored to do. Kassie buried her nose in the map instead, tracing their prospective path with her brown eyes. 

    "We could travel alongside the river, which should take us right to the edge of the woods," she suggested. 

    "Let's not." Foe chuckled and shook his head at that. 

    "And why not?" Bronx sounded amused. "Worried we might run into your lover? I thought you left her fully satisfied." She jabbed lightly. 

    "One does not kiss a river goddess and tell," he replied, enigmatic. Foe had the vigor to satiate a deity? Kassie tucked that little snippet of info carefully away... 

    "The only other path cuts through the middle of the forest," she said. She could see it would take them far from the Tavern. It had taken her so long to find it, she wasn't about to lose it already! If nothing else, free food and drink was too valuable a resource to waste.  

    "Better mark the Tavern..." she muttered to herself and dug a stub of charcoal out of her pocket to mark the spot. She blinked incredulously as the black cross vanished before her eyes. "What..." She tried again, to the same outcome. "Sorcery!" She immediately looked at Foe as if accusing him. The magic user smiled at her as if at a little girl. 

    "Don't bother. The same thing happened to me as well," Grim commented from behind her. "Damn place must be cursed... Or warded or some such trickery." His lip curled; he clearly wasn't amused by the cloak and dagger mystique that surrounded the place. Kassie wasn't sure she trusted it either, but she had to credit it for drawing them all together. 

    The half-orc's boots crunched heavily through the undergrowth as he walked. Kassie was intensely aware of his great presence and every twig he snapped beneath his feet. Bronx's steps, on the other hand, were far lighter as she easily kept pace with the larger man. She was imperceptible, even. If Kassie hadn't had a quick glance to check that the drow was still physically there, she might have believed that Bronx had disappeared altogether.

    "What are you so worried about?" Foe scoffed slightly, recapturing Kassie's attention. "You don't need a map; you have us. Besides, don't you think it's a bit premature to be concerned with making it back? I'm not yet convinced you'll survive the trip there, let alone the actual catacombs." The words sparked anger in her chest.

    "Hold on!" Kassie took a longer stride and swiveled around in front of Foe, bringing the entire party to a halt. "You think I'm so weak, but one does not become queen by recklessly endangering her life at every opportunity. I only take what I need." She pointed at him. "You're the one with the audacity to go barging into Saraina's domain. And for what? Coin that you have no need for? It is a miracle of the divines that you two thrill-seekers still have your lives." 

    "Kassie." Bronx's voice came like the cut of a cold knife, startling her. Kassie felt the elf's gaze like a frigid grip guiding her into her place. She stepped back in line.

    "Sorry," she said with insincere brevity. Foe looked straight ahead as he continued but there was a tightness to his jaw and a slightly annoyed crease in his brow. She could tell his patience with her was wearing thin. It was important not to wear it right out. Grim didn't seem to want to get involved, letting his gaze wander to the trees.

    A silence settled over the party; a silence in which Kassie looked between Bronx and Foe furtively. She wasn't sure about the nature of the relationship between the two adventurers. There were some things which could be observed in passing, and some things that were faster resolved with a more direct approach.

    "So, the two of you are betrothed?" she asked bluntly. Grim's eyes widened and he looked at their other two companions sideways. 

  10. Has your fanfic ever gone off the rails and become more of an original work?

    in Aimless Babble

    Posted

    Oh absolutely, I wrote like 5 books of a series that was originally a fanfiction. It basically stopped being one about a few chapters in because there were SOOOO many OCs and new plotlines. And honestly? I was cool with that. It was all very organic; it felt like a graduation. I went back later and changed whatever fandom vestiges remained to make it truly original. An original series that I could potentially sell one day? Hell to the YES! 

  11. Pet Peeves-What can't you stand

    in Writers' Corner

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    7 hours ago, BronxWench said:

    Sometimes, something about a character’s appearance is relevant, and so I mention it. Maybe his eyes are a shade not customary where he’s living, or maybe he has a unique scar. But on the whole, I describe the minimum about a character’s appearance. As a reader, I don’t want an overload of details. I might not growl about it in a review, but I do prefer being able to put my own mental spin on a character. 

    Fair enough. My YA characters also tend to be mythological beings which aren’t quite in the mainstream yet (certain types of yokai, fenrirs, huldra etc) so I really can’t get around doing at least a few lines of description. I think of it like scene setting: when you’ve set such a lush stage, why would your characters be fuzzy blobs moving around it? Alsoooo when you leave it up to the imagination, those imaginations tend to be whiiiiite… :D

  12. Pet Peeves-What can't you stand

    in Writers' Corner

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    37 minutes ago, CloverReef said:

    Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. I personally like a little bit of description to help me visualize, and in smut, visuals are kinda a priority, so you keep doing you. I tend to throw in little relevant details about character appearances throughout the story. I’d actually prefer to give more description of my main character, I just can never find the right moment. It was so much easier when my main character was a narcissist. Sigh. But yeah, I get readers asking for more description every now and then. Have you ever had a reader ask for less?

    Yeah, this is really more wrt my YA stuff. With the smut, I do physical description in more detail than the YA stuff; and I think that does come with the territory. I prefer to sprinkle in details as the story goes along too, but I’ve literally heard people say not to do that either. I personally have never had a reader ask for less, but as a reader, I have sometimes wanted less, only if it starts to go on for too long. It is definitely up to the writer to find balance. 

    I totally feel you on the narcissist characters; I have one who will go on and on about his GREAT hair :D :D

  13. Pet Peeves-What can't you stand

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    Pet PEEEEVES, omg you guys do not want to get me to start bitching because I will literally never stop, lol. I agree with so, so many of these. But here’s one that doesn’t happen too often but when it does, it pisses me off SO MUCH: writers who tell you not to describe your character’s physical appearance because it ‘ruins the reader’s mental image’. Fuck your image, my dude :D 

    I mean look, I’m not the kind of girl to go off on three-page character descriptions from hair and eye color all the way to the single, curly hair on their left big toe, but firstly, I’ve had readers say they wish they had more physical description to picture the story better in their head and secondly, I tend to write stories set in metropolitan cities with lots of ethnic diversity. That diversity happens to be important to the story and to me! Now unless I give every POC character a ridiculous caricature of an ethnic name, that  is just not going to get across without a physical description so PLEASE LET ME HELP YOU

    Forum Orgy 2: Tales From the Tavern

    in Forum Orgy

    Posted

    "Oh, I see," Kassie said nonchalantly. She had a feeling Grim was lying, although she wasn't sure how useful that information was. Information was never useless; it was just irrelevant at the time. Back - back into the archives of her mind for now. She placed a hand on his chest, stopping the halfling in his tracks.  

    "You lost me quite a bit of money, you know," she mused, smiling as his lip tugged into a snarl. "Does that surprise you? It was a smart bet. Until Foe intervened." Her mouth twisted slightly at that. 

    "You set me up," Grim accused her. She saw his expression turn distrustful. In him, she saw someone who was fundamentally good-natured, but every time he let his guard down, he was given reason to build it back up a little stronger each time. 

    "I knew you would win." She lied fluidly. "And I was prepared to reward you..." Her fingers danced over his chest. Kassie quickly gauged his reaction. He didn't respond, but he didn't pull away either. More useful information. Her fingers danced away. "Anyway, you will have plenty of opportunity to pay me back on the mission!" Her eyes were already darting, searching for Foe.

    Now Foe, he was more of an enigma. She may have been cheated of her chance to watch orcs beat each other to bloody pulp, but she could hardly complain at what she received in exchange. Even if it had all ended so quickly. Noticing the blood on his lip, she approached with a smile and offered the warrior a towel.

    "That was quite a display." Foe did not seem amused. 
     

  16. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

    in Writers' Corner

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    23 hours ago, Praetor said:

         Another thing you should do is more cardio.  No, really.  Not just as a holistic approach to wellness, though being fit is something we should all strive for and in the 1st world don’t often prioritize but because physicality is a key part of being a Renaissance Wo/Man.  Something I think we, as aspiring authors, should try to be.  Also because of what cardio does for the mind.  Something about oxygen deprivation in the brain as blood is diverted for the aerobic functions and endorphin rushes or chemical imbalances in the brain during peak exertion.  I don’t know the science but it can really get the gears turning, especially during slumps.  Most of my ideas occur during runs, but swimming is also great.  Sports are good but you tend to focus on the game more than when running, biking or swimming; where the mind is free to wander as your body is at work.  I don’t just have an inspiration window when running, it’s a full on inspiration breach of muses and plot bunnies storming in with riot shields, battering rams and those breaching charges that blast through walls.  Also, once you get your exercise done for the day, you have the rest of it to relax, recover and write while still feeling productive.

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    IT REALLY WORKS! Hi, I’m Kass and I like taking long walks on the beach :D I get most of my ideas while I’m out walking. I’ll actually go for a walk if I have a case of writer’s block or if I need to hammer out some story stuff. And of course, more cardio is good advice in general! 

    I recently was able to attend a lecture by a writer studying the creative process, and he said that our best writing and creative work comes from our subconscious brain, not our conscious brain. I’m willing to bet it has something to do with that! 

  18. A Question of Consent

    in Writers' Corner

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    10 hours ago, Desiderius Price said:

    Rape is a bit more black/white on usage, other tags can have a slippery slope.  Even rape, though, if you’re talking sexual assault rather than sex, I could somebody thinking the rape doesn’t apply, especially if they think it’d scare readers unnecessarily (ie, for blood play, they’ve got blood, they’ve got sex, but the blood’s incidental, not really part of the sexual acts)..  

     

    You mean like groping as opposed to penetrative sex? I do believe the law classifies rape under sexual assault, but not all SA is defined as rape. However, we don’t have an SA tag so I would still tag ‘up’. I mean, we have SH but I don’t think it carries the same weight as assault. 

    I have that problem sometimes, I was asking about Scat earlier and I once tagged Tent even though the tentacles didn’t actually have sex with anyone, lol. I think it’s just important to be very careful about the one tag which must not be named :D

  20. How Much Sex is too Much Sex?

    in Writers' Corner

    Posted

    @InvidiaRed True! I’ve since adopted a policy of ‘write it if it feels right’ which I think is working well. I’ll write it with the momentum of the story and just let it go as long or as short as it needs to be. 

    12 hours ago, Mal said:

    KassX, my current chapters tend to range  around 10k, and I average 1-2 scenes per. Having said that though, I think it also greatly depends on how many characters you’re working with and the circumstances that are going on. A lot of times my main character, Alex will feature in both scenes. But sometimes he’s only in one. There was also a point in the story where he was gone for like 5-6 chapters and none of the sex scenes featured him. To me, the plot should ALWAYS dictate the smut. But, having said that, I AM writing smut so I always try to include at least one scene in every chapter. I also think that its more important for the smut to make sense and further the plot than to just be something gratuitous and tacted on because you needed smut. 

    I don’t know if that helped, lol I just wanted to chime in!

    Mal, OF COURSE THAT HELPS! My chapters are a bit shorter, trying to keep them around 5k, and I think I have a similar approach. Along with what I mention just above, I do try to make sure there are two scenes in each chapter so one longer ‘main’ scene and then a shorter one. I think I’m still working really hard on the ‘making sure the smut advances the plot’, but also learning at the same time. And if it doesn’t directly advance the plot, I want it to tell us something new about the characters at the very least. I’ve been doing better since I started the rewrite.

    I had this one chapter which didn’t have a speck of sex in it – which I somehow only realized a week after posting it because it was so ingrained in the plot and I literally freaked out lol. Luckily it was kind of short so it didn’t kill the story or anything.

  22. A Question of Consent

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    Posted

    13 hours ago, InvidiaRed said:

    Dont forget Lima Syndrome. Where the captor falls for their captive. Or dependency or other sycophantic behavior. Which further muddies the swamp water.

    Ooh I learned something new today! I agree on pessimism; I’ve written pretty dark circumstances, but hope and humor have always been central themes in my writing. 

    @Mal That’s actually a really compelling setup so good on you! I would posit something maybe controversial: if she and Alex are happy together in the end, maybeeee… It doesn’t matter what everyone else thinks? Maybe in the story, that’s just between them and they don’t need outsiders passing judgement on what transpired.

    Obviously, the relationship can never be completely morally clean and conscionable and I’m pretty sure Alex would burst into flames if he walked into a church, BUT I don't think anyone would complain if you went the romance route. I mean, I haven't even read your story and I'm kind of shipping Alex and the crazy chick :D  I’ll have people on my own (very rapey) fic commenting on the two lines of snuggling I wrote after an entire chapter of rape and wondering which of his victims the MC is going to hook up with in the end and I’m just here like, wow, that wouldn’t be healthy at all. But we’re writing dark fantasies which are completely fictitious anyway; so that’s just part of the territory. And I’m sure you’ve already tagged out the wazoo so it is what it is, eh? 

  24. On tags I've used by A Writer

    in Writers' Corner

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Desiderius Price said:

    Tags, to some degree, can also be spoilers for the story, especially if they get super refined.  (ie, MCD + Drowning) 

     

    Dude, I read this one blurb which went along the lines of “character X meets character Y, what happens next?” And BAM there were the tags telling us just that :lol: Oral and some fingering I believe… I felt so bad for the poor guy :D

  25. A Question of Consent

    in Writers' Corner

    Posted

    21 minutes ago, Anesor said:

    I would think there would need to be a more compelling reason why the wannbe sheik thought any of this might be okay, like raised in an isolated cult. In another galaxy.  If they/she visited him in prison and they got together when he got out in twenty years everyone would have agency and maybe there might be love. 

    I think Mal mentioned that Alex has errr… Reasons, lol. I’d be interested to know what those are. 

    My guy’s reasons were that he was under duress as well, and if he refused, he’d simply be made part of the harem and they’d get a newer, probably worse master (better the devil you know, eh?) so he was trying to keep everyone alive up until they had an opportunity to escape. I did intend to transition him to more of a romantic role; ie, he marries one of his old victims and stays friends with the rest, who understand why he did it. I am realizing that might be too idealistic now… I dunno if that reason’s good enough but that’s the one I got lol.

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