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  1. Two + or Not Two +, THAT is the Question

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    Just now, CloverReef said:

    Of course! The horrible stuff is only fun if its got a purpose! Okay, that’s a lie. Sometimes its fun to write horrible shit just to write horrible shit. But it’s more fun to read when it’s got a point! … Okay that’s a lie too. Stories I like best are the crazy, pointless, horrific shit I wandered onto via pure, unadulterated morbid curiosity. 

    I forget what I was trying to say...

    That moment when you stumble through the looking glass and discover gore hentai… *shudder* Can we reset the internet now? 

  2. Two + or Not Two +, THAT is the Question

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    Just now, CloverReef said:

    I kinda had the same issue, not knowing how much was too much. I think I’ve only rated ++ on one fic, and that’s just because that fic had a few really violent sex scenes and human trafficking was a recurring theme in detail. So I pretty much agree with the others – the subject matter plays the biggest part in my decisions. Like if a fic had a lot of really graphic sex but was a standard erotic romance, I wouldn’t tack on that extra +. Unless that romantic erotica involved like… scat. Or super graphic vore. Okay I gotta stop thinking of things I’d go ++ for. My depraved imagination is having a little too much fun with priests and tentacles now. 

    Just goes to show you everyone’s threshold of ‘intense’ varies! I think maybe you made the right decision on your story to be on the safe side. When something really bad happens in my fic, it’s usually for a plot reason, lol. Hey, I see you giving me the side eye over there! 

    That one episode of Supernatural was enough vore for me for a lifetime...

  6. Two + or Not Two +, THAT is the Question

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    Just now, pippychick said:

    It’s weird to answer. My darker stories I tend to go for ++ because my darker stories involve a lot of psychological cruelties, and I can’t in conscience say that they are easy to read in any sense. So I tag for that rather than the content, though the content alone would require it.

     

    Yeah, that one’s harder to quantify for sure but it sounds like you know what you’re doing. I agree with erring on the side of caution; it really didn’t even occur to me that I could be triggering someone inadvertently but oh welp, I guess it’s a good thing I had it at ++ in the first place! My tagging is a bit ad hoc – I typically have an idea of what kind of scenes are going to be in the story, and I try to tag in advance for them because I want everyone to be cool with that going in. I’ve had to delete some when I cancel plans for scenes (and sometimes I just outright forget why I added that tag in the first place!).

  7. Two + or Not Two +, THAT is the Question

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    @BronxWench I was hoping you’d show up! Okay, I had a feeling that one scene was going to do me in which is why I mentioned it lol. I’m actually surprised to hear you say that rape is an auto ++ because I thought that was kind of par for the course around here, unless like, someone dies or something. But once you combine trigger issues, that makes more sense… I just posted one with rape that is only +, I might have to change that then.

  8. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    Just now, Anesor said:

    And that was ALL I remembered about the next sentence and scene. I knew where the tale would end, but this is fluff with serious undertones, so it was no joy buzzer prank.  So I really empathize with getting lost.

     

    You’ve just described my worst fear as a writer in three lines, lol. I’ve jumped out of a shower before to jot down breakthroughs so I don’t lose them. 

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    Anyone else remember the Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd toon where new hats kept landing on their heads and they’d swap from hunter to judge to bride and groom? 

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    Pepperidge Farm remembers…

    Just now, Anesor said:

    I’m trying to slowly kill that. You can give two writers, ten writers the same idea/prompt and get at least ten different stories.  There are SO many stories that take different paths if X scene went differently. The more annoyed the fandom, the wider the divergence. They may be similarities, but each writer spins it differently. The plagarists aren’t that bright and don’t drift further away as the story goes on.

    My ideas are stories I’d like to see, and there’s plenty of writers who can do them justice. And if they don’t, I may take a crack in a few months when I get a slot open.

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    NO. 

    Lol, jk that’s actually a good way of looking at it. :D

  9. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    Just now, Anesor said:

    I have far too many cool ideas for my time and RL ability to record them.  On occasion I manage to farm them to another writer in a story comment.  Got one adopted just last night. 

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    Wow, I think I’m such a jealous bitch I’d rather kill my babies than let someone adopt them. You can totally quote me on that when I end up on the news someday :D

    Super impressive, and yes, I love that having multiple projects lets you work on something else for a while if one blocks you out; I’m starting to rid myself of the irrational terror of having more than one active story, haha. You guys with your 7 year hiatuses and I don’t even think I’ve held on to any single idea for that long, lol. 

  10. Two + or Not Two +, THAT is the Question

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    Hey fam, hope your weekend has been LIT [/cringe]

    I spent some time going over the guidelines for story ratings and I have one of mine on Adult++ for the longest time now, but that’s because I always think I’m so hardcore until you guys come in like ‘lol, nah’. I’m erring towards rating it back down to Adult+ but I don’t want our awesome mods to have to ban me into the next life, so I wanna know: how do you guys know when your story has crossed the line into ‘most extreme’ and ‘darkest’ territory? I think the worst thing I have planned for mine is a forced late-term abortion (semi-graphic), but even ‘worst’ is subjective! 

  11. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    Just now, pippychick said:

    The atmosphere in all of them is completely different, so really it’s not overwhelming… even if I think of them all at the same time. They all have a different character as a story. The two I’ve had to drop forever are the two that I don’t remember where I was going. That can happen. But it’s like having a wardrobe full of different outfits. I like that sensation of choice. :)  Some of them I work on and don’t post, so some of them have future chapters, and are just waiting for me to write the linking chapters to them so that I can post more.

    Nice, I can totally see the appeal of having choice when you write. When I get burned out I have nothing else to work on which in turn makes me feel like a useless sack of shit lol.

  12. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    41 minutes ago, BronxWench said:

    Stuff I need to finish and send to my publisher: 3

    NaNo stuff I’m ignoring because it sucks: 2

     

    Oh sweet, you have a publisher! NaNo is rouuugh and not in a good way!

    4 minutes ago, Desiderius Price said:

    I find it helps, especially on making them different, otherwise, I’d likely make them all the same.  (Though main characters in my stories develop a common liking to go around naked, maybe that says something about … me?  )

    If it says something about you, then it says something about me too :P

    39 minutes ago, CloverReef said:

    Yeah but I gobbled them all up, so my head is whole again. Because that’s how it works.

    I am not seeing the problem here, is that not how it works? :D:D

  13. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    36 minutes ago, Desiderius Price said:

    It comes down to the whole character creation process.  I’ve got trouble with blank bits of paper or blank documents, so I’ll create lists of randomized traits/dates/names/etc, and use those to jumpstart my shaping of the character.

    The more stories I try to write, the harder the character creation process seems to get! I don’t want them to sound too much like each other (and since I’m almost always writing in first person, differentiating protagonist povs makes me cry fr). Maybe I’ll try that! 

    27 minutes ago, pippychick said:

    Damn… well, I just had a quick look through my profile here. Discounting fic I have going that is joint fic, I have 12, of which 10 I fully intend at some point to finish (if I ever get around to it). Of my joint fic, I intend to finish all of those, which total another three. I also have a number of stories that I haven’t posted on my hard drive that I need to work on, and most of those are original, which brings the grand total to around 18 altogether.

    *hides*

    I am awful… I know. I swear I have finished some! There are some finished stories on my profile!

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    Daaaang @CloverReef just exploded into skittles somewhere… That’s actually really cool if you can manage them well, but I can imagine all of it getting really overwhelming really fast.

  14. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    3 minutes ago, Desiderius Price said:

    More extensive than that, I’ve got a bunch of XML files, one per character/group/event, and a bit of custom software that spits out browseable HTML with links and each character’s family tree.  That, and I’ve got a random date generator to come up with birthdays :)

    NICE. I’m not that technologically literate so I think I’ll stick with my dinky spreadsheets lol. Is it bad that I match character personalities to the closest horoscope sign and pick a date in that range when I have to come up with birthdays? :P

  16. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    7 minutes ago, Desiderius Price said:

    All of my originals, including the halloween/holiday oneshots, are interconnected in some fashion.  Of course, I try to make each one enjoyable w/o having to read the entire collected works :)

     

    Yes, that’s what I want to do! Aaaah, I’m so excited, I’ve been doing outlines and concept boards for a few days. I should just stop stressing and start one and take it from there.

  17. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    13 minutes ago, Tcr said:

    hundred to five hundred 

     

    Dude. 

    Spinoffs are so much fun but idk if readers are that interested? I almost want to do them like tv shows: like Frasier is to Cheers, self-contained but interconnected. Might even experiment in different genres that suit different characters.

    8 minutes ago, Desiderius Price said:

    There was the original story, I pulled because I was trying to do too much and realized I had multiple stories!   I split them to become Fiends/Dolbourne/Alaska.  Overall, it’s better and fairer to each story.  And then, backstory + holiday oneshots cause even more stories!

    If clear divisions start to appear in your stories, then splitting them is probably best! (and honestly, easier)

    I LOVE HOLIDAY SPECIALS I’m so glad, I thought I was the only one haha

  18. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    7 minutes ago, Desiderius Price said:

    An example of plot bunnies grabbing my attention… it started because I needed a swimming instructor for a different story …. backstory can be dangerous :)

    HA! That never happens to m- OOH PLOT BUNNY

    Lol, I actually really want to do some backstory novellas on some of my major characters. I’m just worried I won’t have time for it all lol. 

  20. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    22 minutes ago, CloverReef said:

    If anyone shows up and beats him, my head will explode into Skittlez.

    SAME

    17 minutes ago, Tcr said:

    I'm not sure how I do, I just manage to store them mentally.  Lol.  Admittedly, most times I keep detailed character designs written up, but I just travel from one to the other without a second thought.  Strangely enough...  

     

    Oh great, so you’re basically magic lol. Seriously, that’s awesome I wish I was such a prolific writer!

  21. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    10 minutes ago, Tcr said:

    As for how I define active, that becomes a matter of what I am continuing and not dropping.  The six TBATB are one's I don't have posted, but I plan to look into publishing.  Even discounting them, that remains an active 5 stories posted here.  Outside of AFF brings the total to 11.  All juggled around. 

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    Wtfffff! Show us your ways, sempai! How do you juggle so many projects when I panic if I have to update 2 of them? 

    Pretty sure you won my SUPER SPECIAL LIKE but I gave all of you one because you’re all winners to meeee! <3

  22. How Many Active Stories do you Have?

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    36 minutes ago, Desiderius Price said:

    My potter fanfic, last updated six years ago… I’m still considering that active.  (As I’m still STUCK at the same point as I was then….. how to portray both sides while maintaining suspense but doesn’t feel like a deus ex.)

    Lmao, your readers must have been pretty pissed about that one. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the number of active stories you have to update? 

    13 minutes ago, JayDee said:

    I guess “You!” is on hiatus so… 1? If I ever finish it. The thing is, I worked out who you are. I worked out how your story ended. You… you objected. You want a different ending. Oh, and Kate wants a scratch behind the ears.

    It’s a mess. 

     

    The best-laid plans, even the best-laid plans...

  24. [Original] The Human Rayce

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    Posted · Edited by KassX

    3. Guardian of the Sluts 

    In which Rayce goes from nearly dying to getting a lap dance, a certain hand-to-hand specialist is an attention whore and is Matteo the jealous type? 

    So I’m kind of feeling the shorter format and faster updates, and I’ve been having a good time with the rewrite so far. The new sex scenes are fun to write, lol. I actually wanted to put more of them in because I wasn’t sure if there was enough the first time, without dumping the story of course. Introducing all the main characters much faster this time too. I’ve also been harboring some plans for expanding the universe with other projects and maybe short stories – still ideating for that.

    Happy weekend!

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