Impregmaniac
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Stuck between keeping the prologue chapters or if I should just start with the main story Oct 19, 2024

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    1. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Stuck between keeping the prologue chapters or if I should just start with the main story
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      2. TheLowKing
        TheLowKing
        I'd say get the main story started ASAP. This is the Internet, only 1 in 3 readers ever make it to chapter 2, so your first chapter needs to be a real attention-grabber. Maybe you could insert them later on, though, when your readers have already gotten hooked?
        Oct 19, 2024
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      3. Impregmaniac
        Impregmaniac
        For my sanity, I could put in a "skip prologue" option, with a quick sum up of the events of the various prologues.
        Oct 19, 2024
    2. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Still not sure whats the difference between free-use and CNC
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      2. Trisha Lynn
        Trisha Lynn
        FU and CNC are negotiated beforehand. They are not spontaneous. So in this scenario if they had agreed the man could fuck her whenever he wanted that’s FU. If they had a scenario where he would bang her and she would pretend to resist that’s CNC. Otherwise it’s either just sex if she doesn't resist and rape if she does.
        Sep 22, 2024
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      3. Impregmaniac
        Impregmaniac
        Got it. TQVM
        Sep 22, 2024
      4. raziel83
        raziel83
        Yeah, the main difference is that while both are consensual sex-play, CNC is at least pretending to be forced but in FU there is no resistance as the other person just lets it all happen. Sometimes FU even looks like "bored sex" where the other person looks like they are ignoring being fucked.
        Sep 22, 2024
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    3. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Brain too busy to sleep, but body too tired to do anything about it... FML
    4. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      On one hand, tropes work. On the other, feeling like a hack because of un-originality.
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      2. raziel83
        raziel83
        Everything has been invented and intentionally trying to avoid something simply because you want to be original, is going to limit your writing greatly. Sure, don't completely copy someone, but there is a lot of wiggle room between "I just took Twilight and put my name on top with a sharpie" and "I went through every single book and short story ever written to ensure that my story is totally new."
        Aug 17, 2024
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      3. TheLowKing
        TheLowKing
        Subverting tropes is great! It's fun to do and fun to read... but you shouldn't overdo it. Play most tropes straight. Only subvert or otherwise mess with a couple. What if LotR's orcs were actually Enlightenment-style scientists? What if you could exceed the speed of light by traveling a stable, constructible wormhole? What if you set this hardboiled neo-noir story in a contemporary high school?
        Aug 18, 2024
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    5. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Ever catch your writing going down a darker path that you intended, and need to take a break to check on yourself?
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      3. chris_brown
        chris_brown
        I will say something else that's gotten to me lately, aka seeing my favorite stories sit untouched for weeks at a time with no new chapters can get depressing lol
        Mar 16, 2024
      4. TheLowKing
        TheLowKing
        I guess it fits that a user named "chris_brown" doesn't appear too bothered by excessive violence. :P
        Mar 16, 2024
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      5. AlexandraS90
        AlexandraS90
        I sometimes do, but I just go God of War (2018) mode, and am like "Why fight it?"
        Mar 17, 2024
    6. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Game mode writing is so much more different than Story mode writing.
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    7. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Here's a thought. How would one write a eunuch into a sex story/scene?
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      2. raziel83
        raziel83
        Oral sex is a thing. So is any penetration where they are on the receiving end. So the logistics of an eunuch in a sex scene are not the issue. Mainly the story reasons are a bigger question. Why is the eunuch in the story? What is in it for them?
        Feb 12, 2023
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      3. majus
        majus
        Alternatively, he could also use a strap-on.
        Feb 12, 2023
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      4. ToniDaring
        ToniDaring
        Oh! That's not hard (no pun intended!). Eunuchs are sterile, but not necessarily impotent. Or, even if impotent, can pleasure their partners in other ways. It becomes less about their need for release, and more about focussing on what their partner responds to - perhaps even guiding or coaching those responses - for example, a eunuch guard preparing a concubine for their role.
        May 28, 2023
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    8. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Been stuck on an inbreeding twist for weeks now. Probably better to just dump it and move on for now.
    9. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      It's in my head, but it refuses to go onto the "paper".
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      2. Warden-Yarn15
        Warden-Yarn15
        Story of all of us.
        Oct 25, 2022
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    10. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Ever want to get to the meat/punchline of your idea, but can't be arsed to do the set-up?
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      2. Dissonant Soundtrack
        Dissonant Soundtrack
        All the time. I have a ton of scenes written that way that I've never published, for this exact reason.
        Oct 12, 2022
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      3. TheLowKing
        TheLowKing
        ...and then she said--get this!--"but it's purple!"
        Oct 13, 2022
    11. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      The thing about Fan Fics... 1) I can't be bothered to do research. 2) I don't want to be disrespectful to the source material.
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      2. AlexandraS90
        AlexandraS90
        Most of the big franchises have enough dreck that any random fanfic will probably be middle of the pack in terms of quality, so don't worry about number 2.
        Sep 16, 2022
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    12. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Where do tentacles fall on the Harkness Test?
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    13. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      Ever start writing, realize it's crap, but keep going, just to get it out of your system?
      1. Gambio
        Gambio
        thats pretty much my MO lol
        Jul 5, 2022
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      2. Dissonant Soundtrack
        Dissonant Soundtrack
        All the time. It's a big part of my process, and I have mountains of unpublished stuff on my drive for that reason.
        Jul 5, 2022
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      3. Warden-Yarn15
        Warden-Yarn15
        Nope. When I start realizing it's crap, I get too frustrated to continue even further.

        I should stop reading my WIPs until I finish them.
        Jul 6, 2022
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    14. Impregmaniac
      Impregmaniac
      The problem isn't that I don't have any ideas. The problem is that they're all the same ideas.
      1. Warden-Yarn15
        Warden-Yarn15
        I feel called out now.
        Apr 16, 2022
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