couple of things

[wicker]

It seems a lot of people use this site for stroke material. I notice chapters with sex get more likes than set-up chapters or non-sexual chapters.

2) Is it OK to use the same photo in different stories and assign different names and roles to the people in the photo? Say a stock photo of people sitting in the park.

 

[Regin34]

I noticed that too, chapter with sex or erotic stuff are more popular, but this normal on this site.

To secend part, I don't think it would be a problem. I first read what writer descripe to me, secend is picture.

 

[MidbossMan]

Yeah I've also noticed that. I will say: I think sometimes people are a little discerning. Every now and then I like to compare my sex chapters in the same story and try to find the difference between what people like and what they don't. It can be a challenge sometimes, but it's also interesting. Though, often, it's just your earlier in the story stuff is the stuff people will like more regardless due to exposure.

As for pictures, I don't think there would be any problem with doing that, unless you think people are getting real attached to that appearance for a particular character in your story and then are going to read the next one. They could be like "but wait, I liked Selena, I can't get with this new Clarice that looks like her!" Granted, if your stories are popular enough, maybe that's an issue for you.

I doubt anybody would really mind, personally.

 

[JWtts]

It seems a lot of people use this site for stroke material. I notice chapters with sex get more likes than set-up chapters or non-sexual chapters.

I think this just makes sense, even outside the context of this site and it's content. If you think about your favorite movie or book, if you were going to "Like" a part of it, it's probably some climactic (pun intended) scene/chapter or ones set apart from the rest of the story that most defines it's genre.

For a site geared toward erotica, it makes sense that the sexy bits are what people "like" the most. This doesn't diminish the set-up or scenes/chapters around it as they should build up the anticipation for the sexy bits, but the final fight/chase, dramatic speech, hilarious moment(s) will be the things people remember and like, even if they like or love the story overall.

I don't know how many times I've had a favorite or familiar movie playing in the background on TV and will stop to watch "that one scene".

 

[insertnamehere]

I don't know how many times I've had a favorite or familiar movie playing in the background on TV and will stop to watch "that one scene".

Definitely.
"I have brought peace, justice, freedom, and security to my new empire."
"Your new empire?"
"Don't make me kill you."
"Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to Democracy!"
"If you are not with me... then you are my enemy."

 

[brevdravis]

"Who Will Help Me Carry Him?"

"You want to grow up... and get over yourself."
"All I want to do is bury Cocteau up to his neck in shit and let him think happy happy thoughts forever."
"Fuck this cowboy Shit! Ya fukkin Ho dunk, Po dunk, damn there, Mother FUCKERS! All ya had to do was gimme the goddamn Key, and we could Get ON with our lives!"
"I can do this all day."

Well, I KNOW that a lot of people use the site for stroke material, so... I kinda just embraced it. There's a definite uptick in views and likes every time I post a sex scene, and the fact I explicitly point out every single time I'm writing a sex scene kinda tips the scale a bit. I don't mind, I know what MOST people are reading me for, and I'm ok with that. My favorite scenes aren't the popular ones, however. I must have Reread Eris' speech in the Helen ending at least a hundred times, and it keeps getting better every time I read it. I must have rewritten that particular part at least a dozen times over a week before posting it and agonized over it. Reminds me of the time Heinlein talked about filling out a huge ream of butcher paper with calculations for ONE line of a short story... which most people missed anyway, but it still was a good story and he had a better story to tell people about how it was written.