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Sometimes it's like reading Tolkien...
12 years ago
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I'm a fan of the site Reddit, and I peruse many of the subreddits, but there's one in particular I'd like to talk about today. I read the posts on /r/gonewildstories, a subreddit dedicated to accounts of real-life sex, from time to time, usually because some of the people are really descriptive and know how to write a story. Sadly, you have to wade through a lot of shit to get to those gems.
There are usually three different types of posts: really short posts that are fairly bland, posts with zero formatting that are almost impossible to read, and then the posts that I enjoy. I like the long stories, ones that have build-up and then good descriptions of the action. Sadly, there are a lot of long stories that have great build-up, but then gloss over the details of what happens during the act. Like the subject of this journal, it's like reading Tolkien.
Tolkien, while a good and prolific writer, tended to build up everything around the action, and then use something to negate the need to write any action. Read the Fellowship of the Ring. The scene in the movie where they are in Moria and they fight the cave troll? Yeah, that's not in the book. Gandalf finds a side door, pushes everyone in there and then casts a spell and they escape. That's it. No action, no drama, just deus ex machina. That seems to be the same writing style for many of the posts on /r/gonewildstories, great build-up, but the sex is quick and bland.
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There are usually three different types of posts: really short posts that are fairly bland, posts with zero formatting that are almost impossible to read, and then the posts that I enjoy. I like the long stories, ones that have build-up and then good descriptions of the action. Sadly, there are a lot of long stories that have great build-up, but then gloss over the details of what happens during the act. Like the subject of this journal, it's like reading Tolkien.
Tolkien, while a good and prolific writer, tended to build up everything around the action, and then use something to negate the need to write any action. Read the Fellowship of the Ring. The scene in the movie where they are in Moria and they fight the cave troll? Yeah, that's not in the book. Gandalf finds a side door, pushes everyone in there and then casts a spell and they escape. That's it. No action, no drama, just deus ex machina. That seems to be the same writing style for many of the posts on /r/gonewildstories, great build-up, but the sex is quick and bland.
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