Got on popular views?! And next story
11 years ago
Well I just posted my second story! Each of these takes me ~500 years to do, just due to distractions, IRL business, and the fact I tend to proofread and tweak them until I finally feel they are up to par over several readings. Not just typos, but overuse of language, general flow, etc.
Surprisingly this time I woke up to see my story on the "Popular" column of SoFurry, and it got a ton of watches here. Thanks to everybody that took the time to fav/vote/etc on these, it means a lot to see people actually like what I produce!
This latest story was based on a dream I had a few years ago. Dreams tend to be my biggest muse, and I've still got a few down the pipe I can churn out. I thought I'd poll the people watching me and see what we'd like to see next. I've got two things in mind:
1.) Is a short story, and it's literally a story ABOUT porn. Specifically the career of an amateur porn star with a "problem" (think X-men) and the hijinks that ensue from that. It's in the same vein as what I've written so far.
2.) Is a longer story, which would probably be written as a series, about a young man coming of age and joining a cult of druids and lycanthropes that protect and watch over his village. This one would involve some M/M human x furry action toward the beginning, and would be very story heavy, with the porn being an added side benefit.
If you have an opinion, post it in the comment section below.
Surprisingly this time I woke up to see my story on the "Popular" column of SoFurry, and it got a ton of watches here. Thanks to everybody that took the time to fav/vote/etc on these, it means a lot to see people actually like what I produce!
This latest story was based on a dream I had a few years ago. Dreams tend to be my biggest muse, and I've still got a few down the pipe I can churn out. I thought I'd poll the people watching me and see what we'd like to see next. I've got two things in mind:
1.) Is a short story, and it's literally a story ABOUT porn. Specifically the career of an amateur porn star with a "problem" (think X-men) and the hijinks that ensue from that. It's in the same vein as what I've written so far.
2.) Is a longer story, which would probably be written as a series, about a young man coming of age and joining a cult of druids and lycanthropes that protect and watch over his village. This one would involve some M/M human x furry action toward the beginning, and would be very story heavy, with the porn being an added side benefit.
If you have an opinion, post it in the comment section below.
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Second, I haven't read anything you've written yet (at least I don't think so, I have a very large backlog of stories to read...), but I'll definitely try to get around to doing so.
Third, I know journals don't get a lot of responses usually, so I thought I'd throw in my two cents: both from what I'd want to see, but also from what I've seen as a writer.
Personally, I think long stories are really cool: in fact, one of my favourite stories (which is sadly not really available any more, Hound by xformguy on deviantArt/nifty) was very long.
That doesn't seem to be the case for everyone, though: a lot of my most popular stories are quite short. I think if you're going to write porn, especially for guys, there's probably a sweet spot for how long something needs to last before they, uh, "lose interest". I just bring that up because if you put a lot of effort into something, and fewer people like it than you were expecting, it can be discouraging.
But this is all just based on my own experience; your mileage may vary. But hopefully you found it useful or interesting.
Good luck, whatever you do!