It has been a very long time since I attempted to write any kind of story. I've made several attempts over the years, but would always run into problems with flowing narrative and describing situations, often becoming repetitive with both and becoming frustrated because I couldn't figure out ways to write them better so that my passages seemed less redundant. I've got many never-completed stories on my hard drives, some of them I worked very hard on, but with which I became disillusioned and never finished.

So I am trying this new approach.

Writing chapter by chapter.

This permits me three things:

One, I don't so easily get lost where I am in the story.

Two, I can write in segments, which seems to me to be overall less daunting.

Third, it makes editing much easier. When I have only one chapter to edit (for typos and flowing problems and the like), it permits me to be able to be more focused on just that one part of the story.

Getting lost in the story, not remembering where I wanted to go with it, or discovering that I don't like the plot devices I wrote earlier on, was always a real problem. This way I can decide segment by segment if something is working the way I want it to and if I am pleased with it. It also allows me to expand and focus on what is happening in just that chapter, letting me develop my plot devices and indeed characters and their motivations, one step at a time.

Also, character motivations have always been a real problem. Well, for one, it's Macro/micro smut. What's motivation? Person A does something to person B that gets person B off, or hopefully, both off. Or just gets the reader off. Who needs for their characters to have any kind of real motivation?

Well, I do.

Eh, call me an anal goblin boy. But I have never much liked porn. The movies, the books, etc. Guy shows up, looks really handsome and woman can't wait to get him into bed, or vice versa. Err, sorry. Real people just don't work like that, and it makes suspention of belief impossible for me if the characters don't have real motivations.

So I am working on a story arc that will reveal real motivation for the characters, especially for my provocatrix, the tigress, Elysia Jaali.

Garth's motivations will be pretty straightforward. He's getting the ultimate fantasy. I don't think there's much needed beyond that, to at least get the story going.

Elysia's motivations will be revealed as being a lot more complex, beyond just wanting to get a sculpture made for herself. In addtion, if she was a genie, why couldn't she just blink one into existence, herself? Where's the need to go to all of this trouble? Well, we're going to learn that she has very complex motivations indeed. I hope they come as compelling to you as they are to me, once they are revealed. It was an idea that really turned my head when it occured to me. I hope it gives my readers reason to turn their heads, too. ^^

On the note of writing, I know I am far from the best. I'm not the worst, but I do struggle at times with situations and descriptions of events. That said, if there are any writers better than me who are enjoying the story, who sees areas where I could improve, I would very much appreciate your feedback. Suggestions, too, and even criticism. I very much want to be able to improve.

So that said, enjoy the story! If anyone has any questions about the events in the chapters or the characters or whatever, or even feedback or criticism, don't hesitate to reply in the chapters. With that said, I hope you're enjoying the story!