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Master_Jonathan
Active Ink Slinger
Just found that Lush has resolved this issue and has made it possible for co-authors to get the credit they deserve - at least in the title bar. This is wonderful and I have already went back and modified all the stories I have written with the authors I have worked with. I think this is a great new feature and kudos to all of the folks at Lush who were instrumental in bringing it about!
sprite
Her Royal Spriteness
Quote by Dani


Suck it up, fairy bitch. There, I said it to your face.


see? no respect. i hate you, fuckers. all of you. specially the pretty ones.

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nicola
Matriarch
Can someone post a link to a co-written story please, I'd like to see how it all fits together.
David_LeRoy
Internet Philosopher
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http://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/a-sweeter-seduction-2.aspx

I've just tried this but not sure how it works?

EDIT: Oops! Yes it does!


Yup. It worked great!

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Wild at Heart- 1968. The story of Dani’s Great Aunt Evie.

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Wild Oats. Part 1&2. -2021. Dani is 16 and sets her sights on her stepfather.

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Dirty_D
Head Nurse
The story in my signature line is a co written story smile (shameless plug)
nicola
Matriarch
Got it, link only to co-author.

If a story is written 50/50, it doesn't help all that much. If it is awarded an RR or EP for example, everything related to those, will only show up on the account of the person who wrote it.

I guess those things are shared if the authors write another story together, and the other writing partner submits it under their account instead?

Trying to figure out the easiest way to do this, with the least amount of coding time required.
Dirty_D
Head Nurse
I would be thrilled to just have the link on my page as well.
M1R
Divine Rapscallion
The wording on the submission page needs to be changed if it's only meant for co-written stories. Right now it says, "Enter one or more username's of authors who helped or contributed to this story," so I didn't realize that giving credit to people who helped me and contributed to a piece by critiquing it would result in them receiving a byline equal to mine.

http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/micro-fiction/all-bleeped-up.aspx

Steffanie and Gypsy made some great suggestions, but I wrote it.

Maybe putting contributors in the title bar could be optional? I really do like the idea of being able to "officially" credit people who have helped with a story, but it isn't right to list them as equal co-authors when that isn't the contribution they made.
Maggie R
Guest
Lurker
Quote by sprite


see? no respect. i hate you, fuckers. all of you. specially the pretty ones.



I know you don't hate me HRH Princess Spritelette , I'm one of the nice lil fuckers. Who else gives you all the unicorn shit & stuff?
Magical_felix
Wild at Heart
Quote by trinket


I'm one of the nice lil fuckers.



Not true at all, you're awful.



Anyway... I have a co-authored story with someone and I see my name really small under the title. I mean If you weren't looking for it you would never notice I was a collaborator. It would be better if like another clickable avatar showed up under the author that submitted it's avatar on the story. Then it would immediately stand out that the story was written by two people.
Guest
Lurker
Quote by Magical_felix


Anyway... I have a co-authored story with someone and I see my name really small under the title. I mean If you weren't looking for it you would never notice I was a collaborator. It would be better if like another clickable avatar showed up under the author that submitted it's avatar on the story. Then it would immediately stand out that the story was written by two people.


I've always thought this is how it should be. Both Ava pics and a link from both writers profile pages. If it is genuinely a 2 person effort shouldn't both get equal recognition? I would draw the line at 2 writers though.
nicola
Matriarch
Quote by trinket


I've always thought this is how it should be. Both Ava pics and a link from both writers profile pages. If it is genuinely a 2 person effort shouldn't both get equal recognition? I would draw the line at 2 writers though.


Same.

I agree with Magnificent1 too. They are 2 different things.

I don't think we need both a "Co-author" and "Contributor" link do we? The latter could be anything - proofing, editing etc.

The wording should be changed to "Co-author" and the co-author given more credit. They should get equal weighting ideally. Putting another avatar up there might be problematic from a formatting point of view.

Also, what happens when 3 or more co-authors are involved, it could get ludicrous with half a dozen avatars at the top of the stories! Maybe if it is written by 2 authors, both avatars appear at the top. Any more, they are given links as it stands currently?
Guest
Lurker
As it stands now, an author can give credit to a contributor in a note at the top or bottom of a story. If you have Co-authors and contributors, how much of the story did you write yourself? It's a short story not a book.
Master_Jonathan
Active Ink Slinger
Just a "for what it's worth" here, but Poppet and I have collaborated on two stories plus the one that is coming out now. And the way we have done it is I would get any "credit" for the first story and she got any credit for the second one, the third one will come back to Me and if we do a fourth one (which we probably will!) she will get the credit for it.

So far we haven't won any real accolades such as RR's or EP's or anything but had we, it would go to whoever's story it was. I know Poppet feels the same way as I do, but we are both just happy that our work together gets the reads it does!
Magical_felix
Wild at Heart
Quote by trinket


I've always thought this is how it should be. Both Ava pics and a link from both writers profile pages. If it is genuinely a 2 person effort shouldn't both get equal recognition? I would draw the line at 2 writers though.


Sorry for calling you awful earlier.

But yeah, I agree. Only two authors.
Dirty_D
Head Nurse
Quote by MasterJonathan
Just a "for what it's worth" here, but Poppet and I have collaborated on two stories plus the one that is coming out now. And the way we have done it is I would get any "credit" for the first story and she got any credit for the second one, the third one will come back to Me and if we do a fourth one (which we probably will!) she will get the credit for it.

So far we haven't won any real accolades such as RR's or EP's or anything but had we, it would go to whoever's story it was. I know Poppet feels the same way as I do, but we are both just happy that our work together gets the reads it does!


When Delphi and I started to write our story, Settle for Nothing, it was really almost a joke. Neither of us had written anything with another person before, and we weren't certain how it was going to work. In the end we just had fun writing. It's one of my favorite pieces of writing. Actually, it IS my favorite. From the beginning, we had agreed that the story would be published under her name. once we were finished, and had separated it into three parts, I saw no reason to change that. Even though all three parts received RR's, I'm very happy with our decision to post under her name. It got a good audience, and was well received. It certainly made me willing to consider another collaboration with the right person, on the right story. Writing with another person helped really improve my writing and showed me different things about the editing process that have made me a better writer.

Google Docs is a great tool for these collaborations!
Master_Jonathan
Active Ink Slinger
naughtynurse, I feel the same way about Poppet and My first collaboration story "Training Alex". I had sooo much fun working with her on it that it will always hold a special place for Me - and not just because it is a BDSM story.

That first story is the reason we have done two more and why we enjoy working together. I mean Training Alex is a four part story, our second collab - Tea and Strumpet is a 14 part novel, and our third story which is coming out now is a four part story as well. We do enjoy working together and challenging each other!
overmykneenow
Active Ink Slinger
So how does it work if an account is deleted? Does the co-writer credit disappear or is it replaced by "Co-written with another"?
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Liz
Scarlet Seductress
Quote by overmykneenow
So how does it work if an account is deleted? Does the co-writer credit disappear or is it replaced by "Co-written with another"?


Good question.

Also, if co-authored stories were to appear on both profile pages, would any awards (RR, EP) still only be be given to the submitting member?
It seems silly to have a story written by four collaborators, for example, and all of them get a badge for doing a quarter of the work.
nicola
Matriarch
Thinking about this some more, the answer is simple.

This site is not set up for co-authored stories. I don't know any that are. Without a great deal of coding (unavailable), it will never be.

We set it up this way, as the vast majority of people, will write their own stories / poems. Writing is a personal thing, I'd not even envisaged people would wish to co-write short erotic stories when I started it (not that it's a bad thing).

Co-authored stories need to be allocated to one person's account here, that's the long and the short of it. Credit will be given to the "other" author (s) by way of a link (the current wording needs changing).

That's all we can do given the setup and resources available, and I think it's fair enough.
Dirty_D
Head Nurse
Quote by nicola
Thinking about this some more, the answer is simple.

This site is not set up for co-authored stories. I don't know any that are. Without a great deal of coding (unavailable), it will never be.

We set it up this way, as the vast majority of people, will write their own stories / poems. Writing is a personal thing, I'd not even envisaged people would wish to co-write short erotic stories when I started it (not that it's a bad thing).

Co-authored stories need to be allocated to one person's account here, that's the long and the short of it. Credit will be given to the "other" author (s) by way of a link (the current wording needs changing).

That's all we can do given the setup and resources available, and I think it's fair enough.



Im pleased as punch to have the link we currently do! Thank you to Gav for setting that up for us smile
M1R
Divine Rapscallion
Quote by nicola
Thinking about this some more, the answer is simple.

This site is not set up for co-authored stories. I don't know any that are. Without a great deal of coding (unavailable), it will never be.

We set it up this way, as the vast majority of people, will write their own stories / poems. Writing is a personal thing, I'd not even envisaged people would wish to co-write short erotic stories when I started it (not that it's a bad thing).

Co-authored stories need to be allocated to one person's account here, that's the long and the short of it. Credit will be given to the "other" author (s) by way of a link (the current wording needs changing).

That's all we can do given the setup and resources available, and I think it's fair enough.



Quite fair, and it is more than most sites offer.
Maggie R
Unknown User
question I am working on a story I am co writing with someone who hasn't been published do they get credit with a badge of it is linked on my profile I think it would be nice if they did they did the work too just curious if that was possible to do or not?
Guest
Lurker
The link to the co-writer is giving them more noticeable recognition for their contribution and I think that's fair. It's still a big improvement to the way it was before.
Guest
Lurker
Quote by trinket
As it stands now, an author can give credit to a contributor in a note at the top or bottom of a story. If you have Co-authors and contributors, how much of the story did you write yourself? It's a short story not a book.

personally the way I'm doing it is writing a few paragraphs and emailing it to my co-author. She writes a bit & sends it back etc etc.
Guest
Lurker
Quote by Dani


Suck it up, fairy bitch. There, I said it to your face.


oh my god