Word is alright for spelling, but it doesn't always pick up grammatical errors. For example: I was touching her waste with my tapped fingers.
If you were trying to write : I was touching her waist with my tapered fingers. Word isn't going to pick up anything wrong with that sentence, technically the spelling is correct, but the message isn't. That's why we always encourage people to read the links provided and proofread.
i didn't know nothing bout nothing when i sent my first poem in. it got rejected so i backed up regrouped and studied...i reread everything i send in...and i am very careful when submitting something.
I'm with sprite on this. We writers have to remember that the mods are volunteers trying to help us become better writers. It doesn't do anyone any good if we get pissy and blow up at them, because they reject a story.
I know I have had a couple stories that needed multiple edits (sorry about that too by the way). But in the end the mods worked with Me and helped Me fix the story. I have had a couple that because of content couldn't be put on Lush and I understand that too - Lush has it's rules and they are plainly put out there.
Just try to take the constructive criticism as such and learn from it. Then your next story will go through easier.
I was really appreciative when principessa rejected my first story because I wouldn't have wanted it to go through in the condition that it was in. It wasn't horrible, but I made some minor punctuation errors and misspelled a word. She provided me with some really helpful links and pointed out what I missed. I felt a lot more comfortable writing my second one.
bumping for some newer members
Thank you very much. I will look at that and use it. I want you guys lives to be easier, then you have more time to tell me where I screwed it up.
I do appreciate all the effort. No, I never get angry at rejections. It's just part of the learning curve. Besides, if you never screw it up then your not doing anything.
I do think there are some story mods watch their wording when given feedback in the messages. Using threats of suspending people accounts should not be used unless there is a reasoning for it. Also acussing the author in having a story mod write the piece for them. Those two examples can get people on their bad sides also.
Is there a way to have the mods to be review in their conducts in the interactions? I am sure the mods have great interest at heart, just that sometimes they to can cross over a line when giving feedback.
That great you never had a story rejected Van. I think you did not get the point. Story mods can be wrong in how they give feedback with their wording. I can handle the my story or poem being rejected for any reason that is what makes us better in writin after all.
Van, I would had like to write back to the story mod just that this person crossed a line that needs to be looked at. Until then I would not want to read what that person writes to me.
Van, I would had like to write back to the story mod just that this person crossed a line that needs to be looked at. Until then I would not want to read what that person writes to me.
Before I start this post, let me just tell you all that I am a grammar and punctuation freak. Before I started reading amateur sex stories, I was all about good writing.
But today, after spending the past three months reading amateur-written sex stories, I find myself wondering if perfect grammar and punctuation the key to a good sex story, are the two things mutually exclusive? I am leaning towards the opinion that a good sex story should titillate and entertain, rather than be grammatically perfect.
The stories on this site are great and very good with regards to grammar and punctuation.
But I've read stories that are absolutely atrocious grammatically, yet really seem to push my buttons, so to speak.
So does adding too much emphasis on grammar and punctuation take away a little of that "je ne sais quoi" from a sex story?
This is a nice thread. My first story submission here in Lush got rejected thrice due to voice and tense issues but I wasn't MAD. It actually made me smile because I cannot seem to fix the story on my end...lmao! I was provided with several helpful links. Being new I'm shy to ask the mods. But I simply refused to quit because I'm such a stubborn lass. The experience motivated me to spend hours upon hours on the writer's resources forum. Studied the links provided by the mods to improve grammar, verb tense, voice of story etc. I scraped my first story altogether and came up with a better one. This time paying close attention to what I'm writing and making sure to read it aloud to myself, proofread and self-edit the story. 
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