Thanks for the comments. especially from Shylass. I hadn't considered the possibility that so many of the views could be from guests, but still, it seems that with views of most of my stories in the high hundreds and sometimes over a thousand, a lack of readership isn't the issue, but a lack of inspiring feedback is. I'm not soliciting feedback, I'm just trying to understand what the lack of it means. I don't want to pull feedback by means other than inspiring those who view my stories to say something. When I read, I'm generally not good at giving direct feedback, because I often read the stories while I'm not online because of privacy issues. But then I don't go back and follow through with a vote or a comment. I follow favorite authors instead and as long as I'm following them, that means they're keeping my interest.
But maybe I'm getting a relevant message. So far, I'm getting responses from authors and not from those who are exclusively readers. Maybe there are just so many readers who are very passive and don't even comment in this forum.
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1ball
Over 90 days ago
Straight Male, 69
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I think I can speak for authors in general when I say that I love feedback from readers, but I wonder if women are more or less likely to give feedback to male writers. If I see that a story has had a thousand views and not received a single comment and very few votes, what does that mean? It's easy to assume that it means the story didn't do it for the reader, which is okay if the reader wasn't really being targeted, (example, someone who saw a "spanking" tag and expected spanking to be a major element of the story and was disappointed), but to get no feedback from the targeted audience makes it difficult to improve.
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I'm a leg man and black stockings with lace tops along with come-fuck-me pumps will do it for me. Adding garters helps. Many other things that are skimpy/revealing enough will be appreciated. I can't do anything about what turns me on, so if the woman learns what I like but then wears something else that she thinks makes her look sexy, she's usually missing the mark. I'll be indifferent to the lingerie, but not to the mood the lingerie puts her in, so it might still be a win for her to wear it, but if her intent is to wear something that appeals to me, it works better if it actually appeals to me.
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I've written a few stories now from the female POV. I do my best to imagine how a woman would tell a story to her best friend or to her diary, but I also imagine that the woman is attempting to seduce or at least arouse her target audience in the telling of the tale. From feedback I've received, I think I do okay.
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Condoms will help him last longer. The thicker the better. Having sex more often will also help. He can also learn to distract himself by thinking about things that aren't erotic. More foreplay for the woman to get her much closer before penetration is also helpful.
