Quote by NOLAHotGal
Wildfire; My non fiction story was pulled and I was told to make changes. Their complaint was my young age which was older than the min legal age and older than they required. Also they said my paragraphs were too long. I was always taught that as long as the subject was the same it belonged in one paragraph. I made some changes and reposted it. Waiting on approval. If they get too picky I will go some where else. Not interested in having to take classes again. I have two masters degrees and do not plan to do any more studying with out getting paid well for it. I'm not looking to publish a book, just wanting to share real life experiences and maybe help others improve their sex lives.

I've just taken a look at your story. There are actually quite a few things I'd send it back for, beyond what was actually mentioned in the return note.

Your paragraphs are indeed a bit too long. We ask that our authors keep them between 4 and 6 sentences long, primarily because it makes them easier for our mobile phone crowd to read. I'm almost always on my phone, so I get the request.

Your sentences, while mostly correct, tend to ramble a bit, making it difficult and uncomfortable to follow the action. Introducing commas and semicolons, as well as breaking some of them up into two or three sentences, would greatly improve the readability.

Your dialogue formatting is incorrect, per our site standard. We use the most widely accepted form of dialogue formatting:

"It should look like this," replied the moderator.

Note the closing comma inside the closing quotation mark. If it ended in a period, it would be inside as well.

Please also make sure every speaker has their own paragraph.

We do prefer that ALL CAPS not be used much at all for emphasis. Instead, we encourage the use of italics sparingly. No bold at all, please, unless you are denoting scene changes with a short title.

Why do we go to the trouble of returning stories for these seemingly inconsequential changes, when as some put it, this is just smut? Because we have site quality standards. We insist that the stories published here meet our quality standards, mostly when it comes to grammar and punctuation. This is one of the things that sets Lush apart from everyone else. We care about the quality, the construction and the reader's enjoyment when picking out a story.

We very eagerly encourage you to make the changes to your story to make it a better version of itself. If you're unwilling to make the requested changes, then unfortunately we will not post it.

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