I was working on a voyeurism/masturbation story written in a third-person perspective with limited point of view, focusing entirely on the perspective of person C in an A&B relationship but struggling with the perspective that I want it to be from.
It's teetering on the rim of the bin.
Summer!
Favourite inanimate object to get yourself off with?
It is definitely a profile with personality, I'll give you that.
he says he likes to get off by getting others off. that is always a good trait
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Have their prose be somewhat similar to their dialogue for differing first person views. Once you have down how they talk, writing their narrative will be easier.
Also, are you reading any novels currently? When last have you if you aren't currently? I find writing perspectives comes off easier when I'm reading almost daily since we learn to write passively as we read.
Thank you!
No, not been reading any novels lately, but have been listening to audiobooks - if that counts?
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Is the same person the subject of two perspectives, or is it two characters told from two different viewpoints? The latter is easier, usually with delineation to indicate whose story you are "in" at any point during the storytelling process. Not sure how I'd approach the former.
Struggling to think of an example where I've tried either, probably because it's a tall order.
I think the advice of taking a break between each perspective seems solid.
It’s the latter, although I probably should’ve mentioned that in the OP tbh.
They’re actually two separate stories covering the same events, with each character telling their own side of what happened, rather than switching between them within one story.
Character A is deliberately first person because I want that version to feel quite raw with a narrower (more narrow??) perspective so you only really know what A knows and feels, and you’re stuck inside A's head.
Character B is supposed to be third person with voyeuristic moments to give the reader enough distance to notice things that Character A misses whilst trapped inside her narrowed perspective.
My problem is/was that I struggled to write B naturally in third person, so I then wrote a second version in first person because it felt much easier, then went back through and converted it afterwards. Mechanically, that was fine. Changing the character identifiers, sentence structure etc. wasn’t particularly difficult. But when I read it back, it still felt like first person and like I’d written Character A again and just changed “I/me” to “you/them/they”, if that makes sense?
I now have two drafts from Character B. One that just feels inauthentic to Character B and one that is stuck right at the start.
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For me, it's like the first person gets stuck in my head, and it keeps creeping back when I'm writing third. Pisses me off.
I think Ensorceled pretty much nailed it with the first-person voice getting stuck in your head. 😂
Now I’m wondering if it would actually be easier for me as an inexperienced writer to take some time to properly develop Character B’s own identity and voice, then write Story B in first person too? Or would having both stories in first person end up feeling too samey-samey?
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For those of you who have written a story using two different perspectives - one in first person and the other in third person - did you find it difficult switching between the two?
I’ve been working on something for a while and have found the transition from first to third person surprisingly tricky, particularly making both perspectives feel natural and consistent.
Any tips would be very welcome, either here or via Lushmail.
TIA!
No, I'm allergic to cats.
Have you ever cried alone in your car?
Could I ask if you use only Safari because it is the default browser in the Apple Ecosystem?
Chrome, Edge, Firefox, DDG and Brave are, in many opinions, a better option.
Gia Spirit.
I asked Chat GPT to ask me 50 questions and it gave me this result.
Gia: This is pretty self explanatory. It is a natural shortening of Georgia.
Spirit: That name traces back through your roots to spirit / breath / soul concepts (same Indo-European family as spiritus).
By using Spirit, you’re not copying your surname — you’re translating its essence. It is a nod to vitality, life force, or even a whisper of the divine (think Holy Spirit in Orthodox Christian circles). Perfect for someone with a fiery, adventurous edge—breathing life into everything.
Emotionally unstable. Oh, wait... You mean location in the USA...
Having to click/tap on every single image in a PM/Lushmail is going to take a lot of immersion away from private messaging.
What would be better is the option to switch images on for individual PM partners with it defaulted to off each time a new PM chat window/tab is opened.
That way, we have even more control of what we see whilst maintaining a smooth, user friendly experience and keeping within new online regulations.
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Thank you for the verification. I will put my foot to my mouth for the following recommendations, especially when mods are unavailable:
a. Add the hot terms to the developers' filter/blacklisted words. Include 'same name' and the possible shortened versions regardless of casing, such as Trill, Tril, Trl, Tr, or T for Trillian; GC, gchat or G for Google Chat; Snap, SC for , etc.
- Blacklisting/filtering abbreviations get messy. Especially when you narrow it down to letters. Often, people are referred to by initial - me for example - and also, common place words like 'snap'.
- Talking about other platforms isn't really the issue at hand. We don't want to restrict people talking about a cute puppy post they saw on Facebook or how they saw a evil cat (they all are) .
We want to stop the sharing of personal phone numbers, emails, username and ID, etc.. of external accounts. It also stops malicious communications for ingenuity and trolling of the (sometimes) real contact detail owner.
Some, if not many, users recreated their accounts so that their Lush username and their external messaging platform's username match for easy sharing. Nothing beats a 'same name' hint when they have run out of the daily free messages. It's funny how some even lookup Lush usernames on other platforms to add, as if there has to be a Trillian or counterpart of that username.
- Some, if not many, could do with an 'Internet For Dummies' lesson.
People on here not wanting to be found elsewhere in their lives should definitely never use an identifiable username on a sex site and also personal and/or private social media platforms.
b-1. Set an automated Chatroom mute for users who post the blacklisted words, which will also prompt a report to their profile with an automated warning or explanation of what was violated and why they were muted. If the user believes that it was erroneous, they can reply to explain why it was not.
b-2. Similarly, if done on a Profile (About, Media caption/comment) or Story comments (someone spammed an Advent competition entry story comments section), the user will also be muted (or suspended) and receive the warning.
- Sounds very expensive (she says with zero coding experience). We would just rather people use common sense, and for community reports to be raised against the special individuals. However, this also covered in my response in the following c-1 & c-2.
c-1. Suspend/ban users who pop and drop, phish or pharm especially right after account creation. These are mostly new accounts (typically with alluring photos from the internet) that go to the rooms, then drop their contact details or tell users to DM their contact information even without prior interaction.
- We do.
c-2. Suspend/ban repeat offenders. This includes those who frequently invite/promote/ask users to other messaging platforms in public.
- See response to c-1
d-1. Highlight the 'Welcome' message similar to how a broadcast appears.
- It already has a big blue waving hand and the rules are in a very contrasting red-on-white text within the existing welcome message.
d-2. Add a fun pop-up message that requires acknowledgment of the:
✅ Rules for the Chatroom
✅Acceptable Use Policy
✅Terms and Conditions
before users get to the landing page (Lounge).
There will be no lame excuses of ignorance for not knowing them.
- Actually a very good idea, though unlikely due to development priorities being elsewhere after the large chat overhaul we already had.
Hey, gang!
I've started 2026 with a new story! Check it out here:
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A sunny Greek afternoon erupts into a threesome between friends that leaves all three breathless and entangled.
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If people would treat others the way they want to be treated
Pros and cons:
Pro: wouldn't need moderators.
Con: wouldn't have a great team of moderators.
We have to look at the reality of where we actually are and we should also address the seeming expectation of a PG-rated "safe space" on a platform explicitly built for sexual expression.
We aren’t on a knitting forum or LinkedIn; we are on Lushstories.com where you need to be 18+ years old to join.
1. Context is Key: We are browsing a site where the main attraction is stories about people fucking each other’s brains out. We are here to read and discuss raw, unfiltered (to an extent) human desire. It feels contradictory to consume graphic content in the stories but then take offence when someone drops an F or C-bomb in the chatrooms.
From my perspective, "The Lounge" should be a place where we can talk like adults. Adults swear, we shout, we disagree and we use colourful language as a way of expressing both joy and frustration. Creating an artificial barrier where we have to sanitise our speech in a general chatroom feels inauthentic to the core values of the website. If we can handle the language in stories, we can certainly handle it in a chatroom.
2. Explicit vs. Abusive: There is a massive difference between explicit and abusive language.
We shouldn't confuse the two. Policing vocabulary makes the room feel sterile. As long as users aren't attacking one another, the language used should be as free as the content anywhere else on the site.
Venting about a bad day using profanity or making a crude joke is totally fine in The Lounge and anywhere else.
Targeting specific users, bullying, or harassment is never okay, regardless of the language used.
Explicit language, swearing, cussing, cursing, profanity... or whatever else you call it, should be expected as common place on a site like this.
Lush allows us to provide and express an extension of ourselves, but it is not an alternate reality where everything is pink and fluffy.
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I see people replying to specific users in the chat room is but I am unable to figure out how to do so.
Click/tap on their name and select "mention" or type @ followed by their name (no space).
Stuff like what does a green checkmark mean beside somebody’s name in a chat room?
These are image-verified members.
I think a better way of doing so would be to add a hashtag or 'category' feature when users upload images/gifs specifically to publicly available albums.
This way, the site can still push the burden of responsibility to the member, by keeping the media in their album and also creating a centralised space for the images to be searched from.
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Thanks for this information. As a newbie, when in a chat room, how do I highlight another user when I am replying to them?
Welcome!!
Either click/tap their name, or type @followed by their name.
