
Quote by RumpleForeskin
Of course, none of that applies to male characters except, possibly, for height. However, giving the length, width, and circumference of a guy's schlong is mandatory. That said, many authoritarian authors feel that quantifying the amount of semen he ejaculates is not truly erotic.
Quote by nicola
Thanks for the subtle hint Mr. Rumple!
I'll get on it next week. These last few weeks have been rather fraught, and my time online has been very limited.
Quote by Blue_Eyed_Lady
Thank you, you've all been a good help. I wanted to ask about an idea I had in my head, I did have an opinion when I asked a friend about it, wanted to get a second opinion from readers or story mods whoever sees this. I wanted one of my stories to take a dark turn or twist involving abuse. No, not sexual abuse more like physical. I'll give you an example; like bruises scratches on the arm, or a black eye. I was not sure if I could write that in my story. Since is kind of touchy to some people. I won't write how it happens, just mention the bruises, scratches, etc. I know you have to be careful writing about stories like that on here. I'm not sure if stories containing a little violence is okay. Even though I was told I could write about anything I wanted. with a few limits like age and other things. I still wanted to be sure.
Quote by seeker4
It's a bit more nuanced than that. Blood is allowed in Supernatural for vampire stories, for instance. And death is allowed as long as it isn't connected to the sex. I.e. you can write an erotic murder mystery where the victim's femme fatale widow gets jiggy with the investigating detective, just not have her murder her husband (or the detective) during the act. At least that's how it was when I was a mod. However, bloody, gory murders a la slasher movies would likely not cut it. The hypothetical murder mystery would be best to have the death occur off screen, for instance.
Quote by Green_Man
It has always been my custom to create all of my writings right here in our site submission panel. I never worry about changing or correcting or selecting formats. I just use what is given here. I submit from here and later download to special files on my computer. From there I can upload to anywhere else, for instance, a smashwords ebook I may be working on.
Quote by NOLAHotGal
Well, it does not surprise me at all. Lush had established their own rules for writing. This is yet another one to add to Lush's large list of non standard Lush only rules that go against well established rules taught from grade school through post grad degrees. If Lush rules were used in these schools, a work of writing would be filled with many, many, red marks from the teacher or professor under the grade of a big F in the top margin of the composition. It's there web site and they have the wright to establish what ever rules they wish.
Yes, I would have a problem trying to place only one space between sentences. Also having to manually place the period and capitalize the first letter starting the next sentence.
Due to these ridicules rules, I along with a lot of other writers of stories refuse to post their stories here. There are plenty of other sites that have sections for authors to post their writings with only a few rules. Most of those explain the subject matter that can not be posted.
Brandie
Quote by Buz
The best American and Canadian diner chains:
Waffle House
Denny’s
Huddle House
Hojo's
IHOP
Big Boy
Shoney’s
The Original Pancake House
Salisbury House
What is your favorite?
Another not on the list?
What is your favorite meal to get after midnight if you've been out clubbing and partying?
Quote by Buz
My wife recently had the Brazilian sugaring done. She said it was much less painful and invasive than waxing. I haven't tried it yet but probably will. Waxing is never fun just something done but better than shaving.
Quote by oceanrunner
Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can forever be happy—will you let me be yours?
Harriet
Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can forever be happy. Will you let me be?
Yours,
Harriet
Quote by Stormdog
This made me think of story I read awhile back, although I can't find it now. Apparently Mark Twain had running battles with his editors and proofreaders about punctuation, among other things. They vexed him constantly by changing, adding to, or otherwise "improving" his punctuation of his work, which he was insistent be published with his own punctuation intact.
Apparently, at one point he became so frustrated by it that he sent them his entire article with zero punctuation, and then filled a page with periods, commas, semi-colons, question marks, apostrophes, etc and included it separately, along with a note (which I paraphrase): "Here's is all of the punctuation about which you are forever complaining; put it wherever you want it."
Don't know if that's a true story or not, but it sounds like something he'd do.
Quote by Samuel L. Clemens
Fred J. Hall, 1889:
You are perfectly right. The proofreader must follow my punctuation absolutely. I will not allow even the slightest departure from it.