I just saw the title of this thread and was genuinely shocked, having written four novels and posted them here. My fifth novel was going to be posted one chapter at a time starting this British autumn. I am currently busy writing it.

I have never bothered looking down here at the bottom of the forums before, I knew there was a whole section that I might be interested in. Will, now read past the title and vote to see what others have said!

BTW: Shouldn't site announcements be at the top of the forums tabs?

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I'm hashing out a variant of this over a few chapters. Not verbatim as outlined there, but a similar character arc. It'll probably be ready in 2059 when I'm happy with it.

We will be here, waiting to read it!

For an emotionally charged 5-part series, I recommend The Last Dance - Part One by Techgoddess.

You will not be disappointed, but have a hanky ready...

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It sounds different enough to warrant writing, but having set it all from her viewpoint, I fear it would be a longish story before any sexual content arrived, if at all. Do any more experienced readers and writers think this may be one to leave

I think your idea has traction and is worth exploring. Maybe you could start the story with the daughter discovering the secret family brothel. Have a sex scene to draw the reader in. Then some backstory, before the main story.

Could you limit each generation to 3 chapters of 5,000 or fewer words? Maybe just write the first generation with only loose future thoughts for the second and third generations to see how it goes.

My passion is to write longer, character-based stories, often with a little humour sprinkled through them. I also write shorter stand-alone stories and plan to write at least one story in each genre to gain an Onmium badge.

My profile is accurate; I don't mind making friends here or messaging, but I don't use the chatroom, and yes, I am straight and very happily married. Why not check out my profile and stories?

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It's summer in the northern hemisphere and maybe a lot of people are away on vacation.

That is a fair point, WW but I was comparing it to other stories in the comp, especially those around mine.

It is more likely that it was only on the front page for a couple of hours (that is becoming an issue here), I don't (yet 🙄) have a massive following and I guess humour is not the most-read genre.

Just a little prompt to promote my Dirty Talk comp story: Knickerless before it disappears into the bowels of the Lush story vault.

In a month, it hasn't yet gotten a thousand views, I am not sure why, but its, like and comment-to-views ratio is good, so it can't be terrible. 🙄😜 It is different to most of the other, often excellent entries.

This week, I plan to be reading and commenting/liking the Dirty Talk I haven't read and commented on yet. I am just over halfway.

I am not sure I should read this thread as it seems all the terms I use in my stories have come up in it! 🙄😨😊

I counted seventy-one "Dirty Talk" competition entries this morning. 😊

For those who may be interested. With an Excel spreadsheet in place logging my Omnium badge process I have now written stories in 21 genres including those two required pieces of poetry. Though I am not writing very much atm, I do have another 6 story genres in work in process and aim to be in the mid to high thirties by the end of the year.

A question to the admins as it has been mentioned on this thread a few times: Are we likely to see any visible improvements to LushStories V2.0 in 2024? 🙄😊

Hi PGR2024, and a warm welcome to LushStories. 😊

This is my most viewed story... Back in the Office

I am hoping that it will tick over the 5,000 views by the end of the weekend. 😜😊

If you looking for a chuckle and I am not talking about the quality of my writing...

Then have a look at my "Dirty Talk" competition entry: Knickerless

I see today we reached fifty "Dirty Talk" competition entries. 😊

I am just going into my summer writing hiatus, where I let real life take priority, after a spell (with the omnium badge in mind) where I posted quite a few stories in different genres... I currently stand at 20/58 published genres.

Over the summer, I will work mainly on my fifth Novel - "The Three of Us" to publish it in October/November. That novel chapters will cover at least four more genres.

As for other stand-a-lone stories, to help get more readers following me, I am currently leaning towards the popular genres, MILF, Wife Lovers and Fantasy . However, a Steampunk story is also currently pulling on me. So we will see.

P.S. If I get enough likes on my male gay story - The Queens Head, I will write a second chapter.

As a straight man, you could say I dug deep into my imagination to come up with this gay male story.

I am pleased with the results... The Queens Head

There are a couple of standalone stories that I have written, which might (one day) have a second part added, but these are the exceptions.

All my series stories are planned and mostly written/edited before I post the first chapter. My last book, Clare ran to 21 chapters and I would say only the last 10 chapters were not finished (they were laid out) when chapter 1 was published. It takes some discipline, and I admit there comes a tipping point when you need the fuel of reader feedback to finish the final editing.

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No. Some places do it that way, but we don't.

Thank you, for clarifying Jen. It is appreciated.

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See this post for more.

https://www.lushstories.com/forum/welcome-to-lushstoriescom-site-guidelines-help/lush-stories-competition-judging-process?page=1&post=4421087

Thank you for posting this link WW, I was looking for this a couple of days ago but failed.

In the past, I have noticed that the stories with the most likes and comments have not always made the top ten. Then I read this on the link above...

"Doing it this way eliminates people winning through popularity, or spamming etc."

This raises a question: Do readers' likes and comments have any "significant" influence on competition story judging?

I believe the answer is no. But maybe, it might be handy to clarify in the guidelines or here.

Well, I am now in with my competition story - Knickerless - It came in at 53% dialogue. 😊

I prefer character-driven stories. Unlike most here, I begin to fall in love with them even before I start writing the story. This is because I normally write little bios on the lead "actors" and as I write them into the storyline I have continually and three-dimensional real people. Well, at least in my head. 🙄😊

My take on this is that there must be a piece of the character inside you as you write and work with them. With the books I have written and am adapting for Lushstories, those characters have lived with me since 2021. Their never-to-be-published background information now runs to several A4 pages.

As for killing off a character or putting them in an awkward situation? I don't see that to be a problem, I do the latter all the time and you can always resurrect a character in another story if you are in "love" with them. Though, I don't see that scenario happening to me.

So, to answer your question: I do become attached, and even deeply attached to the characters I have been working with for three and half years. But my attachment would never stop me from putting them in harm's way.

I finished my first edit early today and the dialogue came in at 55%. Whoopee. Now I am on the tinkering and polishing phase, before submitting... 😊

Today, with a little encouragement, I wrote a fun micro called... Micro Fun

It is not my normal thing, but I hope you enjoy it!

I might be on my own here. But with the low word count limit, I still hope there is room for a story amongst the mass of naughty words that the dialogue will undoubtedly produce. This is just my reflection, I think the competition theme is a good one.

I have not tried any self-promoting before but I am particularly pleased with my latest standalone story... A Good Life

It is slightly on the complex side, and certainly very different from any story I have written before.

I have just finished a standalone story: A Good Life which I admit, stretched my writing abilities. It is very different to most stories on this site. Now, my attention turns to another standalone story, this one, much to my wife's amusement, is in the gay genre.

In the past, I have written stories straight off and let them go in their own direction, before reigning them in a little when I edit them.

However, these days, I prefer to spend time planning them out, often writing unpublished character backgrounds and the stories end, long before I flesh out the middle. The story I am currently working on is one, the start and finish are all written and finished subject to a final edit. The rest is still a work in progress.

Another here who thinks prologues can be a great way of setting up a story. I used one in my first novel, an innocent scene that is the catalyst for the start of the main story set four years later. I also have an epilogue written, which will close the story out and answer a few lingering questions.

I cannot see why you have to have an epilogue, even if you have a prologue. A suggestion. Could you tag a short epilogue onto the end of your last posted chapter?

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I'm discovering that my true stories seem to be garnering more attention than the fictional ones.

That doesn’t surprise me at all, Kat. Hot, true stories written by a beautiful sexy women will always appeal to most heterosexual sexual men. That is my opinion 🙂🙂

That is an interesting question. Are you not a Hollywood producer by any chance? 😊

My last competition story, "The Pull of the Paddle" gives a basic 5,000-word plot that could be adapted into a movie. But there are lots of stories here (probably better ones) that with a slightly different slant on them, could be rewritten to make the backbone story for a film.