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Journey of a Literotica Writer

This was the story I wanted to write first.

"Zapped by the Martian Slut Ray." The person who coined that phrase, belongs in the "Comments Hall of Fame," if Literotica ever makes one. In my opinion, they should. As a reader, I saw that reference so many times in the comments, I wondered if it came from a story. I searched Literotica to see if there was a story with a title like that. There wasn't. Well, it seemed to me someone should have written that story after all the comments. Since no one had, why not me?

I felt, in order to do the phrase justice, I had to write a story about a literal "Martian Slut Ray." It brought a science fiction element (marginally), into the LW category, but Sci-Fi & Fantasy readers unfamiliar with LW, might not get the reference. So I submitted it in LW, wondering if it would work for the silent readers that didn't comment or email.

The road to writers' block is paved with good intentions. I got stuck, so I wrote Cambodia. Getting stuck on a story, and then starting a new one, would become a pattern. Some authors drill down into a story and finish it before starting on another one. I am not one of those authors.Journey of a Literotica Writer фото

Some people think I came up with the phrase, "Zapped by the Martian Slut Ray." That is not the case. Those frequent readers of LW, are very familiar with the phrase, it existed long before I ever wrote stories here. It still is fun to read comments giving me credit for the phrase, and I have stopped correcting those. Eventually, the myth becomes truth, and I'm now good with that.

At this point, this is the only story I have published on Lit in the third person. I am most comfortable writing in the first. There was no way I could see a way to do this story from a singular point of view. I was writing about Martians doing Martian things, a husband and wife unaware of what was happening, and the only way I could see to write it, was as though it was a fairy tale.

This was going to be a story that had a science-fiction element (marginally), so I could have put it in Science Fiction and Fantasy category. I didn't, for two reasons. No one there knows the phrase, and there are far fewer comments.

I set my stories in places I have been, when I do pick a geographic place. I picked the Ozarks, because it seemed the right fit. If you've ever been to that part of Arkansas and know the locals, moonshine is a thing and it is everything you've ever heard about it.

I sent it to Lue, she edited it, sent it back, and I was ready to submit the story. Then I made a change I thought of, and didn't run it by Lue, I just submitted it. After all, I only added a few sentences, I was sure I could handle checking my own work.

That turned out to be a mistake I'd repeat again and again. For this story, it was a minor grammar error that didn't affect the story, except to jar a reader. As someone who has read stories, a typo or bad grammar, takes me out of the story for a moment. I completely understand that. Mistakes aside, the story was published.

Then the comments. Once again, the first comment was by someone that hated the story. I want to quote some of the hilarious negative comments, but if I do, this story won't be posted. Lit does not like criticizing the comments, or an appearance of criticizing the comments, even if anonymous. You'll have to read those on your own and use your own judgment.

I do have respect for people that post with a name. No one knows who we are by whatever name we chose for our Lit account. By naming yourself, it helps me as a writer to know where someone is coming from. I can consider how you read stories. I write first to please myself, but a very close second is pleasing my audience.

When you have a Lit name, I can compare comments in other stories, and I consider those more than anonymous ones. For anonymous comments, the well-though out responses I do think about. There are some good points raised occasionally, from someone without a Lit name. It's not often, but it happens. I do have a greater appreciation for those who have a name. It helps me to take praise and criticism in context.

The sum of the entirety of the comments though, is that some people were catching on quickly to the tone of a "Piper Hamlin," after just two published stories. What makes that even odder, is I wasn't aware I had or was going for a tone. Some, a very definite minority, caught it before I did.

In hindsight, I now agree. The next story became somewhat of my mental template going forward. Any "loving wife," I created for Lit, would not be the villain of a story. In fact, any "cheating," would be under the most extraordinary of circumstances. No gold diggers, no black widows, no Plan Bs, etc. Two to three pages seemed the right amount of time to tell the story.

There was also a "fairy tale" quality to future stories. It was first mentioned in the comments for this story, and yeah, duh. What I didn't realize, until I asked an AI to write a story "in the style of PiperHamlin, was that this fairy tale element was perceived in most of my stories.

The AI did write a story, and it was a fairy tale. I wanted to publish that story here on Lit, but it was rejected because it was co-generated by an AI. I disclosed that as part of the story. The policy at that time though (maybe still is), was no AI text would be published. However if someone wants it attached to an email, hit me up.

Template forming in my head, encouraging responses from two stories, I was committed now to the next story and beyond.

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