Guide to Writing Spanking Stories

Greetings All,

Recent posts have inspired me to write a short guide to writing spanking stories (aptly titled, A Handy Guide to Writing Spanking Stories). I've tried to keep the prose light and practical. If you would like a copy of the guide, please send me a PM with your preferred email address. In your request, please indicate whether you prefer Word (RTF) or PDF.

W. Arthur

I have already ordered one. Sounds like an interesting subject

Could I ask why you feel such a guide is necessary? Just interested.

Many thanks.

Uksteve

To UkSteve: I certainly didn't believe a guide was needed, but I thought it might be a useful tool for those members who have expressed an interest in writing their own stories. Besides, I'm a retired professor and sometimes miss teaching.

Since it appears some people are struggling to work out how to send popups I've made the guide available on dropbox at the following link:

https://tinyurl.com/yc5pc8yz

You don't need a dropbox account to download it so if you get a popup window in regards to saving it later you can simply close the window down by clicking X at top right.

Thanks much, Februs. Your link certainly made it a lot easier to get the guide.

warthur, you certainly achieved your goal of providing a "useful tool" for prospective future writers.

The one area that you went over fairly quickly is "proofreading". This is the chore that I hate! No matter how long I wait to re-read, my mind always interprets what I intended; NOT what is actually written on the page. My guess is this is not just my problem as the publishing houses always have professional proofreaders on their staff.

Tiredny

I was told that the best way to proofread is to read the text backwards. That way you only concentrate on the written words and not on the whole sentence.

To Tiredny,

Thank you for your interest and your feedback. I'm glad you found the guide useful. Unfortunately, as far as I know, there is no painless way to proofread your manuscript. You can try different methods, of course (such as Hotspur's suggestion), but they all pretty much amount to the same thing - you just have to put in the time. At least, mainstream writers can hire a professional proofreader or rely on writer groups or sympathetic family members. Most of us don't have that luxury or won't take that risk because of the rather sensitive nature of our work. Good luck and (in the words of my generation) keep the faith.

I proofread when half asleep. My brain tells me when something is not right and I then look at it more closely, to see what isn't right.

Geoffrey Stirling.