TheEnglishMaster:
I was advised, when writing for publication, to get to an 'action scene' asap, but here in the library surely authors should feel free to start a serial or a story just the way they want?
Has anyone participating in this thread claimed that Library writers *shouldn't* somehow "feel free to start a serial or story just the way they want?"
Of course not, because this discussion is about a posted work getting "views," it has nothing to do with an author's freedom to write as he/she pleases, which to my knowledge has never been been challenged here.
As I mentioned earlier, years ago I was likewise advised by the
Men Under Control magazine's editor (Kessily from the SSS newsgroup) to "get to the spanking part right away" in my stories, I'm figuring that such an approach is pretty much standard for published-for-profit spanking stories. I was merely pointing out that if "views" are important to a writer in this Library, he/she might attempt to feature early spanking scenes mixed in with the plot background being provided--although sometimes that approach may not be feasible, other times it can work quite effectively.
Nowadays I tend to wait until a serial has been completed before I start reading it, and whether I do so at all generally depends on the spanking gender pairings in its parts, plus how many parts feature spankings. Once I do begin to read the serial, I typically commit to reading (and commenting upon) all of its parts, since following the overall plot line, including that found in any "no spanking" parts, is important to me.
However, that's just my individual perspective on reading serials, and actually single stories too... --C.K.