theo54
I've read your books here and on Amazon and I LOVE them. You are among a handful of writers that writes so well that it motivates me to move on from short stories, stop messing around and write a true spanking novel with effort put into the prose, plot and characters.
That said, the Bridget Gallagher story is different from those. Some of it is my personal taste, but the other part might show why readers drop off in a serialized format. Personally, I like the discipline and punishment aspect of spanking. I don't mind if there is some enjoyment mixed in but when it moves from discipline to consensual impact play, some of the elemental storytelling dynamics change.
In a story about punishment, there are built in power dynamics and even more importantly, a structure of built in conflict. The conflict of a spanking story in its most basic form almost always provides a level of dread and anticipation. There might even be stakes if there is a chance for the protagonist to get a lighter punishment or escape it entirely.
This is a spanking story board, so we know that 99.99% of the time, they're going to get spanked at the highest severity sold by the author. Still, that makes it a page turner. In a story where a character is coming to grips with their kink, like in BG, that particular style of conflict is pushed out. So is that anticipation, which is part of what makes people read. The old radio trick of ending every episode with a cliffhanger is still used in TV and comic books today because it works.
This is why some shows are much better to binge than to see each episode at once. The story might be equally as good, but there are less hills and valleys of anticipation and expectation. Shows that lean towards character study are usually better as a whole series where the viewer can watch at their own pace.
I'm not sure if this is why your latest is seeing such a drop off in views but I think it may be a factor. I know that serials tend to lose views as they go on no matter how good they are, but I wonder if that effect is exacerbated in consensual stories. |