Observation on feedback

kdpierre


Thank you for pointing me in the direction of this story. I read it, and enjoyed it, and commented to that effect.

Now this is what I meant by my post on celebrating our favourites. I would have passed this by without opening it, simply because of the F/M orientation, and in doing so, would have missed out on a very enjoyable read.



Linda

Thank you. I have sometimes thought that my stories suffer from two drawbacks:
1: As stated before, they are not hot-n-heavy sexual spanking adventures with a lot of "smack-by-smack" action.

2: They are predominantly F/M in a world where an overwhelming majority seem to prefer M/F.

I am glad you enjoyed it.

I think some of my stories suffer in a similar way, in that I don't feel the actual spanking is necessarily the central point. I try to develop believable characters in what is not always a believable scenario. (oh, for the willing suspension of disbelief!) I have written serials in which no actual spanking occurs until chapter 4, and I think that some people are bored by the lack of 'action' so never get to the last part!

Ah well ... such is the hard life of a spanking author!



Linda

I've noticed an overall trend that people are commenting less on sites like this as well as on blogs. I think it may have something to do with too much information available online and not enough time to comment. I review spanking stories on my site (and some of them came from here, with more to follow), but for comments on this site specifically, I do tend to stick to "fantastic story, would love to see more" kind of comments. I don't tend to offer constructive criticism. I'm not sure that is what authors really want. On my site, I review the stories purely from the viewpoint of potential readers, and I try to stay as positive as possible. If a story is just plain not something I would recommend, it isn't one I would review anyway.

I agree with all the comment above. There are so many stories here and they are coming so fast it is impossible to read more than a sample. I imagine this will slow down soon? It might be interesting at some point to have a new stories entry point. They could move to individual author pages after a period. Probably there would be more comments then.

Anyway its a first class site Februs and Flopsbunny

I'd venture that the vast majority of writers enjoy feedback, I don't mind constructive criticism as long as it's not just outright insults. However, it seems to be a basic fact that only a small percentage (if any at all) of readers who like a story will comment on it. I'm guessing that just about any spanking-story writer who's posted stories on the 'net over a few years has had the experience of running across a fan or two in a spanking-oriented forum or group who states "I've always liked your stories" and clearly has read quite a few of them--but hasn't ever commented on any of them before. (In fact, I'd bet that it goes beyond simply spanking stories to internet literature in general.) So although a story writer may be receiving few (if any) comments on his/her stories, he/she shouldn't think they haven't been read (and appreciated) much... --C.K.

Linda: I agree that the serial format loses a lot of folks along the way if the story is not action-packed. I suppose a reader looking for a hot quick-fix is going to pass on our style.....but so be it.

Now, as to believability? That's a tough one. Most of my stories are practically autobiographical in many respects....but not in all. In order to create a sense of irony or interest, some things just need a bit of fictionalizing. Sometimes the premise can seem a bit flawed even if the emotional aspect rings true from experience. Still I do try to make even the fictionalized stuff somewhat believable.

Most of what I read though is much more over-the-top, so I don't think my plausibility falls into that category.

There also seems to be a huge percentage of kid-oriented material. Some of it is well-written and quite charming (like Brakenridge's stuff) but.....it is still child oriented. Personally I have only written two such stories and in each case I have tried to make the kid at least around the age of legal consent if not 18.

While most of my stories (outside of a Rejuve Universe series) are adult-oriented, I've written a number of child-oriented stories and I'll state what every writer of such stories whose comments I've read on this particular issue has stated (at least IIRC): I never identify with the person--adult, older child, same-age child or even (although rarely) slightly younger child--administering the spanking(s), instead fantasywise I want to be the spanked child getting it good and hard--in my case from a female babysitter, puppy-love girlfriend, neighbor woman, etc. If anyone who writes child-oriented spanking stories has fantasies or desires involving spanking children, I've never read of him/her saying so in a discussion on that subject. (Ageplay stories about "pretend" children being spanked are another matter, obviously.) So no one should think that people who write child-oriented spanking stories fantasywise want to do the chastising in those stories, IME they desire to be the red-bottomed kids... --C.K.

I occasionally do a more kid oriented story, although I think I do mostly adult oriented ones, the only reason I use a minor is because that's what the story calls for.

I agree that the "I want to be the chastized child" perspective softens the issue somewhat, Crimson............but at the end of the day..........it's still kids.