I read a few stories I thought were consensual play scenarios and they, um, weren't. I understand the desire to skip warnings sometimes that could ruin a story twist, but I find spoilers better than suddenly reading a "rape is okay!" story.
For some reason, mpreg can't convince me no matter how well it's written, but that's more a personal thing. With prostitution and BDSM fic, I've read believable explanations, so I write a rant in my head about "Why isn't this story more like the others?" ;)
I wrote "A Year's Temptation" in part because I have a real weakness for Veela fics and then get continually disappointed by the way most of them follow the same pattern, so I wanted to write one I could believe in, with slow romance and resentment of the "sex or death" requirement. I'm glad it worked for you as well.
Until recently. I thought, all would be right if I could believe how they could turn out that way, but apparently there are stories in which you believe everything and still, that part of the story just fails to become "real". Or perhaps I just can't stand excessive fluff. *shrugs*
Either of those things could be true. Or maybe the author lost her own belief in it halfway through. I think that's likely to happen with long WiPs that suddenly receive hasty endings; the author is no longer comfortable with or believes in her initial impulse, so she winds things up to be rid of the story.
Unfortunately, my first fest prompt was all kinks, without anything else to go on. I added a lot of plot anyway, but I still wasn't very happy with the final result. The first fic I wrote for hds_beltane asked for kink first and foremost, but there were other prompts involved, so I wasn't so worried. Amusingly enough, one of the gift fics I received for that fest mentioned that my own plot-oriented prompt was way, way too broad (though I still liked the fic), so I guess one reason kinks endure is because some people like them for definite points to put in a story. I simply wish they weren't treated like a checklist so much or, to use your terms, an instruction manual.
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Date: 2008-06-04 07:30 pm (UTC)For some reason, mpreg can't convince me no matter how well it's written, but that's more a personal thing. With prostitution and BDSM fic, I've read believable explanations, so I write a rant in my head about "Why isn't this story more like the others?" ;)
I wrote "A Year's Temptation" in part because I have a real weakness for Veela fics and then get continually disappointed by the way most of them follow the same pattern, so I wanted to write one I could believe in, with slow romance and resentment of the "sex or death" requirement. I'm glad it worked for you as well.
Until recently. I thought, all would be right if I could believe how they could turn out that way, but apparently there are stories in which you believe everything and still, that part of the story just fails to become "real". Or perhaps I just can't stand excessive fluff. *shrugs*
Either of those things could be true. Or maybe the author lost her own belief in it halfway through. I think that's likely to happen with long WiPs that suddenly receive hasty endings; the author is no longer comfortable with or believes in her initial impulse, so she winds things up to be rid of the story.
Unfortunately, my first fest prompt was all kinks, without anything else to go on. I added a lot of plot anyway, but I still wasn't very happy with the final result. The first fic I wrote for