I've posted the third and final chapter of The Good Wife. I pounded it out over a couple hours yesterday afternoon. It was a fairly quick write.
I need to get a revised version up, because there are always the inevitable and annoying errors that leaked through. Not many, and they're small, but I'd rather have the best version on the site than not.
I'd like to explain one small bit that I didn't get a chance to pay off and that's Kara's reaction to hearing the name of "Dr. Carter" - the hypnotherapist. My idea was that Carter was a part of Kara's yoga circle and she would be nervous about her friends discovering her husband is impotent. I knew it wouldn't really pay off in this chapter, but if I ever wanted to continue, it would hopefully present a clever call back.
Some authors think that everything has to pay off immediately, but I don't think so. I have faith in the readers and I'm not too worried if they have to think for themselves. I'm sure someone in the audience was able to draw a line between Kara's mention of her friends using hypnotherapy and then a mention of the doctor a few lines later.
Anyway, I just wanted to tie that up as I don't think I'll be writing more about John and Kara.
Thank you to everyone who took a look and offered me invaluable feedback. I appreciate it.
Greetings.
I'm posting chapter two. The working title for this chapter was "The Dark Place" and it came out a little different than I actually envisioned. I anticipated more sex and less...not sex. When I posted chapter one, I included the code for "sex toys" because I anticipated different events than what we have here. Oh well.
Anyway, working within a three-act construct, the story needed to go a bit darker and generate some conflict. So I won't say I'm unhappy with the maturation of my original idea, but I feel less charitable about the actual writing this go around.
The next chapter should be the final, although I might write a stand alone chapter "3.5" for the Halloween Contest. I haven't made up my mind.
Thank you.
edit: as usual, reading the posted version revealed some issues with grammar. I think I caught and fixed most of them. Apologies.
Hello.
I had a story idea that began with the premise, "What if I wrote a story that had many of the classic "cuck fiction" tropes, but without the cuckolding?" Meaning, I create a story in which there is every possible excuse for the wife to cuckold her husband, to humiliate him and take advantage of his crippled emotions, but instead she is loving and devoted, and beyond reproach in her support.
I liked that idea because I like honest wives. And husbands, for that matter, but I also like to explore some of the strengths and weakness that make us human and define our relationships.
So, I've decided to write it and I cannot promise that there won't be some few additional codes necessary in future installments, but I can tell you that "cheating" and "cuckold" will definitely not be among them.
I hope we're all clear on this. Thank you.
Hello. I've posted my first story, with any amount of luck there will be more. I'll have to see how it goes.
Any story involving submissive boyfriends or husbands is suspect for a large portion of the audience. I understand that people are not always interested in the sort of fantasy that I enjoy reading and writing about. That's okay.
My hope is that people pay attention to the codes and I promise to do my best to be accurate with them. In exchange, I hope the readership will be equally diligent in their proper use. I don't want to feel punished because someone read a story they knew they wouldn't enjoy.
I am reposting the story, after reading the posted version and finding a few mistakes that are fairly inexcusable.