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Let's be honest: I don't write stories, I write porn. Whatever plot there is to my stories, is usually the kind of plot we all know from porn scenes/movies. That's also why I'm usually having difficulties to wrap up a story in a satisfying way (at least to me).
Usually when I start posting a story, the writing is actually already finished. As in: if I wanted to, I could post all the chapters at once, but I chose to spread it out a little over time. I made an exception (merely out of a lack of patience) for "Dollars and desire". I was still in the middle of writing the concluding chapter, when I posted the first chapter to the story. I made the exception because I felt pretty sure that I'd be able to finish the last chapter I was still working on.
So what's the link between the first two paragraphs in this post? Because I'm not really writing stories, there's not much of a story arch. While working on the final chapter I had in mind, another idea popped up. A chapter I could insert earlier in the story. In a "story", maybe rather a "set up" centered around facials, it was a good idea, I only thought of it a little late.
When thinking of where in the story to place that new chapter, I realized that ideally it would be the new fourth chapter. Only, I had already posted the chapter that was to come after it. Again, as there isn't that much of a story arch, it could come after the "first time" chapter as well, which is now the plan. But that's why it's taking longer to publish the next chapter: unlike what I'm used to, this (probably shorter) chapter is still being written.
I hope this rambling made a little sense. But as I said in the beginning: I don't write stories (or coherent blog posts) so much as I'm writing porn.
At the time of the last blog post, I was working on three different stories. Hitting the break on my writing, gave me an opportunity to think about my earlier work. Specifically about "Southern fantasies", a story that was officially "finished", but more because I lacked inspiration for more chapters than because of a real ending. Once again, it was proven to me that doing nothing can help break through a writing block: I can now announce that 3 more chapters are coming. Again, just like almost a year ago, there still isn't an ending for the story. There just are idea's to fill some chapters with, the first of which is getting close to completion. A word of warning though, re-reading parts of the earlier chapters to get re-acquainted with the location and the characters, showed me how much the writing style has evolved in a year. I suspect that readers who take on the story in one go, will always notice the break between the first chapters and the new ones.
Recently I ran into some problems, that I don't want to delve into. But it does mean I won't be publishing any new chapters or new stories for the time being. Could be weeks, could be months, could be permanent, I really don't know. I'm sorry for leaving you (at least for now) with yet another unfinished story on this site.
Apparently my last (short) blog post wasn't published. I suppose because I accidently hit "save draft" instead of "save & publish". Right now that post is out of date so it's also not much use posting it anymore. Besides, I wonder how much of an audience blog posts actually get?
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I've decided to take a short break from "Family Friend". Instead of a new chapter in that Archives story, I want to publish a new story from my own this weekend. It will be a short one of just one chapter, but it's one of my personal favourites (at least among the stories I've written, I don't think my work can compare with some of the great works from some other writers). As such I do hope it will be well received.
And don't worry, next week there will be another chapter of "Family Friend" (there's a total of 15, so we're about halfway).
Two weeks. That's the time since I last posted anything new here (the final chapter of Perks of Teaching 2). And while it may not be that long, it is the longest time I went without posting since my very first contribution in May this year.
I am currently working on two new stories (after all, I did inquire about the bikini carwash thing for a reason), but somehow writing doesn't come as easy as it used to the last few months. Top it off with a lot of other things demanding my attention, and it feels like I'm hardly making any progress at all.
That's why I was wondering how people would feel about me posting stories that aren't my own, but some I downloaded over the last 20 years. I'd only post ones that I can't find anymore and would indicate them as not mine. Is it even allowed to do this on storiesonline?
Feel free to share your opinion.
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