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This chapter and the author’s commentary are available on KRABBELS.NET, simultaneously with the release of each new chapter here on Storiesonline.
All kinds of pictures from Artificial Intelligence have made a tremendous difference in using pictures within this platform. Instead of using just words, we as writers make sometimes small picture books on this site. A site like Storiesonline is not really meant to post pictures within a story. It’s made for text and is quite good at that, but pictures have to be inserted manually by the moderators of this site. And a HUGE shout out for Lazeez to find in each and every file the place where the author wants his pictures, and copy/paste the pics there.
The temptation of using all those AI pictures is significant, but in “Bad Girl”, I decided not to use any pictures. Instead, I have posted them on my website KRABBELS [dot] NET. Every author has a picture of how his main characters look like in his mind. I have put photos of all of them on Krabbels as well. As a bonus for those who are interested, I put my thoughts about each chapter of “Bad Girl” on paper - or rather on the site - as well. You can comment on my musings, or not, whatever you like.
And no, Krabbels is far from finished yet, so don’t burn me to the ground if something doesn’t work quite well yet. My posting frequency will remain consistent across both Krabbels and Storiesonline platforms, maintaining the same pace on each.
Thank you for reading Bad Girl,
Han
I’ve refreshed the covers for both “Good Girl” and “Bad Girl” with some subtle tweaks.
I had no idea what my schedule would be like when I began posting, but I have finished editing the story. To avoid long waits between chapters, I’ll be posting updates two or three times a week until all 21 chapters are complete. I hope you all enjoy the story,
Han
One of the hardest things I had to do in writing Bad Girl is to find a unique voice. Sylvia doesn’t talk, act, or think the same as Koen does. I was so used to be in the head of Koen, my first chapters sounded like Koen was doing the talking. So I had to silence him and delve deep down into the persona of Sylvia. As most of the writers in this place, I try to write like a woman, but the few women out here will know instantly her diary is written by a man. But I gave it my best shot, and this is as good as it gets.
Looking back at the finished manuscript of Bad Girl, I am quite pleased at how I finally found Sylvia’s voice that is so different from Koen’s. I will leave it up to you to judge objectively if I succeeded. Like Koen was a part of me, so is Sylvia now. I was thinking of this, as I am writing Ugly Girl. Zuzanna’s voice differs totally from Sylvia’s. Yet Sylvia is in my system, and without thinking, I react like she would. It will take me several thousand words that will end up in my trash bin before I find Zuzanna’s true voice. But I will.
I have just finished the last lines of Bad Girl. It’s the first draft, the one Devon Layne calls ‘the version from the heart’. And I am pleased with the result. Although 6 or 7 chapters are less than Good Girl, it’s—give or take a few words—about the same length as the previous one in the series: 77k. There is still a lot of work left, of course. I have to complete 2 or 3 scenes that I need in the story that are boring to write. And if they are boring to write, they are definitely boring to read. So I have to work on those. I need my timeline to be correct, add some seasonal details, and delete some favorite scenes that are superfluous. The last step is the line edit that is difficult for a non-native writer.
Just wanted to thank you for the Clitorides nominations for Best Erotic Story by New Writer and Best BDSM story. You are too kind. I hope to post the finished story before the end of Spring.
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