I’ve been receiving very polarizing feedback for chapter 7. One group said this chapter is not up to my usual standard.
Whereas another group said Chapter 7 is the best chapter yet.
(Contrast that to Chapter 6, which received nothing but high praises).
Interestingly, apart from Chapter 1, Chapter 7 is the only chapter that didn’t have a sex scene.
Another interesting thing I’ve noticed is readers enjoy the characters’ development a lot, perhaps much more than the other parts of the story.
I’ve put a lot of thought into each chapter, but never imagine what people liked the most were the character developments.
One thing I like to do is to include psychological explanations to the story. I use Ezra to explain what’s going on with Ken and how Ken can learn to deal with his issues like social anxiety, depression, fear of intimacy, shyness etc.
Some readers told me that they treat RSI like a manual. One comment went:
“This series is better than most sex ed courses. Should be mandatory reading for teens lol”.”
While these did stroke my ego, please do your own research and/or seek proper medical advice if you’re facing similar issues as Ken. I’m not stating this disclaimer to protect myself, but rather to make sure you don’t trust everything you read on the internet, especially from erotica.
I don’t have a formal education in psychology but it’s a deep interest of mine. (Though sometimes, like Ezra, I like to play therapist even though I’m not certified.). I’m guessing that many of my readers also enjoy the psychological aspect of the story.
Let me know your thoughts regarding the psychological aspect. Too much? Want more? Just the right amount? Love it? Hate it? Could do without it?
Anyhow, let me know your thoughts on Chapter 7, including specific things you like and dislike about it. Specific feedback is always useful for me to improve as a writer. Commenting “best story ever” may stroke my ego a little (tch, okay, fine, I admit it strokes quite a bit), but it doesn’t tell me what exactly you like about it.
But whether you love or hate Chapter 7, I’ll try to do better for future chapters.
P.S. If you’ve been enjoying RSI, I’d love your feedback on it.
P.P.S If you haven’t done it yet, it would mean a lot to me if you left a vote on RSI to tell me how I’ve been doing. They informed me how much time and effort I should spend on RSI. Life is too short to continue stories people are not interested in.