It is my strong belief that it is unwise to hold strong beliefs.
It is also my strong belief that the same people you see at BDSM meet ups, are usually the core rank and file at Ren Fairs, and the outfits have a lot of cross-over - big titty women with white tavern blouses, and tight corsets, leather vests, etc.
I will be taking a short hiatus from posting for the next two weeks (most likely) but I am working on a new story. I'll post it when it is complete. I am up to chapter 33 and about half way over.
I have a question for my readers (And those in general who care to offer constructive feedback)
**SPOILER ALERT** read no further if you don't want a spoiler - but keep in mind this happens early on in the story. It's context for the question. Skip past this to "Leaving Spoiler Zone in bold if you want.
The general premise of the story is that a woman catches her son masturbating to BDSM. She assures him it's perfectly normal. She's gregarious, fun-loving, single mom.
She tells him she's always been curious about being tied up, and asks if he'll do it just so she can try it out. At first, it's fairly harmless, fully clothed, but quickly she's like "well, let's do it right...I don't care if you see me naked.."
and it steamrolls into a fun story about a woman who isn't a "Submissive" in the classic sense, but she does like getting tied up and the snot spanked out of her.
Their relationship becomes a bit of a power-exchange as they work out the limits/boundaries. That's fun to write about.
***LEAVING SPOILER ZONE***
By Chapter 33, they go to a Ren Faire, where they see sword swallowers, ribald performers, whip shows, and all sorts of semi-raunchy but not quite sexual performances.
I heard a performer at a Ren Faire once say "You only get the jokes you are supposed to get". He'd tell a dirty joke, but the kids in the audience wouldn't get it because it went over their head. If you are old enough to figure out what he is talking about - you are old enough to get it.
I am going to spend about 5-10 chapters on this day at the ren faire.
My question: Would it be fun to write a standalone about a BDSM couple who go to a ren fair just as a day in the life?
My concern is if you wait until chapter 33, you may not be excited about this, because it's not very sexual/wild like most of the story is up until this point?
As a great example of why I am asking, I wrote this story "Keeping the Babysitter in Line".
https://storiesonline.net/s/26845/keeping-the-babysitter-in-line
It's a 55 chapter love letter to growing up in the 80s and the quirky girls of the time with the big glasses that turned my screws as a young lad. The main character is a little too old to be babysat, but his mom sends him, and he has a crush on her anyway so he doesn't protest.
It turns out though, this older girl also has a secret life with her family where one weekend out of the month, they practice BDSM and it just so happens to be that weekend when he arrives. It's too late to send him home.
I loved writing this story.
Somewhere in the middle, I had the bright idea to write about the Rocky Horror Picture Show experience in the 1980s. It was GLORIOUS.
But I feel many people won't read 30 chapters in to get to that rich, delicious center and read it.
I've often thought I should extract those chapters and rewrite it a little so it could be a standalone story.
I feel erotic about going to RHPS, or the Ren Fair is fun stuff, because it is what people who practice BDSM regularly might do. It's not all "sex, sex,sex" - sometimes it's those neat events that sort of connect you to other freaky people as well.
Should I split it out? or save it as an easter egg for people who slog through 30 chapters to get there and discover?