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p4ml
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"The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't."

New to this thread, but this SO reminds me of HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy
charmbrights
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I LOVE THIS! We could turn this into a Game! If any other Author can find a risible or badly written post in MY work (and I'm SURE they exist!!!!) I'd love to hear about it.... and rest assured that I will comb thru' that writer's work to find a similar faux-pas!!!! THIS COULD START WARS!!!! (Not really! But it could cause blushes!!!)
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Sorry stephanie, but everyone has silly sounding sentences if they are taken out of context. Try She’d been to the hotel before, of course, she worked here quite a bit. for instance. Out of context it seems odd that an author would need to explain that someone who worked in an hotel had been there before. In context of her being an "escort" it makes perfect sense.

BTW It's a nice story, and well written.
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MarySweets
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I have seen plenty on other sites. The worse written pieces of erotica I have came across is by obvious virgins.

The whole: "She gasped in shock at the huge penis that was super hard. Feeling scared she didn't know what was going to happen. Then he loomed over her and put his big you know what into her special place. She screamed because it was painful and when he was done there was blood everywhere. He had lots of cum on her too. She looked at him "Let's do this again" she said and so they did until sun up."

I made that up but you get the jest of it.

PS I'm trying to stifle laughter as it's 1:00AM and I'm not trying to wake the household up.
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MarySweets
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Found a new sentence to add to this thread.

"She had a really nice body wif big bo(o)bs and everything. She was thin enouff (enough) 2 be anorexic."

Chapter 17 - My Immortal by Tara "xXxBloodyWristsxX" Gilesbie
"Sexual pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken."

Simone de Beauvoir
1ball
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Quote by p4ml

New to this thread, but this SO reminds me of HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy


That's what I was thinking! I miss Douglas Adams. Some of the best hours of my life were spent reading his stories.

Sometimes the difference between bad writing and clever writing is the delivery and sometimes it's the context. For example, when writing the first person narrative of an unsophiticated storyteller, you can get

My eyes was pulled to her boobs like they was uh... eye magnets or somethin'.

and if that is true to the character of the narrator, it wouldn't be wretched writing. But If I read a similar third person narrative

His eyes were pulled to her breasts as if a billion gigawatt tractor beam had grabbed them.


I would be thinking "that had to hurt and now he's blind".
My latest story is too hot to publish. My most recent story before that is Even Stranger In Lust
Guest
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Quote by 1ball


That's what I was thinking! I miss Douglas Adams. Some of the best hours of my life were spent reading his stories.

Sometimes the difference between bad writing and clever writing is the delivery and sometimes it's the context. For example, when writing the first person narrative of an unsophiticated storyteller, you can get

My eyes was pulled to her boobs like they was uh... eye magnets or somethin'.

and if that is true to the character of the narrator, it wouldn't be wretched writing. But If I read a similar third person narrative

His eyes were pulled to her breasts as if a billion gigawatt tractor beam had grabbed them.


I would be thinking "that had to hurt and now he's blind".



Agreed!! I miss him terribly...
nellieneska
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As much as I would like to say that it does not happen on Lush it does.
I am not going to say that I am a fantastic writer, but I have had stories declined because I had one spot with bad grammar.
Yet I have found so many stories on here that are loaded full of bad grammar.
I at times thing that getting a story posted, as long as you follow the rules is based on the story person you end up getting.
There is not even judgement in my opinion. I just feel that there are not a lot of stories that are really BAD really, but a lot that are just really fucing hard to read because no one took the time to decline them and tell them that maybe they should throw in some commas or periods.
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clum
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Quote by nellieneska
As much as I would like to say that it does not happen on Lush it does.
I am not going to say that I am a fantastic writer, but I have had stories declined because I had one spot with bad grammar.
Yet I have found so many stories on here that are loaded full of bad grammar.
I at times thing that getting a story posted, as long as you follow the rules is based on the story person you end up getting.
There is not even judgement in my opinion. I just feel that there are not a lot of stories that are really BAD really, but a lot that are just really fucing hard to read because no one took the time to decline them and tell them that maybe they should throw in some commas or periods.


Your point is taken. We do try to be consistent but there are a large number of story verifiers now and what one considers acceptable another may not. A story does not have to be perfect to be posted here (or we'd have about two stories per day) but if the verifier feels that the errors are such that they distract from the writing then they will likely send it back to you. By the nature of creative writing, it has to be subjective and so it can depend on the verifier who looks at your story.

Personally, if a good story comes to me but it has a few technical errors, I'll send it back knowing that the author will be able to fix it; it's a learning exercise. If a poorly-written story comes in for the third time and it's still riddled with errors then that's on the author; I'll fix it up to a legible state and throw it to the wolves.

The site has standards, yes, but it's also up to authors to write well and readers to decide if they accomplished that. A story does not have to be perfect to be posted and if an author isn't putting in the effort, neither will the verifier.

We want people to contribute to the site and if people want to do that then we will encourage them as much as we can.

If a story is "really fucing hard to read", give it a low score and tell the author; give them some incentive to improve their writing.

Sorry this was off-topic.
WellMadeMale
Constant Gardener
Quote by nellieneska
As much as I would like to say that it does not happen on Lush it does.
I am not going to say that I am a fantastic writer, but I have had stories declined because I had one spot with bad grammar.


What happens on Lush is similar to what happens in Vegas. It's supposed to stay there but then inevitably we all tell someone to go look at the sexy stories we've concocted for those people and pretty soon, we have exposed ourselves both as seriously sexually perverted individuals as well as partially wretched erotica writers. The story verifiers are our friends (to help keep us from exposing ourselves).

Quote by nellieneska
Yet I have found so many stories on here that are loaded full of bad grammar.


In the beginning...there was but one story verifier and that person was swamped with stories to read and verify. A few fell through the cracks. Then there were a few more story verifiers and they were swamped and a few fuglies slipped through the cracks, then there were more story verifiers and even more spotty stories were mistakenly approved.

The next time someone rejects your submitted efforts, simply reply to them that you talk with slang terms and hand gestures and type with the same, that should give them the cover necessary to approve your future stories. Either that or just suck up to like half a dozen of the story verifiers, that's been my secret from the gitgo.

Quote by nellieneska
I at times thing that getting a story posted, as long as you follow the rules is based on the story person you end up getting.
There is not even judgement in my opinion. I just feel that there are not a lot of stories that are really BAD really, but a lot that are just really fucing hard to read because no one took the time to decline them and tell them that maybe they should throw in some commas or periods.


It has been like a rapidly filling swimming pool over the years, with a handful of lifeguards not seeing everyone peeing in the pool and yet - nobody drowned (they just got a little dirty). Nowadays some of the volunteers go a little overboard with the chlorine shock treatment while others don't bother to check for the exact PH values of the incoming water.

I am sure you are a good swimmer, Nellie...remember to breathe with every other stroke.
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nicola
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Quote by nellieneska
As much as I would like to say that it does not happen on Lush it does.
I am not going to say that I am a fantastic writer, but I have had stories declined because I had one spot with bad grammar.
Yet I have found so many stories on here that are loaded full of bad grammar.
I at times thing that getting a story posted, as long as you follow the rules is based on the story person you end up getting.
There is not even judgement in my opinion. I just feel that there are not a lot of stories that are really BAD really, but a lot that are just really fucing hard to read because no one took the time to decline them and tell them that maybe they should throw in some commas or periods.


PM me one example.

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Dirty_D
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Quote by nicola


PM me one example.

I stand behind our moderators 100%, they do a fantastic job, each and every one of them.


It's true, It is much easier for Nicola to give us our beatings if she is behind us . , but we love it!
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DirtyMartini
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Quote by WellMadeMale


It has been like a rapidly filling swimming pool over the years, with a handful of lifeguards not seeing everyone peeing in the pool and yet - nobody drowned (they just got a little dirty). Nowadays some of the volunteers go a little overboard with the chlorine shock treatment while others don't bother to check for the exact PH values of the incoming water.

I am sure you are a good swimmer, Nellie...remember to breathe with every other stroke.


You know Jeff, that might be the best explanation of how the site works I've heard yet...and believe it or not, I understood that perfectly...

I do agree with the point about there being variations about what the mods will let pass, not just because of individual standards among the mods, but also depending on the circumstances at the time...

I happen to be a mod over on the blue site, and I generally try to take the time to work with a writer by listing all the errors I find, and if it's only a few, I'll make the corrections, or if it's over a certain number, I'll reject the story and send them the list...

I have to say though, sometimes I just don't have the time and let things slide I would have preferred not to...

I'd also have to say though, that you can send some people a list of errors, and subtly suggest they better proofread their stuff and just don't get the subtle hint...

Though you could probably post that message on a 200 foot illuminated billboard in front of their house and they still wouldn't get the message...just sayin'

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Coco
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Quote by nellieneska
As much as I would like to say that it does not happen on Lush it does.
I am not going to say that I am a fantastic writer, but I have had stories declined because I had one spot with bad grammar.
Yet I have found so many stories on here that are loaded full of bad grammar.
I at times thing that getting a story posted, as long as you follow the rules is based on the story person you end up getting.
There is not even judgement in my opinion. I just feel that there are not a lot of stories that are really BAD really, but a lot that are just really fucing hard to read because no one took the time to decline them and tell them that maybe they should throw in some commas or periods.


It does happen. An example: once I sent a story back expressing that it should be edited and resubmitted. The author did so and it was still a mess, I sent it back again with more suggestions on how to make it cleaner for the reader. The author resubmitted it within an hour and I passed it. The story was poorly scored and received, the author pulled it.

There's a lesson in there...
WellMadeMale
Constant Gardener
Looking forward to fucking her and then having done so is a little bit like when you think you're dying to drink some orange juice and then you purchase and guzzle an entire gallon of the stuff. It is so good at first and you cannot become sated, then suddenly you discover you've drained the entire carton and that's when you look and notice the expiration date was two weeks ago. That is what fucking her is like.
The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.