How to Read Stories on Literotica

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Using story categories to enhance your reading experience.
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DrKG
DrKG
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I love erotica. I started reading and collecting it about seven years ago and have amassed an enormous collection since. The 'smut files', as one of my friends affectionately calls my collection, is proudly housed on 3, floor to ceiling bookshelves in my living room, not hidden away in boxes under the bed, as my poor mother prays for daily. I've catalogued my collection and submitted it along with the list of my jewelry and other valuables for my home owners insurance. My State Farm agent got a good chuckle out of it, but he added my books to my policy and reminded me to let him know if the value of my collection goes up another $1,000.00. I could probably sell my erotica collection and buy a small car! It's my one vice, but since I'm in the middle of planning a 200 guest wedding, and trying to appease my boyfriend, I've put myself on a book budget. When I've reached my book buying limit for the month, I turn to Literotica.

I share my books with my boyfriend and my friends, so they are stored on carefully labeled shelves. If I'm in the mood for Bi, BDSM, Gay male, Hentai, Romance, or whatever, I can go to the bookshelf, pull down a book from a particular section and know what I'll be reading. The love of my life is only into girl on guy action, it can be 7 guys with 1 girl, but the 1st trace of homosexuality totally kills it for him. He however absolutely loves that I have no taboos and will read anything printed about sex. He knows where the stories he likes to read are kept and only gets books from those shelves. My book system is fool proof; even my friends know where to find the books they want to borrow because the shelves are clearly labeled. They know that pulling something from the 'Gay Romance' shelf will get them a book about gay lovers.

I've been a fan of Literotica for about 5 years and I absolutely love this site for its user friendly index. If I'm in the mood for Incest, I simply click the index and I'm taken to a list of Incest stories. But Literotica goes a step further; they actually add a synopsis of each story making it unbelievably easy for me to choose if I want my incest story to be about a mom and son, or about a two brothers. I've also found that the synopsis is not always necessary because the titles of some stories clearly state what the subject matter will be. If the category, synopsis, or title don't make it clear what the story will be about, some authors add a very detailed disclaimer in which they let readers know what to expect in the story.

Unfortunately, even with all these preliminaries, some Literotica readers just can't seem to get it. Why read an interracial story, and then leave racist comments? Why read a gay story and leave derogatory gay comments? If my boyfriend ever read something from my 'Gay Romance' shelf and made a negative gay comment, I'd just asking him if it was misfiled, if not I'd then ask why the hell he read it when he knew what the book was about. My next question to him would be the one I'd love to ask some Literotica readers; why deliberately read something you are "opposed" to, only to turn around and leave nasty comments?

I'm all for leaving feedback, if that feedback is constructive. I'm a math science person who would much rather be in a lab than writing an essay, so I'm sure the English and grammar people are going find all the errors I've made in this submission. If I felt qualified to give constructive feedback on grammar, I'd definitely do it. However, I've found that despite the problems with the structure of their stories, most authors are able to deliver on the content promised in the category, title, and synopsis. By all means comment about structure, grammar, character development, and all the other thing real writers know about, (again, I only read this stuff, I'm not a writer). But calling the writer a "disgusting fag" because you read their gay story is totally uncalled for.

The publishers of the last 2 erotic novels I've purchased have placed a warning on the back of their books that say " WARNING! This is a REALLY HOT book. (Sexually Explicit)". Nothing in that warning, the cover photos, or even the story titles prepares readers for the fact that the books contain everything from bisexual orgies to bestiality. Literotica has made their story index completely idiot proof, so it is inexcusably idiotic to bypass the many hints to the subject of a story, read it, then turn around and bash both the story and the author. If you don't like the subject, don't read the story!

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KitschshamanKitschshamanover 12 years ago
Great

Well said. A little like the concept of 'if you don't like the peaches, don't shake the tree' applied to erotica. And, I must say, quite refreshing to read up-front enthusiasm for eros. Most folks like it (except the terminally uptight and I wonder about them too) but never want to admit it. 'Oh that's awful ... tell me more.' syndrome. Even my collection is hidden (sort of) on my computer, so I'm guilty of that too. The only openly sexual book on my shelf is the Kama Sutra. Enough of my blather, I just wanted to say thanks and well done.

Wilson SpaldingWilson Spaldingalmost 16 years ago
Great Thought...

In principle, you're absolutely right about using categories to avoid being upset by content that one might find disturbing. The unfortunate truth, however, is that not everybody reads erotica with the same angle. A lot of the negative comments actually come from people that have an axe to grind. Usually, those malcontents have a weakness for the target genre, and they might browse the story, but in the end they'll take away something very different from other readers: they'll go away with the slightly orgasmic feeling of placing themselves on the higher moral ground (thus negating the guilt they had reading the story in the first place). It's not a great thing for the rest of us writers, but it's a freedom of the reader to enjoy how they want, no matter how annoyed we get by that. It's kinda like being downwind of smokers when you don't smoke...

fudgeswirlfudgeswirlalmost 16 years ago
Amen, however

I agree with you 100% and Literotica does a pretty good job of providing categories. Even though an author may sometimes get a story in the wrong category there are also times when a story may not fit one of the provided categories or, more likely, it will fit in two or more categories equally. I have also run into a couple of stories that didn't live up to their billing. They were in the correct category, but were much more intense than they were advertised to be; however, that didn't mean that I left a rude comment, after all the synopsis was accurate as far as it went and it wasn't the author's fault that I didn't like it, though I would have preferred more warning so I could have saved myself a lot of time. I do leave some comments about grammar (mostly by personal messages, not public comment) but I don't say anything nasty when I'm doing that, I want my comment to be read, not deleted.

Congratulations on your pending wedding! I hope you have many years of joy and contentment!

AnonymousAnonymousalmost 16 years ago
Well written, but

Not entirely true. The categories on Literotica aren't always definitive as authors post stories containing gay/lesbian relationships in other categories, as well as humiliation and rape in the wrong category. The Loving Wives category seems to be a catch all category as does the Interracial category as you are just as likely to read a rape story in either category as you are in the Non consent/Reluctance category and I think humiliation/cuckold stories would be better suited in a category too themselves.

sirdave64sirdave64almost 16 years ago
This should be the title page of Literotica

Dr KG

Thank you! You summed up my feelings on this site and the way some readers seem to read stuff that they hate. As such this "story" should form part of the terms and conditions of use for Literotica.

BTW I like the sound of your library! Keep on reading!

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