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RE: The Playground Series: Reality in Fiction: Episode 8 Recap- The Earth Vs. The World

in #story7 years ago (edited)

Ohhhh, I can provide you with that...I actually had to go back to find out what I'd called this one since I didn't have the title saved on my original copy in word for some reason, so I copied the link ;). What's really great is what we talk about after, LOL!
https://steemit.com/story/@dreemit/the-playground-series-reality-in-fiction-episode-8-the-earth-vs-the-world

Today Again, I know. I will definitely revisit that, though I feel like my focus needs to be on book three of the series right now. I have about 175 pages completed and it's plotted out fully along with most of book 4. But I'm not going to post it until I've not only finished it but rewritten it, which means I have my work cut out for me. However I do have a completed novel to put through in the meantime. I did tell you about Unproven right? The story I started writing for Harlequin Romance LOLOL, actually, it started as an exercise and also a means to possibly make my way into the world of publishers. The trouble is their guidelines made it impossible for me to write a story I could be satisfied with. No more than two hundred pages and tons of sex...as much as I like writing a good sex scene, I hate the thought of anything I write to not have more meaning than that. (They were looking for erotica since this was around the time fifty shades of grey had just been released)
So once again I have an entirely different kind of story. I wrote the first draft of what I was originally going to submit in two weeks. But I couldn't go through with it. So I made a new exercise for myself. To see if I could take what I had written...basically to see if it was possible to make an erotic story actually Good. Sort of like making a good movie out of a porno hahaha, trust me it is no easy feat!! But it was actually really fun to write! As usual I got very involved in the characters, even the side ones, so they are all believable. Now to be honest, being an erotica the target audience is women. However my brother read it and actually enjoyed it (I told him he was under no obligation and that he could be completely honest. Now I know if he had thought it was shit he wouldn't have put it that way, but he also wouldn't have said it was great or gotten through it as fast as he did ;) so it is possible for guys to like it even if it's not something they would ever normally read :) As for the females who have read it, they're still bugging me for some kind of sequel lol.

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My sentiment from back then still stands! It's so great that the comments stood the test of time haha! One day, I hope Steemit would have its own version of "On this day".

Oh I bet it's no small feat! I would totally give it a try when you post it haha! I've read through the most sensitive scenes in Reborn and Renewal, so I might as well, right? It is quite tough to make an erotica readable for people who are in it for the story and not the explicit scenes. But, I have high hopes that you would be able to accomplish it, sis!

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