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Blurbs
By: Plagosus Date: October 9, 2023, 3:45 am
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Any opinions on them:
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Re: Blurbs
By: ivor Date: October 9, 2023, 1:24 pm
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In other words someone is trying to reinvent the wheel.
It does sound like a good idea and I do know of one (non
spanking) site where it is used. In theory it should be helpful,
but I can usually tell from the icons if it is going to be a
story I might like to read.
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Re: Blurbs
By: afinch Date: October 9, 2023, 4:09 pm
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I can usually skim the first few sentences on a story about
which I'm "unsure" and decide as quickly as I could read a
synopsis like the ones proposed. Not opposed, but I don't think
it's necessary, nor do I think it would make any difference to
people's reading habits.
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Re: Blurbs
By: Zyngaru Date: October 9, 2023, 5:15 pm
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Icons show me which stories I am NOT even going to look at.
Icons do not show me which stories I will like. I have to read
into a story, even if it has all the right icons before I know
if I am going to like it or not. Many stories looked promising,
but just didn't catch my interest.
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Re: Blurbs
By: David M. Katz Date: October 11, 2023, 4:41 pm
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I think my comments on the thread at MMSA explain the issue
nicely.
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Re: Blurbs
By: Jack Date: October 11, 2023, 5:07 pm
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I read this yesterday and have thought about it.
I occasionally enjoy writing a O Henry type story, which might
be hard to describe in a blurb. A lot of times, my icons and
whether you like my stories or not sums it up. There are,
however, times I'd like to be able to write a blurb, especially
in series stories where there's no action 'on screen', meaning
no icons, even though the story does (in my opinion) have a
spanky feel.
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Re: Blurbs
By: Plagosus Date: October 12, 2023, 4:20 am
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[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=3041.msg27938#msg27938
date=1697060478]
I think my comments on the thread at MMSA explain the issue
nicely.
[/quote]
My response to your post:
All the above is fair enough, but it is surely the icons above
all which determine whether a reader goes into a story. I just
went into Ricky Scarma's personal thread and there you said of
one of his stories: "The mom spanking is basically a supporting
role in this story. It is one of those things that is mentioned
just enough to make it relevant but it is definitely NOT the
main event. I had to tag it but please do not let it turn you
away." The icons attached to the story do not say that, but a
blurb to the same effect would.
There was a time when the number of icons was restricted, I
think to something like 4 or 5. I am not suggesting we go back
to that, but when we had it a reviewer had to give consideration
to which features were the most significant; readers were less
likely to be disappointed or miss out on a story they would have
enjoyed.
The F icons in particular have the potential to be misleading.
Broadly, stories featuring female spankers will divide into
those which involve routine spankings by women in a domestic or
school setting and those which involve a significant femdom
element. There is a qualitative difference between the two which
the icons do not indicate. Given the number of stories in the
archive with F icons it is too late to do anything about that,
but a blurb attached to new stories would help the reader.
I cannot help feeling that blurbs would be a feature welcomed by
some authors and readers. Those who do not want it can simply
ignore it.
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Re: Blurbs
By: Jack Date: October 12, 2023, 5:04 pm
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[quote author=Plagosus link=topic=3041.msg27947#msg27947
date=1697102430]
The F icons in particular have the potential to be misleading.
Broadly, stories featuring female spankers will divide into
those which involve routine spankings by women in a domestic or
school setting and those which involve a significant femdom
element. There is a qualitative difference between the two which
the icons do not indicate. Given the number of stories in the
archive with F icons it is too late to do anything about that,
but a blurb attached to new stories would help the reader.
[/quote]
This is a very interesting post. I have just submitted a story
that will require the hallow F icon. I felt it had to go in,
because Mom's really were the most frequent spankers when I was
growing up, and in a long running series, revolving around
neighborhood kids, one had to turn up sooner or later. I made
sure it wasn't the only spanking in the chapter, but I do wish
there was a way to make clear it's only a minor part of the
story, not the full focus.
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Re: Blurbs
By: Kat Date: October 26, 2023, 6:07 pm
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Blurbs would be nice. I won't hold my breath waiting for them to
happen.
Kat
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