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NC-17 Stories Have Plots!
Tri:
All right, I have a general question for anyone now.
I stated in my first post WHY I rated my story with NC-17. Even though there's a plot and there isn't sex in every chapter, like many people's assumptions are, I thought it was appropriate to warn readers that there IS graphic sexual content.
My question is: Would you suggest that I change my rating to R because it DOES have plot? (Even though it does have graphic sexual content and may be deemed inappropriate by certain people?)
nicksgal:
NC-17 shouldn't make it plotless.
If the sex scenes are described in graphic detail, then it deserves the NC-17 rating, regardless of whether or not there is a plot. Having a plot doesn't soften the descriptive detail.
mare:
^ When I see NC-17 I tend to think graphic sex scenes. When I see R I think sex but without the explicit details if that makes any sense?
Teri:
--- Quote from: mare on October 07, 2007, 05:56:16 PM ---Yup I do but honestly part of my picking for now anyway is who will be around to discuss their work. At this point if I picked someone who i'm not sure is even writing anymore when it came time to disucss there would be nothing happening. I'm hoping once people on the site get the hint that we discuss the stories on the forum then when they see they are being featured they'll join the forum and discuss their stuff.
You have to realize there are a gabillion writers on AC all of whom are good in their own right. Like I said in that thread I linked you to, as long as this forum is up and running everyone will get a chance.
--- End quote ---
Most people don't even know that we discuss on the forum sadly. I try to come here as often as I can. I'm lol usually a lurker just because I don't have time to post. I do read everything on here and it's fun alot of times. And yeah some writers on AC aren't the best, and it is hard sometimes to know before you open up a story. Even some of the best writers on AC have stories the frustrate the hell out of me, but sometimes that's exactly their point too. It just appeared to me that there were these preconceived notions about a particular rating, that were being applied to mine and a few others I read and it's not true for us. And not to say that you personally have said it but OTHER authors have said that to me and it gets to me because it's like "did i make a mistake in being honest about my rating?"
Chaos:
I agree that parents should be watching what their kids are doing. And I know they're going to find it if they want to (they can find it on my site even, I know). But as webmaster, it's my decision to not actively try to pull them into discussions about these stories, either. It's a compromise that I'm comfortable with as a balance between the two sides.
I'm not going to argue with you. I'm sorry that you don't like how things are currently being done. Again I'm willing to work with you on an alternate feature, but right now I'm not going to change how the current featured story is working. We'll come up with an alternate feature of some sort. Honestly I'm tired and don't think I'm going to articulate things well tonight (and obviously have not thus far...)
Sorry you think it's not being handled well. Mare's doing one story a month and I think she's been very fair picking from varied genres.
As for the R-Rated one...I'm sorry, I admit I had not read it; I'm not sure which one you're talking about but you're right it probably should not have been chosen for the featured story. I know you're going to say that if we posted that as featured we should post NC-17 as featured, but I'm going to just say that that was a mistake.
Again, I'm willing to work with you on an alternative here. I'm not saying that I won't do something different to feature them, but with the current feature(d) stories setup, I'm sorry, but it's not going to happen. I wasn't intentionally trying to slight NC-17 writers. Sorry you felt that way.
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