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NC-17 Stories Have Plots!
mare:
and until it was brought up and stomped to the gound the next feature was an NC-17 lol now i'm not sure I can do that anymore. I'm all confused and before I was fine and dandy.
Tri:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on October 07, 2007, 06:22:22 PM ---In reading the posts that were posted while I was typing mine, I think maybe it would help to come up with some descriptions of ratings that authors can use when deciding what rating their story should get, and that readers can use when searching for stories to read. Cause like I said, I have no idea where you draw the line! I know with movies, the rating depends on how much cussing, what words are said, how much sex, and how much skin is shown... there are pretty strict guidelines. Maybe we need something like that for fanfic to clarify the ratings for everyone and make the ratings carry across the board. Because right now, what might be considered NC-17 to one person is only R to another, and so on.
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I think that would be helpful. Honestly, I'm so on the fence with whether mine are truly NC-17 or if they're R.
Jamanda:
Just curious, but who is next months featured story? The NC-17 one? I'd really like to know if I've read it or not, so if I haven't so that I can. :]
Teri:
So what should I do about mine, yes sex is a big part of my stories, but it's only because of the plot. It's to show chemistry and yes it's really descriptive cuz i'm sorry i like to make sure the reader gets the same image in their heads as they read as i do when i'm writing. If it's not going to be fair then I'll take my stories off because honestly it's not worth it to have people sit here and tell me I should change my rating just because NC-17 has a false and stupid stigma attached to it.
mare:
--- Quote from: Tri on October 07, 2007, 06:22:53 PM ---lol, so do you still have the same feeling now? I mean, SHOULD I change it to R? Sex doesn't even really come in until the 20-something chapter of AOW (out of 75 chapters). Sure, it's descriptive, but it's not the entire story.
I don't even know if I'm being coherent anymore, but I hope I am.
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I'm not sure if you guys are even aware of how little I have time to read lol. I say over and over again that even with these featured stories, I pick them based on what everyone says. Out of the stories that have been featured i've read two of them from start to finish. Am I proud of this? NO but at the same time I trust everyone who rants and raves about the stories to jump in and cover the discussions and so far they have.
So to answer your question Tri, I haven't read it. To me, it sounds like you can make it R but for sex scenes you may want to just do a pre warning of some kind in an authors note saying this chapter contains sex scenes of a graphic nature. lol did I say that the first time too?
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