Story authors

I'm like the scarecrow in the "wizard of oz." If only, I had a brain.
I'm not that good at writing. I see so many good stories here on ff. They make me want to drool.
You can recognize many by their number of likes.

Under this topic, I hope to write about the basics of writing that so many future authors have asked me about.

Also, I hope that if you are a writer, you will consider contributing helpful hints.

Essentially, I just want to say, "Jump in the puddle and let the mud splash where it will." It's so much fun.

JM

Everything costs... Money, time... or both.
To create this fantastic website Hiccupx has had to put hours upon hours into assembling and managing ff. And there is also considerable expense involved in maintaining a site like this. Thank you Hiccupx and crew for your hard work.
This is also true in creating a story. First, it's the time and sweat in writing something that people may consent to read. Then, you've got to have a cover that will (hopefully) draw your reader's interest and persuade him/her to look further at your baby; this product of time and sweat.
But, covers can cost also.
My first cover was a white on black outline of a lady's shapely backside. It's still around. I created this by tracing over a picture of a woman by hand (and I'm a lousy artist) and then running it through a word processing program to invert it from white to black and then repairing it and repairing it and on and on.
But you really need your book cover. Having a professional design a cover can run between $200 and $500 each. And who the heck has that kind of money. (Not me.)
So... I do my own. Good, bad, or indifferent, that's all I can afford to do. (In one form or another, that is what all these hard working writers have to do... Want to do.)
So tonight, look down at your belly and imagine fattening it until it's so huge you can't walk.
Write two paragraphs about how you now feel and set it aside.
Good, bad, or lousy, write it.
In a few days, come back to it and start to proof it. Now, you're on your way. It'll be exciting to watch where it goes.
Next week, I'll give you my best secret for creating a book cover.
Be well.
Love
JM

Seriously? I've read so many of your stories and you're gonna say you're not that good? You've got a creative mind that develops some cool themes and worlds.

Thanks Rmd2.
There are some very talented people on ff. Sometimes, I get so envious.
But thanks for the compliment.
JM

Dropping some writing advice somewhat specific to feedism:

Develop your characters, develop your characters, develop your god damn characters. Unless you're writing a short vignette, they should have lives and personalities and individual voices. Maybe friends and a day job and hobbies. Can I read about a character being essentially a 500-pound dildo or fleshlight while their partner simps and thinks of nothing but their body? Maybe for 500 words. After that I get bored. Tell me who your characters are and why they want what they want!

Consider your characters and your audience. Are you writing solely for the seasoned feedist? Are your characters in an established feeder and feedee relationship? If so, feel free to use the lingo of the kink. Are you writing about beginning feedists? Maybe consider them learning the lingo together? Are you writing something you hope the civilians will enjoy too? Give them a little backstory, make them sympathize with the reasons the MC wants to be fat.

Dialogue is everything, both internal and spoken. Consider your MC's internal monologue and take into account their heritage, socioeconomic position, personality, sexuality, and neurotype, esp if working in first person but this can also apply to third-limited. Practice your dialogue out loud to see if it seems realistic with your character. Are they wordy, or minimalist? Are they more visual or tactile when it comes to stimulation? How do they view the world around them and how do they view their partner? Do they have any verbal or mental quirks? And how do they describe the sensation of fat? Is it more a casual pleasure, an accident, or a need?

Finally and this goes across the board for all stories: exclude extraneous detail. If you mention a gun in chapter 1 it had better go off before the end of the story. At the same time, don't leave out necessary detail. Don't write the Christian Grey of feedism; if you're going to introduce a billionaire feeder at least explain where this money is coming from, etc. Tie up your plot holes.

For more general writing advice I would highly recommend Jenna Moreci's channel on youtube.

Thanks stevita...
A lot of very useful material. I've read your comments twice so far.
Too much to absorb in one time.
TY
JM

Thanks! Another note about world building, that I forgot to mention in my first post: I've noticed lately an uptick in stories that feature a Western expatriate ending up in a country where fat is revered. I love the trope myself, but if you write in a specific country or region (the Middle East seems to come up a lot), be sure to do a lot of research so you don't accidentally write something racist. Or, go the way of The Sacred Ritual or The Stowaway: Marooned and make up your own country. (But if you're going to make up your own country, have a handful of natives as characters who aren't all the same! Otherwise you risk construing stereotypes you might subconsciously associate with a specific culture.)

Very true stevita.
thanks.
I'm always fearful of crossing the racist line.
But you're right about other countries and fattening. There is of course, the force feeding in Mauritania and then there's an island in the Indian Ocean where women voluntarily go into a cage and must eat everything given to them. I saw a video of this but have never found it again.
I explored some of this in my story "Island Woman."
Other writers have written about cultures or an island where people end up being fattened.
Always a good starting off point.
Thanks again.

Stevita...
I have a complaint...
Your suggestion of Jenna Moreci on UTube is too darn good.
I didn't know about her.
Dozens of good writing suggestions and loads of ideas.
It'll take me a long time to peruse through all her videos. (But I will.)
Ultimately, I believe that we need to develop our own style of writing. I'm always open to new ideas but in the end, must defer to where my fingers want to take me and proper punctuation be damned.
I've always envied the imagination and descriptions of James Lee Burke. At one point, I tried to emulate him and bombed, miserably. It wasn't me.
So Stevita, I will be spending considerable time with your Jenna and then I'll let her suggestions filter into my own personal style.
Your suggestion is greatly appreciated.
Best wishes.
JM

JM;
I kind of agree with your correspondent, however given how hard it is to down load stories to FF, I really appreciate stories that get to the point quickly. Introduce your characters, why they’re fat or not and why, then get moving.
I just posted a new story “Quarantine Gain”. I introduced the two main characters, started the plot (new neighbor is a fat guy) then added the minor characters as the plot progressed. I tend to write romantic WG stories, which are always positive (I.e. female gains for the guy and loves being fat). Write with thrift of words in mind. If you can say it in a sentence, don’t write a paragraph.
Just a few thoughts. I have written over a hundred stories, most all were on DA before I left there.