HueOrdner:
The title says it.
For me personally, only the general setting has to fit. The important part are the sex scenes. That is also the reason why I haven't even given names to the characters in my stories so far. I just wanna get off after all 😅
But I was wondering if others actually cared about a "proper story" with a well thought out plot and some character development.
Letters And Numbers:
It’s extremely important to me. I mostly write character-driven stories, but I work pretty hard to make my characters realistic and have real emotions and intentions. And when I’m reading someone else’s fic, flat characters start to bore me pretty quick. So yup, very important.
I will say, also, that I love “amateur” art and writing, and I go into it expecting that it won’t be perfect. It makes reading those great amateur authors so much more fun. You expect a published author to be good, but when you find a hobbyist who’s great it’s exciting for me. And there are some great authors who post here. A lot of them, actually.
HueOrdner:
That's interesting to hear! Thanks for your opinion on the topic 😄
Letters And Numbers:
It also depends on the story, too. If I’m in the mood for pure smut and there’s a quick story that doesn’t bother with character development or plot, but does the smut really well—ok, that can be great too. But if it’s going to be longer than a few chapters I need something else to hold my attention
Munchies:
I think that, even then, you still have some kind of character development. It's not in depth like a fleshed out story would be, but, you should have a good sense of the characters and their dynamics.
I guess I would say that it's definitely hard mode to write a compelling scene without a lot of character development or plot. You're left with just the words you choose, almost like poetry. And as a lousy poet, its impressive to me when I see someone build a compelling sensory (sensual?) image with the bare minimum of building blocks. Character development (especially more general archetypes like you mentioned) give the reader a ton of shared shorthand to fill in the gaps. Plot does too, obviously. A scene can have a lot more emotional response when there's been pages and pages of buildup. But very well done descriptive scene with none of that to inform the reader is a fun exercise. You just have a handful of words as your raw materials. Challenging to do, at least imo.
I think the OP writes nice stories, too, and I hope they continue to write and share with us!
