tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post3802285899254644996..comments2024-03-17T12:36:51.212-04:00Comments on Caitlyn's Masks: DOMINATED! but by who?Caitlyn Maskedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-53324827562248434052011-03-20T13:05:24.245-04:002011-03-20T13:05:24.245-04:00@Dee
Thanks! I hadn't seen that post before,...@Dee<br /><br />Thanks! I hadn't seen that post before, but I believe it stand the test of time, and should be reviewed by the Haven membership. Not that many people NEED to read it, but I think we can all get stuck in our own path and just avoid preferences that confuse or scares us off. <br /><br />@Alectra<br /><br />Absolutely no reason to apologize! Considering that you liked the result I produced, I have to say that you wrote your preferences out fairly good. My biggest concern is that it may throw people off of making caps for you. I hope people do what I did and push a good cap out, but if I was in the mood to cap and came across your preferences when NOT in debt to you, I may have just moved along to a greener (and easier) pasture. I won't now.. I feel that your preferences can lead to many new and interesting stories... but some people may not ever come back and give you a cap that really turns you on in a way that you never thought would.Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-60107239202186577692011-03-19T21:06:53.797-04:002011-03-19T21:06:53.797-04:00I apologize first to you Cait, i didn't want t...I apologize first to you Cait, i didn't want to be a nuisance for anyone, i didn't know i'm that complex :3<br />I put my characters in my folder like that because i enjoy a well told story rather than poof here is your "hotty" pic enjoy and then in the other side of the cap is a rather bland story, fortunately that doesn't happen in the Haven but i've seen others places with caps like that, but then again you don't have to follow the preferences like the holy bible as Dementia said you can choose any character, you don't have to blend them all in the same story, for Raffside for example you could have pointed in the story that Pablo was months in there and Alectra was already getting tired of Pablo submissiveness but she was getting weak because of Pablo and growing accostumed to getting forced :3 just another story getting out of my head.<br />But still your effort is great, i can only say that sometimes i find myself in a writer's block with some people but then again i struggle to make some good caps and for example the cap that took most of my time once i started working it was for Smitty and the story of the Darklights, there was so many characters in there and many preferences so it ended up in a holey moley(insert trumpets here)26 sized caps story :3<br /><br />Biggest effort ever about a week to end it up, i know this isn't a job but i find it rather satisfying and on top of that i practise my english "giggle"...<br /><br />For that i created my own place where i can write about whatever story i want without being forced by other people's roads<br /><br />Nevertheless i very much loved your story and it really gonna be one of my favourites<br /><br />Hugs and Kisses AlectraAlectrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03568780951812037124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-82719168760903998582011-03-19T19:49:03.276-04:002011-03-19T19:49:03.276-04:00I took her preferences to be more of a "choos...I took her preferences to be more of a "choose your own adventure" type of challenge. If you are going to do THIS, then you have to work in THAT.<br /><br />My suggestions for avoiding confusion with preferences in general, and here I will cut and paste what I had discussed a few years ago(!) in Shop Talk on the Haven.<br /><br />*****************************************<br />“Oh God, I have to do a caption for **fill in the haven person** and I don’t know what to do. I am not really a fan of **fill in preference** Any ideas on what I can do?”<br /><br />I’ve gotten that a few times from people, and felt like that once or twice. We tend to fall into little groups here in the haven. People that like pregnancy, Asian changes, revenge stories, etc … will often times gravitate towards others of the same preferences. What can we do to break out of our shell, stretch ourselves creatively, and not gag on the “assignment” yet still give an honest effort?<br /><br />(a) Try to make sure you digest the preferences and think about what they are looking for in a return caption. Is there a hook as to how you can make what they like mesh with what you're comfortable in making? There is usually a bit of leeway there to play around with. Someone with REASONABLE preferences should have SOMETHING that can grab you.<br /><br />(b) When people supply pictures, USE THEM if you are having trouble with a story idea. They are there for a reason! If pictures are worth a thousand words (Cliché land ahoy!), you’re already set up with a ready made premise. Conversely, if you are a person with weird preferences, put some pictures up to help out others find what you’d like to have. There are only SO MANY pictures of Austrian amputee dominatrix dressed like Smurfette holding a bowl of fruit out there!! Give us some HELP!<br /><br />(c) Look what everyone else has done for this person. It’s a bit harder when they’ve only gotten 3 captions returned in their folder. Once they’ve gotten 8-10, you should have a good clue as to what others are doing with the same preferences you are having trouble with. Responses in the captions will tell you how enthusiastic they are about the captions that have been done for them. Read between the lines a bit, no one outright criticizes a caption when it’s been done for them, so feel out what they appreciate and what they tolerate.<br /><br />(d) Ask the person directly how they’d like a caption from you, what it would look like, and what type of content should be in there. Can’t be much more interactive than that, right? The receiving person is definitely going to like it if they had a hand in its creation. Perhaps they like the type of caption that you’ve created for others, and would like something just like that, BUT with a certain tweak you might not have thought about. I like being changed into an Asian woman occasionally. If I caption a certain few people in the haven, I’m PRETTY SURE they’ll create a good Asian caption back to me. Perhaps that is why they captioned you in the first place!<br />*******************************************<br /><br />With all that being said, you did a wonderful job in creating a caption that falls within the groundwork you laid down beforehand. That preparation is most likely the biggest thing that led to its success. Even better, you showed people how to work through the difficulties of making captions that aren't necessarily in your usual wheelhouse.Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.com