tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post7979995315227478688..comments2024-03-17T12:36:51.212-04:00Comments on Caitlyn's Masks: The thought of writing scares me...Caitlyn Maskedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-10123513316199209392013-01-03T21:11:05.990-05:002013-01-03T21:11:05.990-05:00I will watch you give this new venue a shot. I ha...I will watch you give this new venue a shot. I have also taken ideas to make actual stories, but the caveat is that I haven't flushed out a deeper backstory or more approriate text than I would in a cap. I have definitely tried to expand multi-cap stories into a piece of fiction. Best wishes, babe :)Annabelle Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955409534230066689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-50799314282831814972013-01-03T11:36:36.090-05:002013-01-03T11:36:36.090-05:00Thanks everybody for commenting and helping me out...Thanks everybody for commenting and helping me out. So far I'm glad I've taken this first step as it's forcing me to continue. About an hour after I initially posted this I was ready to delete it. The entire mood to write out a full story had left me... but now that it's hear and I feel like there are people looking forward to my attempt... I feel obligated to continue. And that's a good thing... I often need a push like that to get me into something new. <br /><br />From what's been talked about so far, here is what I'm considering. Writing the story as a dream sequence interspersed with chapters of reality. Writing the story in a diary or journal style. Making the story smutty and dark. Including my own personal fantasies into the story. Publishing the story here to begin with but ultimately publishing it to more traditional story outlets like Fictionmania.<br /><br />For a framework to the story I'm considering "It's Just a Dream", "Language Barrier" and "Wronged by Him and Wronged by Her". I believe any of these would make a good story arc, but am still open to other suggestions. I don't have a concrete timeline laid out in my head... certainly not a an actual start date. But I'm thinking of getting at least these initial ideas down and firmed up in about a week. So if you have more suggestions or caps that I could base the story off of, I'm all ears (eyes?). <br /><br />I think once I get going on the writing, I might start up another blog for it. That way I can make a lot of posts about this without taking away the "Captioned Image" focus of this blog. Maybe it will change in the future, but right now I'm still a cap artist and I don't want this project to pull me completely away from that. <br /><br />Thanks again for your continued help!<br />Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-64464035848844577592013-01-03T11:21:51.844-05:002013-01-03T11:21:51.844-05:00Thanks Leanne,
This will really be the test to se...Thanks Leanne,<br /><br />This will really be the test to see if I'm a writer. Right now I consider myself more or less an artist who writes very short stories. To be a writer or even an author, I need to see if I CAN write long form. <br /><br />I think the problem of writing from a particular fantasy of mine is that my fantasies are merely 'scenes'. They aren't full blown stories. Most of my fantasies could (and more than likely WILL) be dropped into any of these proposed stories. <br /><br />What I'm really looking for is a framework to build the story around. Then I can drop in all the scenes that will make me (and hopefully anybody reading it) squirm and smile. <br /><br />As for getting the bulk of the story out... that's one of the questions I'm going to have to answer. Do I have the ability to write large tracts of story and keep my interest going. I don't feel that the writing process will work like that for me. Instead I imagine this taking months to get enough together to form a single story. If I can get halfway through that timeline, I'll know that I can complete it and start publishing it. <br /><br />As for it being about a sissy... I guess that depends on the story arch/framework. If it's set in anything near a 'real' setting, it will almost certainly be a sissy story. I think they give more opportunities for on going transformations. But if it's a fantasy/dream story, it would probably be a complete transformation into womanhood. I'll just have to see where I end up.Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-86666120584000635062013-01-03T11:13:50.633-05:002013-01-03T11:13:50.633-05:00"Wronged by Him and Wronged by Her" woul..."Wronged by Him and Wronged by Her" would certainly make a good first story. It's a scenario that I already like (office/secretary setting), it was written both for me and for Petra, whom I share a lot of preferences with, and it starts with a good guy getting in to deep. <br /><br />The only issue I have in writing that story out in long form is that I almost feel that it would have to dip toward some willingness toward the end. Either that, or it wouldn't have a proper ending at all... it would just stop telling the story. I love the conflict, but I don't think that style of conflict can go on forever... either the heroine would decide that letting other's know and even jail would be better than her current life, or she accepts it and goes along learning to love it. <br /><br />I'll still consider it... the first half or even three quarters of the story would be a blast to write. Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-35009480594507858262013-01-03T11:09:24.907-05:002013-01-03T11:09:24.907-05:00Thanks PapaDragon. I'm glad that you stop by ...Thanks PapaDragon. I'm glad that you stop by for the smut as I do enjoy writing that. You certainly don't have to worry about me writing a willing/consensual story for my first try. It's not my most comfortable writing position, and I wouldn't want the difficulty of making those feeling feel right along with the difficulty of making a cohesive story. <br /><br />I might try for that later (if I get good enough at writing), but it certainly won't be my first go. <br /><br />As for sentimentality... well I do enjoy writing that. I like that conflicting feeling of "Oh I can't believe this is heppening to this guy" and "Wow that's hot... I wish it was happening to me!". I think any story without that sentimental tone will just quickly devolve into sex scene after sex scene.... hot? Yes. Enjoyable read? Probably not. <br /><br />As for defying expectations... my only expectation is to make a story that doesn't suck (you know what I mean!). Something that is interesting and doesn't make someone want to stop reading half way through. I'll more than likely follow some paths that are already well tread as I'm trying to build up some writing chops. Making something new and great will come later. <br /><br />And yes... re-writes (both big and small) will be part of the process. I'll re-write each section/chapter/scene to make sure it reads well, as well as re-writing everything to make it all flow as a single story. Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-38131436592293208882013-01-03T11:01:42.992-05:002013-01-03T11:01:42.992-05:00Thanks Rauk!
"Language Barrier" would b...Thanks Rauk!<br /><br />"Language Barrier" would be an interesting choice as there would be plenty of 'characters' but really only one voice to focus on. I can picture doing that in a diary/journal style. Maybe even combining it with the back and forth writing of the dream style... one 'chapter' would focus on what the subject did 'today', while the next chapter focuses on how he/she got to this point. <br /><br />I agree with writing about a character that I find interesting. You can bet that no matter the original story or spark, the character will be a classic 'good guy in the wrong place' type person. It's where I write from most often and should give a good sympathetic feel to it. Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-51237006424804940392013-01-03T10:53:59.364-05:002013-01-03T10:53:59.364-05:00Thanks Dee!
I'm torn on the idea of making it...Thanks Dee!<br /><br />I'm torn on the idea of making it a diary or journal style story. I love it as you're right... I could vary up the tone between entries and be more concerned with making each particular entry interesting instead of focusing too much on the longer story arch. <br /><br />I don't like it though as I believe it would be difficult to write certain scenes this way. I think it would be easy to write those wonderfully squrim tales as it's happening to someone, but having them recant their experience would be odd... <br /><br />I will eventually submit it to Fictionmania as well as other story sites. But I only want to do that when I'm certain that I can write the entire story out. With the first few chapters I'll publish it here (or maybe at the Haven) just to get a feel of how it's going from people I know and respect. Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-35046753531434141412013-01-03T10:48:25.051-05:002013-01-03T10:48:25.051-05:00Thanks Smitty!
A dream story would certainly gi...Thanks Smitty! <br /><br />A dream story would certainly give me a lot of room to work. My "It's Just a Dream" cap would work well with that. Every chapter could switch... one in the dream, the next in the real world. <br /><br />My only concern would be keeping the action going long enough. This might be a shorter story. Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-46937523886970260732013-01-02T22:39:39.787-05:002013-01-02T22:39:39.787-05:00Caitlyn,
You are a writer. I suggest you think of...Caitlyn,<br /><br />You are a writer. I suggest you think of a fantasy of yours and put it to a story you could play off of a cap, or you could begin fresh. I suggest beginning when you have time to get the bulk of your story written. Having said that, I love the idea of it being about a sissy. But whatever you write,I look forward to it.<br /><br />Kisses,<br /><br />LeeanneLeeanne Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969802988317490239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-85973566880004892292013-01-02T21:39:45.078-05:002013-01-02T21:39:45.078-05:00I found a cap of yours that I think exemplifies th...I found a cap of yours that I think exemplifies the best of what I was rambling about.<br /><br />http://caitlynsmasks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/wronged-by-him-and-wronged-by-her.html<br /><br />Double-dip betrayal, interesting characters, a wealth of smuttiness and a subversion of the predictable happy ending with a much hotter bad ending. That's my jam right there.PapaDragonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-38429277688011568812013-01-02T21:31:33.831-05:002013-01-02T21:31:33.831-05:00As someone who's here for the smut, I really l...As someone who's here for the smut, I really like the captions which involve personal betrayal, e.g. a guy forces his best friend to become his sex slave, a wife sissifies her husband against his will, etc. Willing, sentimental and consensual stories are a no-go for me. The great thing about long-form TG fiction is that you get to slowly and maliciously develop the betrayal and the degradation of the transformed victim. I've read and enjoyed legitimately poorly written stories just because the character conflicts were too hot to turn away from.<br /><br />The best thing you can do, in my opinion, is defy expectations. If you find your idea starting to feel like something you already read, kick it in a different direction. And don't worry too much about tone until the rewriting stage. And rewrite the shit outa everything! Murder your darlings.PapaDragonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-66321080290924477952013-01-02T19:30:50.658-05:002013-01-02T19:30:50.658-05:00Going off of Dee's suggestion and the fact tha...Going off of Dee's suggestion and the fact that is one of my favorite captions of yours, I'd suggest trying "Language Barrier."<br /><br />In that post you said there were parts of the story you had to cut out in order to fit it to a caption, so you know there is more story to tell there already. Plus if you take the diary approach, you can have larger swings in tone, as Dee pointed out already.<br /><br />But no matter what you pick, the biggest piece of advice I can give you is wrote about a character you find interesting. If you're invested in the protagonist and want to see how he or she gets out of the predicament you've put them in, your readers will want to do the same.<br /><br />Good luck, I can't wait to see what you come up with. Raukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603663784112775202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-77543640396051021862013-01-02T16:44:06.404-05:002013-01-02T16:44:06.404-05:00Two suggestions:
(1) You are afraid of making the...Two suggestions:<br /><br />(1) You are afraid of making the story not consistent in tone, right? So how about a sort of "diary of a changed person" or "How I became a sissy" thing? That way you can focus on certain individual events that happened, doesn't have to be chronological either, where you have a humorous account, followed by something serious, something embarrassing, and then something hot and steamy. That way you can just fold your current mood into whatever fits into the story.<br /><br />My other suggestion would be to submit it to Fictionmania. You are a known quantity here, and its probably your comfort zone. I can't imagine any of us would be particularly harsh, nor way over the top in praise. At FM, you might just get exactly what you need, both good and bad. I know whatever you write won't suck, so you shouldn't have to worry too much about that, and with what is posted there, I can see you getting a fair amount of praise from people that probably don't know who you are,Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-71008564373702701252013-01-02T16:04:31.721-05:002013-01-02T16:04:31.721-05:00I'm so glad to hear you're taking the plun...I'm so glad to hear you're taking the plunge into a picture free story. I can tell you from recent experience, it can be a challenge and a chore, but it's also very rewarding. <br /><br />Now if I were to pick a cap I'd like to see developed, it would be one of your dream caps. It allows total freedom, can be episodic or extended, and allows for stark contrast with the waking world. smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042390282227601322noreply@blogger.com