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It's likely that you're right; advancing a plot can be complex, but to me, it seems vital for the story to be good and make sense.
Wow!!
I feel like you're partly right; oftentimes, readers want to get straight to the point, which makes me think that perhaps having the right mood is better for reading. But for me, it's impossible to write a story without creating a surrounding context that enriches it and gives it meaning. I think maybe the 'sensuous fetishist' is the one who enjoys higher-quality reading. At the same time, I believe that 'fetishism' in general is based on a series of details and nuances that amplify the content and frame it within what could be fetishism, distinguishing it from mere pornography.That's a really interesting question, given that I am both a reader and writer of such stories. As a reader, I would say I like the literary approach of a good setup, a bit of world building, especially where it comes longer stories. As a writer, I do realize not everyone is like myself, and as such I'm trying to strike the middle ground. In a lot of my stories (most as of yet unreleased/unposted) I will launch right away into the (tickling action) while using the breaks in between to divulge essential world-building information, often using flash-backs as a story mechanism. It's a delicate balance when writing a fetish story... on one hand one wants to tell an intriguing tale, and yet on the other hand one needs to be aware of the reason why people are here to check the story out; the pure fetishistic enjoyment of it. A very precarious balance it is indeed.
I suppose this sort of ties in with the eternal erotica vs. pornography discussion, which never gets resolved, everybody seems to have their own definitions for those terms. I will say that my own writings (I'm an artist first and foremost) do tend to lean more towards the explicit and pornographic. Even at that though, where possible, I do try to develop characters, and settings, especially if they are longer stories (around the 10k words mark) or if the characters or world are recurring over the course of several stories. In such a case it's my hope that a setting can become compelling enough for a reader to look forward to the next story regardless of the fetish element. Sometimes this development occurs organically. For example, I've written a story (yet to be posted, I'm keeping it for a future issue of FantasTickler zine) titled "Aldegonde's Consort". The story started of as an experiment, an exercise in F/M themed story writing. But as I was wrapping up the story (which had grown to about 12k words) I became so fascinated by the titular Aldegonde, and the character of the (at that point nameless) protagonist, I just had to write a sequel in which these characters (and the setting -the world of Gargalesia) are explored further, and that one has since grown to a mammoth 60K+ words novel sized project (yet to be finished).
To be replaced with:
Hahahaha that's actually more realistic!!!To be replaced with:
”Her feet were so ticklish because she walked barefoot on concrete all day.”
Actually, my stories tend to veer towards the explicit, even to the most bizarre, you could say. And perhaps I expressed myself poorly regarding stereotypes; my native language is Spanish, and I struggle with English quite a bit. (That's why I don't publish any of my stories, as they are written in Spanish.) ChatGPT could help me with translations at some point, but I feel that this technology still lacks some refinement, and the translations would lose a lot of literary quality. Anyway, returning to the use of stereotypes, I consider it correct, since with just a little help we can easily identify the characters without having to delve deeper into them (you explained it better than I did). What I meant to say is that personally, I like to take characters towards the grotesque and push them beyond aesthetic and ethical limits. Another blonde model and university student with ticklish feet? Oh, what a surprise. It doesn't quite convince me. Did you get your revenge on your sister-in-law with ticklish feet again? Truly magical... I hope the irony is understood. That's what I was referring to in terms of using characters. Of course, characters can be used like that; everyone is free to do so. I write about a character named Rose; she's really short and almost completely flat-chested, which causes her complexes. She's forty-four years old, recently divorced, and has two children. After so many years of marriage, Rose has decided that it's time to experiment, not knowing that there's a whole world of leeches out there ready to suck her dry. I'm not sure if I'm really explaining myself clearly. In any case, it's a pleasure to share viewpoints and learn from others.
I doubt it.
I understand what you're saying. It's not always easy to capture the attention of readers.
I honestly don’t know. I have an oversized sense of humor and was just trying to be funny.
