The Sarah Saga (F/M)

[Wade]

Okay, I just got an account on this forum to tell you how good your writing is. I first went on here and saw your stories about a month ago and couldn't stop reading them. You're able to describe tickling in your own distinctive way, without relying on the same tricks most tickle writers do, eloquently enough that the reader can feel a little bit of what you felt - but, at the same time, 100% understand why these women have tickled you so much. You can get across the emotional dynamics that make it fun, and even the dialogue is funnier and more interesting than in most tickle stories - I guess you're a smart person who hangs out with (and gets tickled by) smart people. It's so perfect I honestly assumed it was fiction until I saw the part of this thread where you seriously discuss Sarah's motives with some people who were concerned about the ethics of her actions - it didn't seem like a fantasist would make up something that nuanced. Still, I think if you ever get into creative writing you could write a bestseller.

I had a bit of that same ethical concern too, but then I've always felt some shame about my desire to tickle people. I've never had the boldness that perfectly vanilla people can have in tickling someone, because I know it means something different to me than it does to most people, and it feels deceptive to tickle someone without admitting it, but I've never gotten to the point of being able to admit it to anyone! I get paralyzed when a guy, especially a guy I'm attracted to, ends up revealing he's ticklish. A part of me really wants to take advantage but I'll never dare. Sooo thanks for fueling my dreams with your stories!

Wow, you just made my year -- thank you so much!! I appreciate, and value, such flattering and insightful and well-articulated feedback (you're a mighty effective writer yourself). I do enjoy writing but I can't even get organized enough to make regular contributions on this forum so I can't even imagine what it would take to sit down and, like, write a novel or something. Or even a haiku. So thanks again for taking the time and trouble to engage -- great to have another tickler in my circle, especially one who's conveniently out of reach!

 

[Morning Scifi]

I'm glad you find my inescapable plight so endearing. Though that whole dynamic -- with Sarah and her weak point -- has also evolved since the last time I mentioned it; I still have that story to tell as well I guess.

But I appreciate that you recognize the severity of my ticklishness as fundamentally unfair. I'm assuming of course that means if you ever found yourself in a position to exploit my ticklishness for your own amusement you would decline to do so in the name of justice.

It would be fun to hear about Sarah getting some comeuppance. Did you discover any other weak spots on her?

 

[Stargazy]

Wow, you just made my year -- thank you so much!! I appreciate, and value, such flattering and insightful and well-articulated feedback (you're a mighty effective writer yourself).

Thank you!! I've been a reader and very casual hobbyist writer for a lot of my life, and I've felt the importance of a good review, so when a book or story catches my interest I'm always trying to keep the reasons in my mind so I can leave a detailed review. That wasn't the detailed version of my reaction to your stories, though. After giving some of them a re-read I can mention other things.

* The way you capture each tickling you've experienced in the kind of granular moment-to-moment detail that really shows the way each teasing word, each new touch or change in technique, takes up your whole mind while it's happening to you. I know you mentioned there's paraphrasing and writing tweaks, and maybe there's also the subtle embellishment that happens over time to often-revisited memories, but these stories come across as really authentic.

* The way you remember each tickler you've had with (usually!) some fondness and (always) some interest in their personalities, getting into each person's different approach to life in general and tickling in particular. (Your wife is such a cute tickler in these stories! If I had the boldness to tickle people I honestly think I might do it more that way most of the time.)

* Your thing for women's hands and arms and arm hair(!) is relatable and endearing because, like a lot of women, I like those same things on men, but it adds to the distinctiveness of your stories because I haven't seen a man with that perspective before, and I enjoy that you provided that detail that you might have thought was missing in other people's tickle stories.

* The use of ambiguity and subtext in your conversations with the therapist so each innocent thing she says is buzzing with tension - or seems to be! And speaking of subtext - the classy way you can describe all this and completely avoid admitting you enjoy this torture (or at least the memory of it?) enough to be hanging out on the Tickling Media Forum.

I do enjoy writing but I can't even get organized enough to make regular contributions on this forum so I can't even imagine what it would take to sit down and, like, write a novel or something. Or even a haiku

Same! After all this time, still the longest piece of fiction I've ever actually completed was the 65-page story about talking dinosaurs that I wrote as a preteen.

. So thanks again for taking the time and trouble to engage -- great to have another tickler in my circle, especially one who's conveniently out of reach!

Hahaha, and conveniently shy-fingered, but I do have dreams. 😀

 

[Wade]

Thank you!! I've been a reader and very casual hobbyist writer for a lot of my life, and I've felt the importance of a good review, so when a book or story catches my interest I'm always trying to keep the reasons in my mind so I can leave a detailed review. That wasn't the detailed version of my reaction to your stories, though. After giving some of them a re-read I can mention other things.

* The way you capture each tickling you've experienced in the kind of granular moment-to-moment detail that really shows the way each teasing word, each new touch or change in technique, takes up your whole mind while it's happening to you. I know you mentioned there's paraphrasing and writing tweaks, and maybe there's also the subtle embellishment that happens over time to often-revisited memories, but these stories come across as really authentic.

* The way you remember each tickler you've had with (usually!) some fondness and (always) some interest in their personalities, getting into each person's different approach to life in general and tickling in particular. (Your wife is such a cute tickler in these stories! If I had the boldness to tickle people I honestly think I might do it more that way most of the time.)

* Your thing for women's hands and arms and arm hair(!) is relatable and endearing because, like a lot of women, I like those same things on men, but it adds to the distinctiveness of your stories because I haven't seen a man with that perspective before, and I enjoy that you provided that detail that you might have thought was missing in other people's tickle stories.

* The use of ambiguity and subtext in your conversations with the therapist so each innocent thing she says is buzzing with tension - or seems to be! And speaking of subtext - the classy way you can describe all this and completely avoid admitting you enjoy this torture (or at least the memory of it?) enough to be hanging out on the Tickling Media Forum.


Same! After all this time, still the longest piece of fiction I've ever actually completed was the 65-page story about talking dinosaurs that I wrote as a preteen.

Hahaha, and conveniently shy-fingered, but I do have dreams. 😀

Thanks so much for this -- it's a swoony experience to have one's writing appreciated with such insight and attention to detail; I'm kinda over the moon. It's also gratifying to confirm that I've been at least somewhat successful in capturing the quirks and intelligence and personalities of these women who've populated my life (and made it intermittently difficult) over the years, because you're right, I do have enormous affection for all of them and I'm glad to have been able to get that across. Would love to continue to engage with your words as well, with or without talking dinosaurs.

Rooting for your shy fingers to find a welcoming target!