Fantasy?

[BonnieHart]

If you plan on monetizing it later (if it gets successful), you should warn the readers now, or they'll feel confused and/or betrayed when it's suddenly not free anymore.

Every author has the right to monetize his/her hard work, but depending on how it's done, it can go smoothly or alienate readers.

I never have plans to monetize it. This story is a passion project and a hobby.

Personally, smut is not my thing and I tends to avoid it.

Personally, I love it and happily wallow in it. That's kinda what makes the world go 'round, no? Everyone doing their thing.

 

[HisDivineShadow]

I’ve got smut scenes written out in drafts but in published versions I usually trim them way down or fade to black entirely.
I once ran a little experiment on another platform. Short story, seven chapters total. Three-act structure.
Two chapters of buildup. Three of smut, more on the erotic side. Two for post-sex processing.
Wanna guess which chapters got the most views?
Yeah. No one cared about the story. Not even the short one. Readers who show up for a very specific emotion rarely stick around for anything else.
But honestly I enjoy writing physical responses to arousal fear or stress
It’s where the body tells the truth before the mind catches up.
The tricky part is not slipping into poetic overkill where it doesn’t belong.
Lately I’ve been learning to write katana fight scenes. Turns out those can be just as smut.
I think it might actually be a perfect form of sublimation for slow-burn

 

[BonnieHart]

I’ve got smut scenes written out in drafts but in published versions I usually trim them way down or fade to black entirely.
I once ran a little experiment on another platform. Short story, seven chapters total. Three-act structure.
Two chapters of buildup. Three of smut, more on the erotic side. Two for post-sex processing.
Wanna guess which chapters got the most views?
Yeah. No one cared about the story. Not even the short one. Readers who show up for a very specific emotion rarely stick around for anything else.
But honestly I enjoy writing physical responses to arousal fear or stress
It’s where the body tells the truth before the mind catches up.
The tricky part is not slipping into poetic overkill where it doesn’t belong.
Lately I’ve been learning to write katana fight scenes. Turns out those can be just as smut.
I think it might actually be a perfect form of sublimation for slow-burn

Cheers to that, my friend. I can write pages and pages of heartrings plucking, and hearts (figuratively speaking!) being wrenched, still beating, out of chests... and crickets. I get it. People who show up for a certain flavour or emotion, show up for that specific thing.

So... um. Max... where do you post your smut? Asking for a friend, of course.

 

[HisDivineShadow]

Cheers to that, my friend. I can write pages and pages of heartrings plucking, and hearts (figuratively speaking!) being wrenched, still beating, out of chests... and crickets. I get it. People who show up for a certain flavour or emotion, show up for that specific thing.

So... um. Max... where do you post your smut? Asking for a friend, of course.

I published it on Wattpad under a different nick. Didn’t really vibe with the platform. But at least all the readers are registered users. So, yeah… maybe your friend could try publishing something there too ?