I've not posted a new story in awhile. It doesn't mean I've
stopped writing. It just means my writing's grown more and
more into the gray area of TG/AR. I think we've had this sort
of conversation on TG sites again and again and often times
the opinions and comments are the same. "Freedom of speech"
comes up, or someone might mention the book and movie "Lolita"
as reasonable excuses for TG/AR to creep into the creepy.
It's a TG story dying to be written though but nobody seems
brave enough to post it. I certainly can't post mine without
passing it through a serious editor's desk first while cringing
on the sideline just knowing entire volumes of it will get tossed
right out. It's not a pedo story or anything like that (no child
on child sex) but if a grown man is TG/AR'd and then does a little
self exploration (not as a theme but as an offhand scene or idea) -
that's where it gets into the question of "is this stuff legal to
post?" Everyone's body is their own, so it might logically be argued
that a grown man reduced to being an actual little girl through
sci-fi or magical means could do whatever he/she wanted with his or
her own body.
Okay, but take it a step further. You're writing a story about an evil,
twisted sort of guy who's admitted he changes into a little girl
specifically for this sort of indecent (though secretive) behavior. Same
question "is this stuff legal to post"? Even if at the end of the story
there's a moral about "too much of a good thing can kill you."
Problem is I halt in my writing just before such scenes can actually
take place due to this very issue. I can't count how many times I've
tried to write something along this theme and had to discard it away
completely due to conscience. Yet the idea's there like telling someone
not to think of a pink elephant - now you have to just to try to avoid
it. I'm not saying this is all I write about in my own secret collection.
I try to write more adult aged TG as well. It's just that... this one
story idea's been plaguing me for years. I'm not obsessed with it but I've
been dying to write it but just can't seem to do it tactfully or in a way
that I think it might be accepted as "ok."
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Your Story
I've seen these types of stories over on FictionMania Site all the time. I would post it there and then see what kind of responce you get! Richard
Richard
Legal, yes
From what i understand, you can write whatever, as long as it is not an instruction book on molestation. But, are you willing to be flamed and shredded. In "No Greater Love" I have a TG/AR character do self exploration, but that wasn't the gist of the story and I didn't get flamed for it. I guess the important thing is, do you want to take the risk. I know I was very upset when a person (adj changed for politeness sake) told me that I enjoyed writing abusive crap, can your psyche take that.
K.T. Leone
My fiction feels more real than reality
Katie Leone (Katie-Leone.com)
Writing is what you do when you put pen to paper, being an author is what you do when you bring words to life
Personaly, I think that if
Personaly, I think that if you put tags about the subject, and a warning at the start of the story, you should be fine.
But as rlarieh007 say, posting it on FictionMania can be a good place to start, as they do have a more adult theme rating.
Good luck with the writing and the editing.
tmf
thanks!
Thanks for the replies. I actually posted the heavily revised prolog just now to the site. It's called "On and Over" - originally "Borderline: On and Over the Edge" but that seemed too long a title though it does pretty much convey the sketchy theme. The version I'll post here will be the toned down, PG version.
It is legal, in the US.
It is legal, in the US. Other countries have other laws, and I'm not certain how a TG-AR acts under those laws.
I would say put a clear disclaimer on any parts that deal with that sort of self exploration, and be ready for any flames... You might want to send a PM to Erin to let her know about the parts too.
Curious...
In my reading of your introduction, what your hero/ine was doing seemed innocent; it was the owner of the object and his talk of "suspense" that seemed ominous. Given what you're saying here, I guess you were trying to suggest that the character's notebook entries were weird or prurient. I simply saw them as detailed research for purposes not yet revealed.
So from my POV there's certainly nothing objectionable so far. (Though I'll readily admit to being a naïve and innocent type of guy...)
Eric
my opinion
its not a question of legality or of rules or of what is allowed. anyone can skirt rules, be technically ok but just be on the edge otherwise. i'm not saying your story will be offensive. i'm just saying that it's a question of the content, and the content of all the other stories here in bcts. given what you've said, obviously you shouldn't post it here. as some of the others said, there are other venues where this kind of content is normally featured, and you should post it there. you can still post it here, but i don't think you should. that's only an opinion, of course - i have zero pull around here :)