Message-ID: <36889asstr$1024632603@assm.asstr-mirror.org> Return-Path: From: "Rev. Cotton Mather" Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jun 2002 05:09:28.0952 (UTC) FILETIME=[81B9F780:01C2092A] X-ASSTR-Original-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:09:28 -0500 X-Original-Subject: Rom Fest Subject: {ASSM} [rom fest RP] Hard Promise 0/14 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 00:10:03 -0400 Path: assm.asstr-mirror.org!not-for-mail Approved: Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d X-Archived-At: X-Moderator-Contact: ASSTR ASSM moderation X-Story-Submission: X-Moderator-ID: gill-bates, dennyw This will be a repost of an existing story for the "Classics" section of the Rom Fest. I will code each chapter as I send it (14 chapters in all). This e-mail contains the Author's Notes on the story: HARD PROMISE Even after all the fan mail and accolades that have been sent my way for my more popular long story, "Playing the Game", I still find that "Hard Promise", my first serious attempt at a longer tale, holds a special place in my heart. The original intent for the story that was to become "Hard Promise" was going to be your average, everyday slut wife story. I decided to go back to their high-school days as background, before I got to the meaty stuff. Somewhere along the way, the background became the story, and the original premise of a cheating wife and cuckolded husband never materialized. Instead, the story of how they got together, the trials of their early romance, and the consequences of their actions and the paths taken by some of their friends took over the story, making it, to my mind, a much more compelling read than what was originally intended. In fact, about half-way through the writing of the story, I got good and stuck. The characters of Ray, Micki, and Melissa took on lives of their own, and nothing I could do or say to them was going to get me back in charge. I was astounded at their audacity, and stumped at how I was going to continue the story without their cooperation. In the meantime, I had struck up an e-mail friendship with Empath, a fellow author on ASS*. I complained to him about the direction this story had suddenly taken, and used his sympathetic presence as a sounding board for ways out of my predicament. (There is an exerpt of our discussion on my website at http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/ReverendCottonMather/www/sermons.htm, for those of you who are pathologically curious.) With a pat on the back, as well as a much-deserved kick in the pants, he got me thinking in new directions about the story, and all of a sudden, the ending practically wrote itself. Of course, once the ending was achieved, a rewrite of the first chapter was in order, but that's all part of the parenting process with these characters. I didn't mind, especially since I could now post my first story with an "unusual" ending, which has since become a hallmark of my better stories (in particular, "Playing the Game" and "The Years Like Pearls on Velvet"). By the way: there is an addendum to the story, which I have sent out to dozens of readers who have requested it, that explains the ending with a brief continuation of the story. All the clues are there, but if you like to have it spelled out for you, or you want to see how I envisioned the conclusion, drop me a line. I'm willing to share. Rev. Cotton Mather Senior Pastor, Church of the Erotic Redemption http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/ReverendCottonMather/www http://www.storiesonline.net RevCottonMather@hotmail.com ***************************************************** Thanks, all! Rev. Cotton Mather Senior Pastor, Church of the Erotic Redemption http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/ReverendCottonMather/www http://www.storiesonline.net **If I had to do it all over, I'd do it all over you** _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- Pursuant to the Berne Convention, this work is copyright with all rights reserved by its author unless explicitly indicated. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | alt.sex.stories.moderated ----- send stories to: | | FAQ: Moderator: | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Discuss this story and others in alt.sex.stories.d, look for subject {ASSD}| |Archive at Hosted by | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+