Secrets of Perverted Sex

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Tue, 2012-11-13 08:41

I find it interesting that the second most read story I’ve posted on here, by an average ratio of at least 3:1, was The Rape of Ganymede, and it didn’t get a cherry, unlike much of the lesser read stuff. Maybe I’m the only one, but I wonder why it attracted attention. Perhaps it’s the implied promise of perverted sex. More seriously, how much of a role does the title of any piece play in attracting readers? I’m sure there are many novels that sold really well mainly because of a catchy title, including the opaque “A Brief History of Time” which I’ve heard described as the most popular non-read book in the history of publishing. I suppose the real question is: what makes a good title? The flipside is: can anyone think of a good book that sold well, or a poem that was immensely popular, that has an obscure, banal or crappy title? Daffodils? Ozymandias?

Tue, 2012-11-13 10:29

andrea

A huge role. Look at Angela Bromley's Massive Tits ;) http://www.ukauthors.com

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http://www.ukapress.com

Tue, 2012-11-13 11:23

ItsSteveDave

It's all about the title if you're reading the poetry of someone you aren't yet familiar with. It's all you have to go on much of the time, unless it's in the 'recently added' section and you can see the teaser. Outside ABCtales it's the same with poetry, I think. If it's a novel or other then it's more of a time commitment, so a title has less effect on your decision to read it, and the blurb and reviews/recommendations come into play more. By the way, titles aside, I thought The Rape Of Ganymede was excellent, and I call for the addition of cherries.

Tue, 2012-11-13 12:24

karl_wiggins

Florian, I've recently written a piece entitled "The Opening Line" for which I carried out extensive reseach. I still believe that the opening line is the most important - and possibly the hardest - line to write, but your post has made me think that possibly it's the title. Good point.

Tue, 2012-11-13 13:21

The Walrus

Maybe a dozen or so of us should all post rather humdrum stories on the same day entitled 'Kinky Bondage Sex' and see how many reads they have.

Tue, 2012-11-13 13:41

fatboy74

My poem Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Stole My Free Porn And My Iphone 4s Free App Downloads is doing quite well for reads, but I thought at the time it would get more hits by now and be in the thousands. I'm going to add Walrus's suggestion to the title now and a few other things to see if I can kick start it again.

Tue, 2012-11-13 14:45

tan63

The 'King James' Version of the Bible' wasn't a very sexy title but it was more popular than Tyndale's at the time. UK Minister for Education, Gove, wanted to stick it in every school. He was a paedophile before we were allowed to use the word. The ugly little hunchback King James that is. Crammed full of shit and sex and violence it is.

Tanya Jones

Tue, 2012-11-13 14:58

karl_wiggins

I think Walrus is onto something there. My story would read, "We chose grey carpet tiles," but I'd entitle it, "My life as a sex slave to four beautiful women."

Tue, 2012-11-13 15:17

ItsSteveDave

I have a sudden urge to write the most obscene titles I can think of. I will refrain.

Tue, 2012-11-13 16:37

#10

tan63

Ex-Lord McAlpine's 'The Servant, Part Two, The Lurid Details Which Might Sell More Copies To Paedophiles'.

Tanya Jones

Tue, 2012-11-13 17:03

#11

The Walrus

At the moment I'm writing Baby Gravy T'riffic Todger Squirty Titty Pussy Naked Nun Fetish Filth, the story of a depressingly ordinary boy and his labrador retirever pup that keeps pinching the bog roll.

Tue, 2012-11-13 17:43

#12

alex_tomlin

This didn't do that well in terms of reads but maybe it's not ambitious enough in its title. Simply 'Breasts'(by Tina Turner?) http://www.abctales.com/story/not-all-there/breasts

Tue, 2012-11-13 21:11

#13

Florian

Amazing stuff, can't wait to read the one about the labrador and the toilet paper, let alone immerse myself in kinky grey carpet tiles and King James. Have a look at karl's piece in similar vein (get a cup of coffee first): http://www.abctales.com/story/karl-wiggins/opening-line-or-paragraph

Tue, 2012-11-13 21:43

#14

tan63

I can't hold out any longer. I'm going to bed to fantasise about the grey carpet tiles. Had intended to watch that Andrew Marr doc. about free thinking or something.

Tanya Jones

Tue, 2012-11-13 22:58

#15

The Walrus

I was hiding in the shed rolling naked in a pile of fifty shades of grey carpet tiles and reading the unexpurgated version of the King James Bible (the one that comes in a plain brown wrapper stamped Porno Filth) and I was using an awful lot of loo paper (I have a cold). The missus was rather suspicious, though (she couldn't bring herself to believe the bare-faced lie that I was making a spice rack). Rather grudgingly I dressed and went back in the house. I turned on my computer and composed a slippery snippet entitled Come Dancing in maybe three hours and posted it (it was meant to be really, really banal, but it turned out rather filthy). http://www.abctales.com/story/walrus/come-dancing

Wed, 2012-11-14 14:44

#16

fatboy74

No extra hits yesterday - I've now changed it to: Harry Potter, James Bond and Hope Solo Stole My Free Porn and My Nexus 4 Dancing With The Stars Kinky Bondage Sex Big Tits I've included there, three of google's biggest searches right now and a lot of long term winners - Angela Bromley's Massive Tits here we come!