Tim's Last Orgasm

By: Charlieje

I enjoyed reading your story in the beginning. However, it is now being strung out too much and with too much unrelated detail.

Please concentrate more on being nullo.

I feel that I must respond to this thread.

Mac, I appreciate your comments. To be perfectly honest, I enjoy the type of story you write about as well. Nathan's stories, for example, are absolutely outstanding in my opinion. But I cannot write that way. There is a little of me in everything I write, and I feel an obligation to every character I develop, to make him or her a real person, not just a piece of flesh to be modified.

Please don't take these comments as a put-down because it is not meant that way, just an explanation of where I am coming from. Believe me I understand your point of view, it's just not my style to write that way.

Colin, I agree totally with your comment that no one can please everyone all the time. So I just write what I feel, express my emotions and feelings through my characters, and I thank one and all for taking the time to read what I write.

I realize after having written a few stories, including the two that have been posted here (Andy and Tim's Last Orgasm) that I could never survive as a professional writer. I get too involved in the stories, to emotionally connected to the characters. When my characters are having a hard time, I grieve right along with them. I simply cannot leave the "good guys" in some ugly situation because... well, when I look at my own life I realize that I have had many times that I felt I could never get out of the situation I found myself in, but here I am now, 63 years old and surrounded by a loving family, good people and well meaning friends. There is very little in life that I don't have (well, perhaps enough security that I cold retire would be nice) . But my point is, it really is a wonderful world we live in, but comfort and happiness and security come with a price. We all have to pay our dues, and even then it's not enough. But in my stories, the "good guys" don't finish last.

OK, off the soap box. Thanks everyone who has stuck with Bboy and me through this saga.

Charlieje

I really appreciate your stories as well - I keep lookg for the next chapter. Keep up the wonderful stories. I couldn't keep writing as you do. My one effort (Paradise Island) never got beyond chapter one although I hope to (or anyone else is welcome to) finish it one day. As far as I am concerned there doesn't have to be a cutting in every chapter.

Paul

To add my little bit:

The key difference between a simple story and “literature” is the development of the characters and the creation of the setting. Charlieje, despite his protests, could be a very Þne professional writer. “Andy” is a magniÞcent short novel that could (should) be published in mainstream literature. The reader is dragged into the setting and becomes involved with the characters. I suspect that many readers of the Archive broke down in tears during it. It’s a powerful work! It would be impossible to develop the personalities involved without all of the detail (and length).

There’s certainly a place, too, for stories that are short and to the point. Some of them, such as Kortpeel’s “Evenin’ Dearie,” are so perfect that not even a comma could be changed without damaging it. In a single page it develops both scene and characters. I can feel the clammy dampness of the London fog and see the characters in my imagination from what was on the printed page.

The Archive is big enough and has such a varied set of contributors that nearly everyone is likely to Þnd what s/he wants. We need to support and encourage writers across the entire range of styles.

Since Charlie is doing me such a huge favor writing about Tim, I need to put my two cents in here as well

1. I can enjoy quick, short well written sex laden chop it/them off stories a LOT ... there are some great ones in the Archive.

2. BUT, for me penectomy isn't the beginning or end of the desire, the appeal, whatever you want to call it. The actual surgery is possibly the least important part of a story ... the real interest lies in life: what in a person't life would cause him to give up such great pleasure? and after it done - what's life like? Does he miss it? Is he sorry he did it? Does he like what he's done? Perhaps some combination of each, as we have seen with Tim.

As Tim draws to a conclusion I honestly am getting scared ... I will miss that story and those guys so much ...

I have been reading his stories and await each installment. The charaacters are wonderful! I appreciate his detail and the way we geet to know who Tim, Terry, Nate and theothers really are. Keep up the good work! You have inspired me to work on a storyt hat I have been thinking on and now have started. Thanks!