Member Story Competitions – What Do You Think? 🤔✨ (Patreon)

Hey all 💋

I wanted to take a moment to check in with you and get a general feel for how you’re enjoying the Member Story Competitions. These were originally created to boost interaction, creativity, and community. A space where you could pitch story ideas, vote on them, and see the winning concepts brought to life by me as bonus content alongside the main schedule.

The idea has always been that our main stories remain the priority (Thursday or Friday releases that are fully guaranteed every single week), with every second Sunday reserved for bonus content. That bonus slot might be a member story winner, an interactive story like Running A Train, or the freedom for me to write one-off ideas, sequels, or passion projects. But mostly, they have been reserved for member stories.

From my side, I enjoy the process. I have never been one who enjoys collaborating whilst in the process of writing a story, or enjoyed the feeling that I am writing someone else's story...But I love reading your pitches, seeing the polls play out, and then taking a one-paragraph story concept and shaping it into a full story. I usually ask the winning member a few key questions on plots, kinks, characters and preferred ending themes, then the rest of the writing process is entirely mine so it doesn't feel like I have my hands tied. It gives you a voice in what gets written without tying my hands creatively.

That said, I’ve also had a few messages wondering if these member stories might be a distraction from my own original projects, and whether those Sunday slots should be reserved just for my own projects instead. And I can understand the concern.

So I’d really love to hear how the majority of you feel about it.

To help jog your memory, We have ran 3 portions of member story poll competitions since we introduced it in August, with potentially a 4th planned in a couple of weeks. Here are the member story winners written and published so far:

• Take Me To Church - August polls• The Bull’s Teacher: A Lesson in Surrender - August polls• A Life Renovated - August polls• Mile High Turbulence - October polls• He Got the Award… But She Got the Prize - October polls• Unwrapped By Her Photographer - Xmas polls• The Season of Giving - Xmas polls

There are three more winning stories from our October polls still in the pipeline, and they will be written over the course of the next month regardless of the outcome of this poll.

This isn’t a hard decision-maker, just a temperature check. Your thoughts matter, and I want this space to feel good for all of us.

So… what do you think? Please vote below 👇

• I enjoy it. Keep it as it is.• It’s fun, but should only happen once or twice a year, not every few months.• Remove it and focus solely on your own projects.

Thank you, as always, for being part of this little world we’re building together 💖Kacey xx