DISCONTINUED STORIES
As stated above, stories which are in progress and are not updated within 90 days of their previous update are considered to be discontinued. I figure that 90 days is a reasonable amount of time to allow for updates. If you feel that 90 days isn't reasonable and should be longer,
If a story is about to "expire" I will make an effort to contact its author.
I realize and understand that many of us have busy lives (I know I do) and situations come up that do not permit for timely story-writing. If you expect an extensive delay with updating your story, please let me know and I will keep the story on the main list and indicate that it is "on hold" with your intentions to continue it at a later time.
I also know that many writers may have a fantastic story idea at the outset, but then lose interest, don't have the time to write, become discouraged, or are unable to come up with new ideas for the story. The result of this is a long-- and growing-- list of
discontinued stories from authors who likely had good intentions, that will likely never see their completion. Since I obviously have no control over the factors that affect a writer's ability or motivation to maintain a story, about the best thing I can do here is to advise people to develop their ideas in advance and outline their stories before writing. Also, while I know that some situations are inevitable (e.g. work, family, computer breakdowns, etc.) which may interfere with one's ability to maintain updates, please consider ahead of time, if possible, your ability to maintain updates on your story. While you may be eager to get your story up on my page, if you think it would be better to write your story completely before submitting it, please consider doing this instead. I'd rather wait for a story that is complete than to post one that may never be finished.
Some people have also expressed interest in taking over discontinued stories. While none of these stories is formally copyrighted, I understand that issues concerning "intellectual property" arise, which is more of an ethical issue than a legal issue. If you are interested in taking over a story, please first try to contact the original author if his email address is listed and find out what his intentions are for completing the story and if he will mind you taking over his story. If the address is not listed, please
and I will make an effort to contact the author. If the email address is longer valid and the message bounces, or if no response is received within a reasonable amount of time (perhaps a week) then I'd say it's okay to continue the story. If such a story is continued and the original author objects to this, I will remove the newly written parts from the original story. I don't expect this to be likely to happen, however. In my experience,
most authors who neglect a story for so long have no intentions of ever completing it and would likely not care if someone else took over.
PLAGIARISM
In rare instances, I have had contributors be accused of plagiarism, with these accusations usually coming from the individual who claims the story as his own. While I don't condone plagiarism, it is difficult for me to prove that a story is, indeed, plagiarized, especially as most diaper stories aren't formally copyrighted. There have also been occasions where someone has claimed that a story was merely modified from their story so that it would comply with the guidelines of this page. Again, this is a case that is difficult to prove, especially as there are so many diaper stories out there that it would be impossible for me to keep track of all of them, and that I don't pay attention to any of the stories that don't interest me enough to include on this page.
I give credit to the authors who contribute stories in good faith that their stories are their own writings, so I don't take the time to verify that their stories are original works and will not accept responsibility for having any stories on my page which are believed to be plagiarized. I will, however, remove such a story if it can be proven that it's plagiarized, but as I stated above, such proof is difficult to ascertain.
FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE
If you need help writing a story and you need to look up a word or need help with punctuation, grammar, etc, go to www.dictionary.com. It includes a variety of links which address many common writing difficulties.
CLOSING COMMENTS
By now you should have a pretty good idea of what goes and doesn't go on this site, what things I especially look for in stories, and what I hope to see contributing authors produce. With this in mind, I'll say let your imagination run wild and see what sort of adventures or fantasies you can think of. If you put your mind to it you may be surprised by what you come up with.
Additional recommended Guidelines can be found in this article, Things to Avoid When Writing Diaper Stories, written by Zac Goldstein and used with permission on this site.