Writing Erotica
I decided to start writing erotica because I wanted to express myself. I am the guy you see standing at the “Adult Fiction” section of the bookstore. I don’t try to hide it either. It is often seen as the poor cousin of real fiction. I don’t see it that way. I know for a fact one of the most successful fiction writers alive today started out writing for playboy and other such top shelf magazines. This, to me, lends the genre a legitimacy I keep in the back of my mind when reading and especially writing.
A lot of people have read what I have included on this site and written to me. Some of it nice. Some of it is not so nice. You take the good with the bad. I am pleased to say most of the not so nice comments have at least some constructive criticism tucked away in there somewhere.
When I started out writing, I posted on usenet. Newsgroups are a fantastic way of getting real opinions of your work. I would advise anyone starting out to share their work in just this way.
I get the idea some people like to write rude words. Seeing words like cock, pussy or fuck on a computer screen somehow gets them off. Why else would some of the stories you read on the internet get there? They go something like this,
“Brenda sucked his huge, thick fat cock until it spurted all over her face, dripping down her chin and stringing down her big juicy tits in thick, creamy threads.”
Now there is nothing wrong with this sentence as such. But all too often, this sentence is the story. I am no high-brow literary critic but I do want a little bit of story included. I try wherever possible to involve plot. I am hopeless at writing to plot though. There is a difference. I find it difficult to come up with an idea for a plot then write it. However, I enjoy creating a character, a situation and exploring how the character copes when faced with something I throw at them. I enjoy seeing the character in my head, the way the story unfolds is up to the character. I allow them to do the work. I just write what I see.
I see this as very valid too. If I give you, the reader, a character, you will see them in your minds eye. After that I want to show you what is happening, not tell you. For example,
“Gina is five foot and three inches tall, has brown hair, wears glasses and has a 36FF chest.”
You yawn and say ‘so what?’ If I put it differently and show you what I see instead of telling you, the result is better.
“Gina tucks her treacle hair behind her ear as she stoops to check the size tag on the underwear. Removing her glasses, she holds the basque against her small frame as she admires how it might look for Tony. She imagines the expression on his face when he finishes dinner and she peels her blouse open to reveal her latest purchase. Her smile at the way it looks in the mirror quickly turns to a frown when she realise the cup size. Didn’t they sell anything above 36DD? She would have to look elsewhere…”
Okay so it isn’t as concise and maybe it is not perfect, but it does give you a better picture of what the main character is like. And better still it leads the story. Where will she go for a basque to fit those huge titties of hers? The shop down the road? An online store? A seedy back street sex shop? Will she steal a basque from someones bag when they bring it to the dry cleaning store she works at?
It’s up to you.