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Monster_slayer
Guest
A general question or two for other readers of erotica.
1) Do you prefer more or less explicit detail in the depictions of the actual sex acts, or are the character's reactions more important?
2) Do you prefer more of the characters' inner thoughts, or do you prefer to stay outside looking in?
3) Character dev and story... does it just get in the way, or can it add to the story? Do you rate down a story and move on if it has too much non-sexual storyline?
4) What makes you rate a story down? It doesn't turn you on, or you think it's badly written... or it goes somewhere you don't like or didn't expect or that you don't feel fits into the category it's in?
I've kept sex out of most of my 'normal' books, but I'm getting increasingly interested in writing erotica as a means of expressing the darkest sides of the character types I work with. I'm very interested in exploring power and control as well as sexual self-awareness.
But if you want to write for an audience, you can't just write for yourself, and while I've read books that I felt were stunning in every respect and that get high ratings on Amazon, on Literotica I see stories rated very highly that just confuse me.
I can present my work in a bunch of different ways, and still struggling with getting that balance of elements right.
So I'm very curious to know what works for other people. Clearly, everyone's different, but I've seen some illuminating comments and feedback on others' work that leads me to think I can get some valuable insight here.
Thanks,
M_S
1) Do you prefer more or less explicit detail in the depictions of the actual sex acts, or are the character's reactions more important?
2) Do you prefer more of the characters' inner thoughts, or do you prefer to stay outside looking in?
3) Character dev and story... does it just get in the way, or can it add to the story? Do you rate down a story and move on if it has too much non-sexual storyline?
4) What makes you rate a story down? It doesn't turn you on, or you think it's badly written... or it goes somewhere you don't like or didn't expect or that you don't feel fits into the category it's in?
I've kept sex out of most of my 'normal' books, but I'm getting increasingly interested in writing erotica as a means of expressing the darkest sides of the character types I work with. I'm very interested in exploring power and control as well as sexual self-awareness.
But if you want to write for an audience, you can't just write for yourself, and while I've read books that I felt were stunning in every respect and that get high ratings on Amazon, on Literotica I see stories rated very highly that just confuse me.
I can present my work in a bunch of different ways, and still struggling with getting that balance of elements right.
So I'm very curious to know what works for other people. Clearly, everyone's different, but I've seen some illuminating comments and feedback on others' work that leads me to think I can get some valuable insight here.
Thanks,
M_S