Start a story

e.g. if I'm writing a "first time" story, i.e. about a young woman losing her virginity, then I'll ask myself what thoughts is the main character going to have at the end? What's going to happen in the "epilogue"? Then I know what "direction" the story should be moving in when I write...​

yeah, I ask myself what mood does this put me in? e.g. when I'm writing a cuckold story, there's almost always a sense of "sadness" - the heartbreak and utter humiliation of the loving husband when his wife chooses to get impregnated by another man. And I feel that music is probably the most effective means of conveying mood or "emotional colour". So I'll make reference to a melancholy piece of music, e.g. in one story, I'm writing a scene where a woman asks her husband for permission to get pregnant by another man. Initially he pleads with her not to do it, but she breaks down and begs him to agree, then she has to taunt him and humiliatingly remind him that he is the one that is infertile, and that she feels he is being unfair by denying her the right to get pregnant; after a long, emotionally strained discussion, the husband finally relents and gives permission to his wife, and they are sitting together, in silence, the husband with tears of sadness in his eyes, and the wife with tears of relief; I would make reference to the piece "Questa Volta" by Ludovico Einaudi to describe the mood in the room - a beautiful piece of music, but with a touch of sadness...​

I know I said "start at the end", but in practice, I find that I have to have the outline of the story in my head from start to finish, and then I divide the story into acts and scenes, and then work on each act/scene separately, but bearing in mind they must all link together smoothly.... I also need to think about the locations where the scenes take place - where do the characters have sex? What decor is there in the rooms? What does it smell like? What sounds do they hear? What's the weather like outside? And it's also interesting to think what do they do immediately after the sex? Do they, e.g. decide to have some coffee?​