MyGuiltySecret
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- Feb 26, 2014
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Hi everyone. I've been a lurker on Literotica for a couple of years now (under another name), and I've decided to make the transition from audience to author.
I just thought I'd introduce myself and take the opportunity to ask a question that's been bugging me.
My user name is MyGuiltySecret. Originally, my secret was that I read erotica. Now it's that I'm trying to write the stuff (and the two stories that I'm working on at the moment are incest-themed, so another secret that I don't want the outside world to know is that I find the idea of incest hot). Having said all that, you can call me John, since that's my name.
I've written lots of short stories in the past (mainly SF and a bit of horror). Never been published, but I do have an interesting array of rejection letters.
Anyway, I've started writing erotica, and I'm finding the process a lot harder than I expected!
So, here's the question: how do you, as an individual writer, go about writing erotica? I've read loads of the howto posting on this site, but I'm more interested in the techniques of the writer rather than the writing, if you see what I mean.
What methods have you found that work for you?
Once you've had an idea, do you let it swill around in your mind for hours/days/weeks and then actually write the story in one glorious thrash? Or do you write in several sessions, building the story up scene by scene? Do you write it beginning-to-end, or in separate out-of-order chunks?
And what about editing? Do you just spellcheck and hit submit? Do you edit as you go along? Or do you do multiple passes over the story, improving it a bit each time?
Outlining. Do you bother or not?
What sort of mood are you in when you write? Does being hot and bothered help you write hot sex scenes, or does being more detached and even clinical help you find the right words?
My own writing process is still developing, but at the moment seems to go like this. First pass is for the 'plot', writing how the characters get into bed in the first place (or the kitchen, or over the boss's desk or wherever), and the ending. I use pseudo-XML tags like <blowjob here> or <lots of fucking> as placeholders for the actual sex scenes. I do another pass to fix wording and typos, then write the actual sex scenes. Then I make another pass to add detail and descriptions - sights, smells, sensations. Then one last pass to fix any repetition. (While writing, I use words 'cock', 'cunt' and 'cum' far too much, and I have to figure out which ones to replace with synonyms). By this point, the damn story has stopped being sexy to me at all, so it must be time to ship it out!
So, is this anything like your workflow? Complety different?
Let me know how you do it. I'm dying to hear!
I just thought I'd introduce myself and take the opportunity to ask a question that's been bugging me.
My user name is MyGuiltySecret. Originally, my secret was that I read erotica. Now it's that I'm trying to write the stuff (and the two stories that I'm working on at the moment are incest-themed, so another secret that I don't want the outside world to know is that I find the idea of incest hot). Having said all that, you can call me John, since that's my name.
I've written lots of short stories in the past (mainly SF and a bit of horror). Never been published, but I do have an interesting array of rejection letters.
Anyway, I've started writing erotica, and I'm finding the process a lot harder than I expected!
So, here's the question: how do you, as an individual writer, go about writing erotica? I've read loads of the howto posting on this site, but I'm more interested in the techniques of the writer rather than the writing, if you see what I mean.
What methods have you found that work for you?
Once you've had an idea, do you let it swill around in your mind for hours/days/weeks and then actually write the story in one glorious thrash? Or do you write in several sessions, building the story up scene by scene? Do you write it beginning-to-end, or in separate out-of-order chunks?
And what about editing? Do you just spellcheck and hit submit? Do you edit as you go along? Or do you do multiple passes over the story, improving it a bit each time?
Outlining. Do you bother or not?
What sort of mood are you in when you write? Does being hot and bothered help you write hot sex scenes, or does being more detached and even clinical help you find the right words?
My own writing process is still developing, but at the moment seems to go like this. First pass is for the 'plot', writing how the characters get into bed in the first place (or the kitchen, or over the boss's desk or wherever), and the ending. I use pseudo-XML tags like <blowjob here> or <lots of fucking> as placeholders for the actual sex scenes. I do another pass to fix wording and typos, then write the actual sex scenes. Then I make another pass to add detail and descriptions - sights, smells, sensations. Then one last pass to fix any repetition. (While writing, I use words 'cock', 'cunt' and 'cum' far too much, and I have to figure out which ones to replace with synonyms). By this point, the damn story has stopped being sexy to me at all, so it must be time to ship it out!
So, is this anything like your workflow? Complety different?
Let me know how you do it. I'm dying to hear!