What lesson/s are you quietly trying to impart with your writing?

This one has made me think.
And I guess my simple answer would be something like how it's worth it to open your heart and mind to the joy and fear and pain and pleasure of getting to know someone, and - perhaps the hardest - letting them get to really know you.
There's other stuff in my stories...
Safe sex - at least making active choices about that, anyway.
Informed and enthusiastic consent (although I don't really like the word 'consent' much as it implies only one of you is doing the asking and the other is just sort of consenting to it, rather than being an equal partner to it, but perhaps I'm just over-thinking it)
A clear relationship between sex and respect.
But I'm not sure all them are 'lessons' as such.
I'm still thinking about that
 
Readers take away life lessons from every story on Literotica. There isn't a lot of places where people can read detailed descriptions of sex and sexual relationships, so while they know that there is a fantasy aspect to the story they are also going to think that the sex and sexual relationships are "reasonable".

My stories are packed with lessons I've learned. Definitely part of the appeal of writing porn stories to me is that I can try to secretly make the world a better place.
 
I don't usually try to impart any lessons at all. Any message is totally coincidental coz I never (well, rarely) even think that way. All I'm trying for is a good entertaining story.

I think the only exception has been "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow " and the message their was very in your face obvious. I hope.
 
Another one for my stories:

Women can be assholes too.

You think this needs to be pointed out? I thought there was a whole category devoted to this. :p

This one has made me think.
And I guess my simple answer would be something like how it's worth it to open your heart and mind to the joy and fear and pain and pleasure of getting to know someone, and - perhaps the hardest - letting them get to really know you.

I like the sentiment. Easier done in fantasy.

Readers take away life lessons from every story on Literotica. There isn't a lot of places where people can read detailed descriptions of sex and sexual relationships, so while they know that there is a fantasy aspect to the story they are also going to think that the sex and sexual relationships are "reasonable".

My stories are packed with lessons I've learned. Definitely part of the appeal of writing porn stories to me is that I can try to secretly make the world a better place.

I hope not. I honestly hope not.

I occasionally impart lessons on photography, music, geography, botany, and sexual geometry. Not much else. Very little on costume design, Hopi rituals, or advanced steam engines. Yet. Behavior lessons? Beyond my pay grade. People gonna do what they think they wanna do. Try to change that, hey? Rotsa ruck.

I enjoy these types of things. I read with Google, and if I see so much as a plant name I don't recognise, I look it up. How else do we learn things? I like writing that dares to include details outside the typical limited experience of the world.

I'm not sure if it's a lesson, exactly, but I think my stories here tend to reflect my view that the line between normal and deviant is much blurrier than we believe. Normal is nothing more than a statistical mean. I'm intrigued by how powerfully people cling to ideas of normality, even here at Literotica. My stories usually depict people pushing against societal norms and usually getting away with it, with happy or at least open endings.

Another good one. 'Relax, you're not that odd.'

If there's any lesson in my stories then I suppose it's about the power of love. I mean, the story I'm writing is named "Love is Enough." How obvious could I be?

I'm afraid I stand with NIN on this one.

I mostly try to get across that you can do a story with graphic sex in it that would still be a commercial story if the graphic sex wasn't in it.

In my GM stories, I also try to create a world in which being actively gay is a societal norm.

Fair enough, too. I find it hard to imagine that world atm. It still feels a way away. I know, fantasy etc, but as long as there's religion, and idiots telling children they're going to hell for being gay, and making them hate themselves, it seems more far-fetched than figuring out how many dimensions it REALLY takes to change a quantum lightbulb.
 
I think my theme is that the heart wants what it wants.
Beyond reason, beyond logic.

I also see that not everyone gets a happy ever after, but I still put one in all my stories :D
 
Triad daisychains are fun.
Love is a many-gendered thing.
Actions have consequences.
Fucking is better than not.
Maps are important.
Musicians are better lovers.
Table-tennis can also tone legs.
Bald is not a hair style.
 
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This one has made me think.
And I guess my simple answer would be something like how it's worth it to open your heart and mind to the joy and fear and pain and pleasure of getting to know someone, and - perhaps the hardest - letting them get to really know you.


I like the sentiment. Easier done in fantasy.


mmhmm, indeed. But isn't that the role of fantasy/fiction/art and all other imaginative forms - to conceive of something that might be a bit out of reach for us in the real world?!
 
I never thought I had a message that I was trying to convey, however, looking over my stories I see that my main characters start out heterosexual and seem to drift into bisexuality.

Perhaps (on a subconscious level) I'm saying that bisexuality is okay?

Hmmm.... I'm also noticing that there are a lot of gay, bisexual and lesbian characters in my stories. Perhaps I'm saying that sexual diversity is okay?

Perhaps I'm saying that diversity is something to be explored and celebrated?

I dunno. I thought I was just writing stories with a strong erotic content. I never really thought to go out there and deliberately push a social message.
 
(Women can be assholes)

You think this needs to be pointed out? I thought there was a whole category devoted to this. :p

...

There is - Loving Wives - but that category does not accept that women can be assholes and escape retribution. In some of my stories women can be as unpleasant as some men without needing to be divorced, burned at the stake or just killed.

There is a dual standard in Loving Wives. Men can shown as assholes and the characters live with it. If a woman is an asshole she MUST suffer for her disrespect of a man.

Femdom bitches are not allowed to win without adverse comments.
 
(Women can be assholes)

There is - Loving Wives - but that category does not accept that women can be assholes and escape retribution. In some of my stories women can be as unpleasant as some men without needing to be divorced, burned at the stake or just killed.

Ah, I see.

There is a dual standard in Loving Wives. Men can be shown as assholes and the characters live with it. If a woman is an asshole she MUST suffer for her disrespect of a man.

Femdom bitches are not allowed to win without adverse comments.

Surely
there aren't double standards when it comes to the behaviour of women and men? Whatever next.
 
Ah, I see.



Surely
there aren't double standards when it comes to the behaviour of women and men? Whatever next.

If, for example, you were to do a google search for pictures of women tying men up, it wouldn't take many results to change to men tying women up. Bondage of women is much more popular than femdom.

If you search Lit for women being abused by men there would be many more results than for men being abused by women.

I try, sometimes, to improve the ratio. Anon doesn't like it when I do. Women are not allowed to be bitches.
 
I have had a fair few comments suggesting that my stories are believable, even though the scenarios typically involve women doing sexually outrageously things. Sadly, I think what makes the stories unrealistic is the way male characters respond to this. Unlike what we see in the real world, women are in my stories celebrated for showing great sexual hunger. So I guess I'm on a small mission to show how much better the world would be if instead of slut shaming, we focused on slut celebration. :)
 
Welllllll. I've posted already in this thread

But what do I really try to impart?

Laugh harder and love deeper. Never give up on yourself. Be prepared for whatever life throws your way, but don't get so caught up in it so much you don't stop to smell the roses. It's not the goals, it"s the wonderful journey.
 
I hope not. I honestly hope not.
I don't think one story has much of effect. But if the same tropes keep appearing in story after story, readers are going to believe they are true. My favorite is that the hymen is located some distance down the woman's vagina.

Edit: If every story a guy reads on LitE that has a virgin girl being fucked for the first, she has a hymen located some distance down her vagina that is painfully torn during his initial penetration; then when he does fuck a virgin girl for the first time and he doesn't pop her cherry like the men in the stories he's read, then he's going to doubt she was a virgin.
 
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I don't think one story has much of effect. But if the same tropes keep appearing in story after story, readers are going to believe they are true. My favorite is that the hymen is located some distance down the woman's vagina.
I try not to include too many anatomy tutorials. Mea culpa: I read anatomy books (with colored plastic overleafs) as a child and passed a college anatomy class (kitty chop-up) and other medical training. (I skipped med school for true love and computers.)

I also keep a classic illustrated guide with many labeled anatomical drawings at my workstation.

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But LIT readers may not care. If we have a story where a well-endowed guy plows a gal's ass and cum squirts out her mouth, who am I to correct?

Anyway, I try to get anatomy right, but I'm not training the readership. I have no lessons to teach. Morally is even weaker. My personal attitudes may suffuse my stuff until I go sardonic and bizarro. Hey, it's storytelling.
 
I haven't published most of my writing yet. I think I am consistent in the about 60 Word pages I have as follows.

1. Make Love when you can; it's good for you. Ok, I stole that from Kurt Vonnegut. It's in "Mother Night"

2. You don't have to be a twenty-something with perfect D cups or a 10 inch cock to get laid. Ancient people in their forties, fifties, sixties and even beyond enjoy sex, including all the wonderful kinks imaginable. Pass me those cuffs, will you?

3. There's too much hate in this world for anyone to get upset over the sex of the person someone else loves, and what body parts they put where. And how many at once. And how often you change your mind. Live and let live. If you object, just move on. I don't like Incest, so I don't read it. On The other hand, I don't get "Interracial" as a category; people are people, variations are fun.

4. In my mind, protection for those who need it is implied and not negotiable. Anything goes between actual concenting adults.
 
Not to be too deep, but here you go:
1. Liquor then beer, you're in the clear. Beer then liquor you're getting sicker
2. A cock in the hand isn't as good as two in the bush
3. Even the worst blowjob is better than sniffing the sweetest rose or watching the most perfect sunset
4. It's analingus when a man eats ass, rectallatio when a woman does it
 
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I've got another one. That any relationship beyond a straight up fuck is a journey, and while parts of that journey might be dark and unpleasant, the outcome is worth the effort. You might not get what you wanted, but any journey towards self discovery has value, and adds to the richness of experience.
 
* Sand is not a good sexual lubricant.
* Chromatic harmonicas are tricky but rewarding.
* The most successful seduction line is, "Hey, wanna fuck?"
* It's better to be Wasserman positive than never to have loved at all.
* The smiling waiter or waitress does not want to fuck you.
* You can't beat Guatemalan coffee or labor.
* Nap time takes precedence.
 
Not to be too deep, but here you go:
1. Liquor then beer, you're in the clear. Beer then liquor you're getting sicker.

Funny, my dear uncle taught me his version: Beer on whiskey, very risky; whiskey on beer, never fear.

Experimentation obviously required... ;)
 
Not to be too deep, but here you go:
1. Liquor then beer, you're in the clear. Beer then liquor you're getting sicker
2. A cock in the hand isn't as good as two in the bush
3. Even the worst blowjob is better than sniffing the sweetest rose or watching the most perfect sunset
4. It's analingus when a man eats ass, rectallatio when a woman does it

I've learned something new. Rectallatio...
 
* Sand is not a good sexual lubricant.
* Chromatic harmonicas are tricky but rewarding.
* The most successful seduction line is, "Hey, wanna fuck?"
* It's better to be Wasserman positive than never to have loved at all.
* The smiling waiter or waitress does not want to fuck you.
* You can't beat Guatemalan coffee or labor.
* Nap time takes precedence.

Your life lessons make me very curious about your actual life.

Very disappointed to find out the cute guy giving me the eye does not, in fact, want to fuck me.

Have to say, in countries that don't tip, it's easier to tell if the waiter likes you. Never did like the whole greasing for tips system. I like good, honest service with a sigh. You know where you stand when they don't rely on kissing your arse for their wages.
 
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