Emotional Resistance
Emotional Reluctance
Summary:
This post has brief feedback on three different stories that I liked reading, so I'm posting it here. I ask a couple questions about sexuality in real life and fiction that could be responded to, and I ask for story/author suggestions.
I've been working on an erotica story or two, and I think I found a theme or hook that I enjoy writing about.
I have been searching on Literotica for other authors who have explored similar territory, though I can't quite find any that exactly fit.
The main thing I'm looking for right now is a story where a character feels resistant about a sexual experience. My preference is for the resistance to be the result of deep and confusing condition of repression, as opposed to the resistance coming from the character's marriage vows or guilt about cheating. I do like some morality issues wrapped up in the repression, just not morality issues related to the main character feeling guilty about cheating.
It's also important to me that some aspect of the resistance or emotional conflict within the character lasts throughout the sex scene(s).
In this story, Her Daughter's Husband, the main character is very resistant to the developing sexual feelings. This is a very tightly written story, and I like that the resistance isn't about her marriage. I think it's more from the fact that the sex is developing with her son-in-law. The only thing that doesn't work for me is that at a certain point, all the resistance drops and we're left with the character switching gears to pure enjoyment.
I have heard a prominent, pro-kink sex therapist claim that a person can't experience shame, guilt, or fear when in the throws of sexual bliss. I'm not sure if that's true, myself, and I wonder what others think about that. Even if it's true that a person can't experience shame and arousal at the same time in real life, couldn't we pretend that it's possible in fiction?
In this story, Sports Bar Seduction, which is very well crafted, the resistance is a result of the main character being married. I love this story, it has something like a faerytale quality to it, but for me, I want the resistance to be from something besides guilt about marriage. And, I think, I would prefer for the resistance storyline to develop between characters who know each other and care about each other on some level.
I would appreciate any recommendations for authors or stories to check out on Literotica that explore what I'm interested in reading about. Maybe they would live in the reluctance category or maybe they would live in BDSM.
One other thing I like, though I think it is exceedingly rare, is for there to be a creative partnership between the two characters involved, like in the story Cometh Hither. This is a story a male college student who is encouraged to read Anais Nin by his college professor. The student writes a paper about Nin and relates her erotica to an experience he had masturbating in front of an older woman. It goes on from there. I think this story is really nice, and I like the voyeur/exhibitionist aspect of it. The only trouble for me is that the resistance/shame/guilt/confusion aspect of the story evaporates as soon as the physical sexual activities begin. I would prefer if that confusion and shame persisted and coexisted with the physical arousal. Any suggestions?
Emotional Reluctance
Summary:
This post has brief feedback on three different stories that I liked reading, so I'm posting it here. I ask a couple questions about sexuality in real life and fiction that could be responded to, and I ask for story/author suggestions.
I've been working on an erotica story or two, and I think I found a theme or hook that I enjoy writing about.
I have been searching on Literotica for other authors who have explored similar territory, though I can't quite find any that exactly fit.
The main thing I'm looking for right now is a story where a character feels resistant about a sexual experience. My preference is for the resistance to be the result of deep and confusing condition of repression, as opposed to the resistance coming from the character's marriage vows or guilt about cheating. I do like some morality issues wrapped up in the repression, just not morality issues related to the main character feeling guilty about cheating.
It's also important to me that some aspect of the resistance or emotional conflict within the character lasts throughout the sex scene(s).
In this story, Her Daughter's Husband, the main character is very resistant to the developing sexual feelings. This is a very tightly written story, and I like that the resistance isn't about her marriage. I think it's more from the fact that the sex is developing with her son-in-law. The only thing that doesn't work for me is that at a certain point, all the resistance drops and we're left with the character switching gears to pure enjoyment.
I have heard a prominent, pro-kink sex therapist claim that a person can't experience shame, guilt, or fear when in the throws of sexual bliss. I'm not sure if that's true, myself, and I wonder what others think about that. Even if it's true that a person can't experience shame and arousal at the same time in real life, couldn't we pretend that it's possible in fiction?
In this story, Sports Bar Seduction, which is very well crafted, the resistance is a result of the main character being married. I love this story, it has something like a faerytale quality to it, but for me, I want the resistance to be from something besides guilt about marriage. And, I think, I would prefer for the resistance storyline to develop between characters who know each other and care about each other on some level.
I would appreciate any recommendations for authors or stories to check out on Literotica that explore what I'm interested in reading about. Maybe they would live in the reluctance category or maybe they would live in BDSM.
One other thing I like, though I think it is exceedingly rare, is for there to be a creative partnership between the two characters involved, like in the story Cometh Hither. This is a story a male college student who is encouraged to read Anais Nin by his college professor. The student writes a paper about Nin and relates her erotica to an experience he had masturbating in front of an older woman. It goes on from there. I think this story is really nice, and I like the voyeur/exhibitionist aspect of it. The only trouble for me is that the resistance/shame/guilt/confusion aspect of the story evaporates as soon as the physical sexual activities begin. I would prefer if that confusion and shame persisted and coexisted with the physical arousal. Any suggestions?
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