How Did You Start Writing Erotica?

[LonRivers]

I'm delighted that you posted this question. I'd love to hear if anyone has heard of an experience similar to mine. In three years I haven't found any. Lemme know if you have!

Here is my story as described in the Afterword to Twelve Maxbridge Street, written in early 2021.

I'm a 76 year old happily married heterosexual woman with two grown children and four incredible grandchildren. My fantasy life has always centered around masochism, but I had never taken the male point of view with the exception of a short period in elementary school when I was on a Robin Hood kick. I've never attempted, nor felt the desire to act out my fantasies with other real human beings.

At my age my fantasies had gotten less frequent, understandably. But in the week before Christmas of 2020 and into the first week of 2021 my consciousness, day and night was suddenly flooded with the story you've just read. I would experience strong erotic spasms like John Faranger does. This was a dramatic first for me in regards to the intensity, the constancy and the duration of the fantasy. I refined the details until I began to entertain the idea of writing it down. I took a lot of pleasure in the pure writing aspect of it. And I still do. I tweak it from time to time and am preparing to issue a new revision as soon as I get this Afterword tidied up. So if you are inclined to re-read it, please download a new copy.

It took some time to get over the hump of writing and publishing it with absolutely no chance of being discovered, even if I suddenly died. But I did get over the hump. Learning that I could publish an ebook very easily and "sell" it for free was a big deal. (I can't afford to receive 1099s, no matter how small.)

One question I have for you, my readers, is has anything like this ever happened to you? Both the suddenness and the male perspective? Please answer in a review or e-mail.

P.S. to the post here in Lliterotica AH.

To elaborate on "erotic spasms like John Faranger does" for those of you not inclined to read the story. These spasms were in the large muscles of my thighs and abdomen. The genitals were not involved, but they were distinctly erotic. I was advised online that it was probably a hormonal storm and I should consult my PCP. I did, but they had faded. I'm now pretty sure what I was experiencing was the same as a prostate orgasm, due, probably, to an age related breakdown in the hormone balancing mechanisms. Over the last three years I experienced several more such events, although never as intense, and they all resulted in my recording and publishing the associated fantasies. I regard this phenomenon as a gift, as I had had a pretty low libido my whole adult life.

I have never heard of it. That's a new one to me.

 

[LonRivers]

I think writing erotic stories is our way of indulging in fantasies that we would never be able to enjoy. Some of us more than likely have and probably drawn on first hand experience. I do have fantasies, some long term and some are spur of the moment ones where I may see a woman and envision myself engaging in some form of kinky sex with her. When I was younger I had a boss that was a very attractive woman in her 40's. She used to keep me aroused just by looking in my direction. My ex fiancé' is still is a big part of my fantasies, and we broke up in 2008. We are still the best of friends though, so that is probably why she still arouses me.

 

[jhealy55]

I circled back to creative writing after a long break and found it very tedious work to build up any stamina at first. I had ideas I was eager to put to paper, but found it was a real grind, and slow going, to do all the buildup necessary to support the stories I wanted to tell. In frustration I wrote some short erotic vignettes that i considered throw-away (for my own amusement) to loosen up and it did wonders for the process.

Most of it wasn't very good, but it kept me going and greatly increased my output. I really do think that the act of writing, like any other activity, requires time in the saddle to increase your ability and efficiency, as well as your stamina. So if you are struggling to write, my personal advice is to pick something that will keep you interested and working.

This was one of the few places to publish erotica. At the point that I felt like it was starting to flow and had gotten readable enough to share, I submitted.

 

[AchtungNight]

In Feb 2006, I was a fan of adult celebrity fanfic with writing experience in Disney/Marvel fanfic. I’d stopped writing after a burnout some years prior and decided to break ground on a new genre. I would do celebrity sex stories differently- not just fantasy but events on the job, celebrities masturbating, alternative realities, and characters as people. Fear, Lust, and Vanity was the first I put out, followed by a few others. I pushed sex positivity and character development along with shock scenes. Burned out again after a year, came back in 2008 with Closer Than Six Degrees after a tv show cancellation inspired me back to my old characters and hobby. I put out more material off and on for another year. I also wrote Loose Ends in 2010 to close out my avatar character’s relationship with my fantasy Erika Christensen as I had planned all along and then stop writing. Erotica is fun, but I have limited inspiration and a busy life.

In 2023, my marriage was over, I found myself interested again in erotica. I enjoyed the video game God of War Ragnarok. Lots of people were pushing the male and female lead characters to get together in online discussions, I decided to write a fanfic where they did. I published several other stories also, mainly original works detailing my celebrity Casanova character’s past and the original characters who are his friends. I’m still interested and getting praise, so I’m putting out more stories as best I can. Gotta pace it- life still busy sometimes. I’m also a perfectionist. Heh.

 

[LonRivers]

I circled back to creative writing after a long break and found it very tedious work to build up any stamina at first. I had ideas I was eager to put to paper, but found it was a real grind, and slow going, to do all the buildup necessary to support the stories I wanted to tell. In frustration I wrote some short erotic vignettes that i considered throw-away (for my own amusement) to loosen up and it did wonders for the process.

Most of it wasn't very good, but it kept me going and greatly increased my output. I really do think that the act of writing, like any other activity, requires time in the saddle to increase your ability and efficiency, as well as your stamina. So if you are struggling to write, my personal advice is to pick something that will keep you interested and working.

This was one of the few places to publish erotica. At the point that I felt like it was starting to flow and had gotten readable enough to share, I submitted.

I wrote an erotic book once. I spent a few years writing it out on paper. I bought reams of paper, notebooks and used whatever paper I could find if I could not buy any. I ended up writing well over 1000 pages. I tossed it in the trash when I was done. Everything is still in my head as for the past 30+ years I have been thinking of these characters, and tweaking their stories in my head. I don't know if I will ever write that big of a story again, but it is fun and it is a pretty good outlet and way to get better at writing.

 

[dmallord]

My writings grew out of the isolationism of the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-imposed isolation due to health issues after retirement found me reading more Internet stuff, leading to Literotica's site in 2020. I thought, 'I could do that.' and submitted my first story in late 2020. It was fraught with errors due to my lack of writing experience or cursory/rudimentary editing skills, but it still resonated with some readers. [I was gratified to see Lit published it.] Although at least one commenter highly suggested I get an editor. I did find one, Kenjisato, who continues to edit for me, thankfully. So, I kept writing, met some 'Lit friends,' and now feel comfortable reading and writing here.

[Shameless plug] My latest work is Inspiration from the Piney Woods. It is a story about taboo and interracial love set in rural Alabama during the 1940s-50s. It's still amateurish, but writing it was fun as I am still sequestered by health issues rather than COVID-19. The story is doing well by the scores today.

 

[LonRivers]

My writings grew out of the isolationism of the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-imposed isolation due to health issues after retirement found me reading more Internet stuff, leading to Literotica's site in 2020. I thought, 'I could do that.' and submitted my first story in late 2020. It was fraught with errors due to my lack of writing experience or cursory/rudimentary editing skills, but it still resonated with some readers. [I was gratified to see Lit published it.] Although at least one commenter highly suggested I get an editor. I did find one, Kenjisato, who continues to edit for me, thankfully. So, I kept writing, met some 'Lit friends,' and now feel comfortable reading and writing here.

[Shameless plug] My latest work is Inspiration from the Piney Woods. It is a story about taboo and interracial love set in rural Alabama during the 1940s-50s. It's still amateurish, but writing it was fun as I am still sequestered by health issues rather than COVID-19. The story is doing well by the scores today.

Sounds interesting, and I will check it out. I like a good period piece.

 

[EmilyMiller]

How Did You Start Writing Erotica?​

I’ve told this story before. Indeed it appears in more than one of my stories.

I was always an avid reader. Reading books way beyond my age. I loved it. Factual as well as fiction. But I was never much good at creative writing. I had no inspiration.

At college, I did a major in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Anthropology. I did some literature classes as well of course, which I enjoyed.

In parallel, college was a sexual awakening for me. I had a busy, fulfilling, and varied sex life. I stayed on to do an MS. I wanted to do a PhD, but there was this plague thing.

So I took a job. While it was totally remote working at first, they saw a time when people would return to the office and so wanted new employees to be within commuting distance. So I moved state and left my friends and my sex life behind.

I was kinda lonely and sexually frustrated for some time. I watched porn. When that got old, I read porn (here). Then I thought why not write porn?

I think one thing that had held me back from writing in the past had been not knowing what to write about. But I had a lot of sexual experiences to mine when writing stories.

And I got the bug. And here we are.

Em

 

[BleedWithUs]

Sexting with a friend turned into longer stories turned into audio recordings. They encouraged me to join this place and the positive feedback and genuinely shocking number of views on my work has encouraged me to keep going.

 

[Duleigh]

Why did you start writing Erotica?

I love reading well made erotica. I started with usenet and alt.text.sex.stories (and alt.text.sex.stories.moderated) {If you know what either one of those are, you are old} and got used to reading bad porn. Then I found Literotica and the quality of sex stories and there presentation was much higher.

Joy!

But around 2006 I began to see some really bad erotica on the pages of Lit and I said to myself, "I can do better than that."

And you know what?
*looks at awards earned this year*
I was right

 

[forgotmyantidepressants]

I've read and enjoyed erotica for years, beginning with trashy romance novels when I was a teenager and when I discovered Lit in the early 2000s.

When I entered my 30s, I sat down and thought about what I liked about my life and what I didn't. Being a writer is a childhood dream I've always been too scared to pursue. But in late '22, I decided to go for it. Why shouldn't I try? My family will still love and respect me if I turn out to be the worst writer in the world.

I wrote my very first piece of erotic fiction last summer just for fun and decided to post it here to see if other people might enjoy it. A few did, and that is enough for me to keep going.

Lit has always been a safe, fun place for me be sexual and if I can help someone else have a positive experience, then I want to do that. I'm very happy to contribute to this community in whatever small way that I can.

 

[Rob_Royale]

I've always liked writing, and since school, I have been pretty decent at it. I had some fun writing fan fiction based on video games I played.

Then back in September of '22, I was reading here on Lit and was getting more disappointed with the stories that I found. I was thinking, "Oh, come on! I can do better than that!" So decided to try. My first story was amazingly well received and remains among the highest-rated of my stories. I was hooked after that.

 

[UnquietDreams]

This has been my first experience writing erotica, so that means I started about a month ago. My first story was submitted on December 31st, I think.

I have been writing a long time, but in my other work I am much more a "fade to black" type. "All Bets Are Off" was the first time I wrote a sex scene, which is why I may tend to be overindulgent and detail oriented. I am indulging in an area I have avoided, not because there was anything wrong with it, but because I feel that in that it worked in what I was writing. And I am having fun, so I am still working at it, and currently editing a multipart sequel that I worry may be too self-indulgent, though it does contain a lovely recipe for thyme and sun-dried tomato pesto along with the group sex and bondage.

 

[vagrantx]

My first story was submitted on December 31st, I think.

Happy one month anni....monthiversary! Mine's tomorrow! This has been a rather fun January, don't you think?

I started writing because I finished every other "machine" tagged story on LE, and needed more. No grand backstory here, I'm just horny

 

[RedFireBrand]

I got tired of bland predictable cybersex or whatever and figured id have more fun writing it all myself. Tried it as a test run without much planning and 390,000 words later I had a complete story that I loved.

 

[Cagivagurl]

Why did you start writing Erotica?

I will start.

A few years ago I retired. I won't go into specifics, but I didn't want to retire. Anyway, being home, bored and with an imagination, I decided that I wanted to write. For years I had these characters in my head that I wanted to finally put down into their own stories. I never got around to that. As I started to write, my stories started to get boring. In order to spice them up, I decided to add in a few sex scenes here and there. Before I knew it I was trashing those stories and writing erotica, and enjoying it. I will never claim to be great at it. My followers and those that provide good feedback keep me going.

I found that people enjoy incest stories, so that is what I have been writing. I am currently trying to get a story going that I hope will span multiple chapters and keep people glued to their seats.

Let us know how you got into writing erotica. Don't be shy.

How did I start writing erotica?

With a trembling hand.

 

[WritingwhatIlike]

I ran across a fairly famous Reddit post about two broken arms. It awoke something in me that I went searching for, and found Lit. Then began a year-long process of poring through the I/T section from A to Z, poking my nose into any and everything that looked fun. Mostly mom/son stuff. (It's pure fantasy, but there's just...something, you know?)

After a while, I noticed that a lots of stories that hooked me veered off in a direction I wouldn't have chosen. If only they'd done this. If only they'd done that. Eventually I figured I could write a story that combined all of the things I wanted to read, hence the username.

What started as a nervous step into posting one story led into many more.

 

[Rob_Royale]

How did I start writing erotica?

With a trembling hand.

So you typed with the other?

 

[UnquietDreams]

I wrote an erotic book once. I spent a few years writing it out on paper. I bought reams of paper, notebooks and used whatever paper I could find if I could not buy any. I ended up writing well over 1000 pages. I tossed it in the trash when I was done. Everything is still in my head as for the past 30+ years I have been thinking of these characters, and tweaking their stories in my head. I don't know if I will ever write that big of a story again, but it is fun and it is a pretty good outlet and way to get better at writing.

My first fantasy novel made lovely fire starter. It wasn't really my voice, but the point was I finished it. But I never wanted to see it again...

 

[32aa]

I'm a semi retired mechanical engineer. Having spent a lot of time reading erotica and having erotic stories forming in my head in my free time, i decided to give it a try and put those ideas on paper.

Having never done any creative writing, since high school, it was different than writing technical engineering reports. In a word... 'Refreshing'. At times i really found myself pouring my heart and soul into many of the fictional characters.

My first story 'Graduation Summer' kind of got away from me, as it just kept devolving as new ideas popped into my head. The story ratings on the chapters really surprised me, and that kind of gave me the incentive to try it again.

So, 70 successful stories later, I'm in a bit of a lull as i wait for something new to pop into my head

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

My first fantasy novel made lovely fire starter. It wasn't really my voice, but the point was I finished it. But I never wanted to see it again...

But what flowers bloomed amidst the carnage left in its wake?