How would you describe your writing style?

[Candy_Kane54]

A real writer would probably call my writing meandering mawkish tripe ... I am a bit of a pantser after all ...

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Sex scenes strung together by the minimal viable plot.

Or MVP I love it.
My stories are often so heavily obfuscated with plot, I'm surprised my characters even have the energy to fuck. Sometimes I have to make them fuck.

 

[Euphony]

My stories are often so heavily obfuscated with plot, I'm surprised my characters even have the energy to fuck. Sometimes I have to make them fuck.

Wedding night syndrome.

Not even their wedding night yet so many of my protags have it.

 

[Zootonius]

Or MVP I love it.
My stories are often so heavily obfuscated with plot, I'm surprised my characters even have the energy to fuck. Sometimes I have to make them fuck.

Oddly, the next story that's taking shape in my head will require a lot of development before the steamy parts arrive. The question is, will I bore the reader to death, or will they hang in long enough.

 

[KeithD]

succinct, casual, conversational

 

[lilmissdarling]

Chaotic to begin with... then refines as I go.

 

[AG31]

Can't imagine how I missed this thread.

I'm not sure how my style is perceived, but I'd like to think it is:

Explicit, evocative, restrained, formal.

 

[AG31]

Several commenters have used words like: poetic, cinematic, intimate, slow and precise, like a story told in front of crackling log fire, sipping whiskey, slow burn. That kind of thing.

flowing

 

[Zootonius]

Em, that is the perfect depiction of the cute little temptress that we all picture you as.

Em reminds me of Despina from Così fan tutte. Particularly when she sings 'A woman needs to know where the devil's tail is!'

 

[EroticCupcake]

I realized I may just be trying to recreate "Whip Smart" by Melisa Febos. Her autobiography was (too me) super erotic without a lot of explicit sex, and she built structure around her experience with kink that was tied more to being neurotic and not to specific trauma.

I truly recommend this book. It took me until today to realize that it may be the single biggest influence on my writing.

 

[EmilyMiller]

It's the look on her face, more than anything.

I’ll give you that .

Em

 

[LittleLilyCanWrite]

thinking about "style" before i've published anything is terrifying, but i picked this username as a reminder to believe in myself, so ... modestly self-confident?

is that a style?

 

[onehitwanda]

predictable stories wrapped up in good grammar and well-chosen metaphors.

 

[LoneMilf]

Or MVP I love it.
My stories are often so heavily obfuscated with plot, I'm surprised my characters even have the energy to fuck. Sometimes I have to make them fuck.

Thanks - now I'll be thinking about sex stories every time I hear MVP at work

Also, judging by feedback, I guess my style is 'realistic'

 

[StillStunned]

predictable stories wrapped up in good grammar and well-chosen metaphors.

Good grammar is hot! How's your spelling?

 

[onehitwanda]

Good grammar is hot! How's your spelling?

Unabashedly His Majesty's English.

 

[StillStunned]

Unabashedly His Majesty's English.

As it should be!

 

[EmilyMiller]

predictable stories wrapped up in good grammar and well-chosen metaphors.

You missed out:

1. Utterly compelling characters with genuine motivations
2. Crystalline plots where actions and reactions flow together naturally
3. Prose that elevates the day-to-day to the divine
4. Oh, and demon-girls who can transform their bodies - that’s the most important bit

Em

 

[soflabbwlvr]

plot-driven adventures with lots of graphic sex

 

[alohadave]

Wedding night syndrome.

Not even their wedding night yet so many of my protags have it.

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Yeah, both my wedding nights (to the same person), we were too tired to do anything but crash after the reception.

 

[BgDaddy33]

predictable stories wrapped up in good grammar and well-chosen metaphors.

I wouldn't call your stories predictable at all. I have found them refreshing and well planned.

 

[BgDaddy33]

Also, judging by feedback, I guess my style is 'realistic'

Realistic is a great compliment. You tug at their memories of past experiences perhaps? Help them weave into their own fantasies

 

[Comshaw]

Wedding night syndrome.

Not even their wedding night yet so many of my protags have it.

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WTF??? Who would allow ANY of those to be a reason not to have sex?

But back to the premise of the thread. The style (amateurish) and content (clumsy but guileful ways to get sex) of this is a perfect example of my writing:


Comshaw

 

[SimonDoom]

How would I describe my style? I like to think it's well punctuated. That's what I aspire to, anyway.

 

[djrip]

WTF??? Who would allow ANY of those to be a reason not to have sex?

But back to the premise of the thread. The style (amateurish) and content (clumsy but guileful ways to get sex) of this is a perfect example of my writing:
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Comshaw

There was an xkcd like this