A story that should never be told???
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StillStunned
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I don't write about my own experiences - my sex life isn't particularly adventurous, and not interesting to anyone besides my wife and myself - but I'd imagine it would be like boasting to some friends.
Start as close as possible to the inciting incident: the moment that someone said something or did something that led to the encounter.
Provide a few lines of background, but remember that readers probably don't care about anything that doesn't feature in the story. Don't go into a detailed physical description: only give a general outline so that the reader fills in the details for themselves. That will engage them more. And make sure that whatever description you give happens early on, because if you add a detail later that doesn't match what the reader has in their head it will conflict with their picture. Also, don't give bra sizes or penis measurements. Say "a large handful" or "pendulous mounds" or "small and firm, topped with pink nipples" or something.
For the story itself, exaggerate the hot stuff and leave out everything that isn't hot or funny or sweet. If you want to describe a true encounter - bearing in mind Lit's rules about true stories - remember what I said: tell it like you're boasting to your friends. Perfectly retold real life stories usually aren't very interesting to anyone who wasn't there. You want to embellish it, edit it, put it into a proper story form where it builds up to the most exciting moment.
Most of all, remember that your readers want a story, not an account of something that happened to some person they've never met.
Good luck, and have fun writing!
Start as close as possible to the inciting incident: the moment that someone said something or did something that led to the encounter.
Provide a few lines of background, but remember that readers probably don't care about anything that doesn't feature in the story. Don't go into a detailed physical description: only give a general outline so that the reader fills in the details for themselves. That will engage them more. And make sure that whatever description you give happens early on, because if you add a detail later that doesn't match what the reader has in their head it will conflict with their picture. Also, don't give bra sizes or penis measurements. Say "a large handful" or "pendulous mounds" or "small and firm, topped with pink nipples" or something.
For the story itself, exaggerate the hot stuff and leave out everything that isn't hot or funny or sweet. If you want to describe a true encounter - bearing in mind Lit's rules about true stories - remember what I said: tell it like you're boasting to your friends. Perfectly retold real life stories usually aren't very interesting to anyone who wasn't there. You want to embellish it, edit it, put it into a proper story form where it builds up to the most exciting moment.
Most of all, remember that your readers want a story, not an account of something that happened to some person they've never met.
Good luck, and have fun writing!
Britva415
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What kinds of experiences are you talking about?
When you say "wicked" it seems like you aren't talking about regular old "naughty" stuff - as if it were genuinely evil.
Same with referring to "processing" - as if it were far more than just some experience - and same with referring to "making it erotic," as if it weren't an erotic situation to begin with.
Are you talking about like maybe traumatic experiences or something like that?
Wicked could be I guess could just also be normal fantasies, the processing maybe on more or less telling it. Because everyone here is just so articulate with their words, it's kinda intimidating to say the least
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As a non native speaker that is still drenched in a mixture of UK and US English I can tell you:
It doesn't matter other people have a bigger vocabulary.
I would sometimes argue that it is better to be able to write flawed but simple. I love to read Patrick Rothfuss and learn new words, but I think if you tried it here you need to be a legend with words or it'll fall flat.
I've read stories with high scores that in grammatical sense were laughable and should have been send back. Some of my own stories included.
The most important of writing is that you are into it. That generally translates to the paper. You have to accept that not everyone will like your story. We're a diverse bunch. Yet being a diverse bunch also allows many people to like your story.
Listen to @StillStunned their advice. It is really good.
Not to mention that when I started (somewhere else) my writing wasn't good. Not. At. All. Right now it isn't up to standard either. I hope that when I look back at my current stories I'll want to change them as well. It is a sign of growth. Growth takes time. There's many here that want to help, so do not worry if it's bad. You can learn a lot here on the forum, via the editors program and simply reading stories.
Even if a story falls flat, which can be heart wrenching, no one was Mozart on their first try. Even if it isn't well received, you can go back and make another.
And once more who knows? Maybe you Skibiddi meme yourself to a fresh story bro. We have all kinds here. Your story might be an absolute banger to many.
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Thank you for that!!
ElectricBlue
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Just start writing, anything - a fantasy, a recount of a real encounter. Use your own words, just get something down the way you think best tells it. It always takes a while to find your natural voice, so give yourself time to find yours. Start with something short, not too ambitious, get it published, get some feedback. Write a dozen short pieces, to make sure your know the basics, grammar, punctuation, tenses, points of view. Over time you'll discover your preferred voice.
And read. A lot. See how other writers do it, see how they construct sentences, the movements through a story. Learn to recognise good writing over bad - those writers where you read the story but don't see the construction. If they're good, the writing should almost be invisible - it's the story that counts.
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StillStunned
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Don't worry about being articulate. The beauty of English doesn't lie in knowing fancy words. In fact, I always try to use the simplest words possible. The beauty is in the rhythm of your sentences and the sounds you create. English is a rhythmic and tonal language, not a metric one. Read the poetry of the Riders of Rohan from The Lord of the Rings to see what I mean, or this translation of the Old Norse poem Voluspa rendered into modern English:
Brothers shall fight and fell each other,
and sisters' sons shall kinship stain.
Hard is it on earth, with rampant whoredom;
Axe-time, sword-time, shields are splintered.
Wind-time, wolf-time, ere the world falls.
Nor ever shall men each other spare.
Try reading this aloud for the best effect. Simple words, but the alliteration and cadence make it very effective. I'm not saying you should be crafting poetry like this, but it shows how you don't need to sound clever or literary to make your story compelling.
If you want people to read your story, you should make it as easy as possible to read. Keep your sentences and paragraphs manageable, bearing in mind that loads of people read on their phones and more than 90 words or so will appear like a wall of text. Always move descriptions in one direction: describe characters from top to bottom, for example, or a room from left to right. Repeat sounds to make words stick out so they catch the reader's eye. Make your dialogue sound as natural as possible, with short incomplete sentences.
This might sound difficult, but if you just write how you speak you'll be off to a good start.
Good luck!
TheLobster
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Being an ESL speaker like OP, let me tell you that:
- “fell” that’s not in past tense
- “kinship”
- “ere”
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My stories do not have any sex in them at all. They have romance, and a certain amount of violence. My stories could have been made for television movies shown during the 1950's.
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It's okay to pull from personal experiences. But don't forget that our job here is to entertain. So, feel free to expound upon those memories and fictionalize them to make them more entertaining. You didn't just sleep with your mom's married best friend, but actually seduced her, and then her daughter and married the daughter.
