How much do I need to know about farm life to write smut that takes place on a farm?

[taytay4eva]

I'm writing a smut inspired by "The Colour Out of Space" (tentative title: The Colour Out of Sex), where it makes them super horny instead of insane grotesque abominations, but each time I try to start, my brain says "but is that a REALISTIC thing for a farmer or farm family to be doing?"

How much can I, a city person, wing it about life on a farm (that has been filled with sex thoughts from space)? What basics should I be sure to mention?

 

[eaee]

I grew up on a farm but would not vouch for my experience being "normal". Basically, those on farms with animals are aware fairly early on of how sex is carried out. Some, no doubt, have a bit more personal knowledge than others.
Having said that, if your stories are fantasies, you need not worry very much about what really happened. Just sayin.

 

[taytay4eva]

I grew up on a farm but would not vouch for my experience being "normal". Basically, those on farms with animals are aware fairly early on of how sex is carried out. Some, no doubt, have a bit more personal knowledge than others.
Having said that, if your stories are fantasies, you need not worry very much about what really happened. Just sayin.

Is there anything you can think of that people write about in farm stories that immediately makes you think "well that would never happen" ? That's the biggest thing I want to avoid

 

[NC_Coastal]

The best maxim in all of writing is: write what you know.

Ask questions, read up on it, google it, immerse yourself in farmlife and maybe you can fake it.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Every farm is run differently, so there aren't really many, "Well that would never..." But I have run into some instances where I've gone, "Do you know nothing about (insert animal or plant here)?" So just learn about whatever is going to be on the farm and just let what you've read or watched about farm life guide you.

 

[Britva415]

How much writing about farming does there even need to be? It's not a novel about farming, it's just set on a farm.

 

[Pabiporffor]

I write a lot of farm based porn. There's no need to get into technicalities just drop in a few 'it's time to feed the chickens' or 'the fence needs repaired'. One tip I'd give is farmers love bailing twine, it's got a million and one uses from replacing gate hinges to keeping your trousers up, so mention it at least once.

 

[ClockworkCourtesan]

Depends on the type of farm and how "authentic" or "accurate" you want to get. I worked for a massive corporate dairy farm and was seasonal for a family owned grain farm. 2 wildly different experiences. I had tons more casual sex at the corporate farm. Rich people get freaky when bored. More intimate affairs at the family farm... better stories too.

 

[taytay4eva]

How much writing about farming does there even need to be? It's not a novel about farming, it's just set on a farm.

I mean, I just don't want to screw it up. I am a city person who cares about authenticity. Well, the illusion of authenticity, at least. I don't want someone to be thrown out of the story because I got some mundane detail wrong.

 

[taytay4eva]

Depends on the type of farm and how "authentic" or "accurate" you want to get. I worked for a massive corporate dairy farm and was seasonal for a family owned grain farm. 2 wildly different experiences. I had tons more casual sex at the corporate farm. Rich people get freaky when bored. More intimate affairs at the family farm... better stories too.

Ooo, deets please? What kind of hook-ups did you have at each place?

 

[NuclearFairy]

I write a lot of farm based porn. There's no need to get into technicalities just drop in a few 'it's time to feed the chickens' or 'the fence needs repaired'. One tip I'd give is farmers love bailing twine, it's got a million and one uses from replacing gate hinges to keeping your trousers up, so mention it at least once.

My grandpa always preferred what he called telephone wire. It was copper wire inside clear plastic, very flexible and tough. Although no one ever used it to keep up their pants, if your belt failed that's what safety pins and yarn was for.

 

[dennissara]

Placing it in space opens lots of possibilities not necessarily appropriate to earth-bound farms. Technological advances would be one (automated animal/plant feeders for example) or context of the product being delivered. Any one of those might be developed for a smutty situation. I can think of several stories read in the past that took advantage of the different universe created for new sexual situations. Hope I'm not being Captain Obvious here, but hope it's food for thought.

 

[Wonderer67]

My wife and I own a farm. I can vouch that every farm is run differently.

If I can help with any of your questions, let me know.

 

[OralAllOver]

nothing really

BUT
if it's set during Trump Presidency, specify that all workers GONE and folks in city starving

Poisoning the blood, indeed

 

[NippleMuncher]

Specific details of farm life aren't going to make or break the story. I would suggest you just start writing, get your ideas down in a coherent and organized form. Then you can go back and embellish the details as it pertains to the scenes. At this point, you will be able to find relevant details to make your scenes more accurate and/or believable.

 

[Britva415]

Go with the George R.R. Martin rule, and write from the belief that farmers are people.

 

[taytay4eva]

Go with the George R.R. Martin rule, and write from the belief that farmers are people.

 

[NippleMuncher]

I will add that I've done a bit of writing myself, some in a genre that was not my forte, but was requested by a muse, so my offerings were directed by the feedback given in the moment. Regardless, my process was the same as I suggested above, put the thoughts out on paper (or computer screen), make them coherent, then hone the scenes for maximum impact.

Case in point, my muse was in the medical industry, one of my stories involved me coming to their place of work. The story was NOT about the place of work or the specifics of the environment. The location was simply a backdrop and generalities sufficed to set the scene. What mattered was the interaction of the participants of the story, not the location, not the details of a medical facility. Likewise to you and having farm knowledge, it just isn't necessary to the story line, unless there is no story beyond being located on a farm.

None of my stories disappointed the recipient, which takes me to another point, which is to know your target audience. You are writing because you want to express yourself in a certain way, but your writing also has to appeal to your target audience. Having said that, it really won't matter what the details are if you are able to connect with the audience. Me, not being interested in space or nonhuman sex, am not your target audience, so I would scrutinize every detail and quickly click away if it didn't hold my interest in some other manor. HOWEVER! Your target audience, who appreciates your perspective and content, will avidly follow your works without questioning the backdrop.

Have you ever been to an actual theater where plays are presented? How much did you focus on the set? Wasn't it more about the actors and the dialog? The set itself was merely a backdrop. While it helps further the story, the backdrop set itself offers very little to the overall story. Which is another semi-intersting side note, I've been a volunteer set builder to local theaters for years, and while I care about the set and how it is put together, as a patron of the arts, I do NOT see the set in the same detail as the builder does. You are the writer (builder in this scenario), your audience is only going to see what YOU direct them to see.

Suffice it to say, write what is in your heart and write to your target audience, nothing else will matter.