I swear I meant to write a steamy threesome, but I accidentally wrote crime fiction instead?

[dlaw54]

I'm at 7,500 words, and like, the main character is just meeting one of the people for the first sex scene, and they have to go out dancing and become partners in crime before anything can actually heat up...

Is there even a market for this?

I'm thinking I can maybe smash cut to the fucking at ~6700 words and then fill in the details in the next chapter, but honestly it seems like a lot of stuff here comes in at 5-10k words, mostly of just fucking and situations related to fucking. I honestly don't know how I fumbled the assignment this badly...

 

[TheRedLantern]

Can you finish the story and spice it up in a second draft? Maybe open with a sex scene and then cut back to how they got there?

 

[dlaw54]

Can you finish the story and spice it up in a second draft? Maybe open with a sex scene and then cut back to how they got there?

That was how I set it up! They're having sex, they're doing the thing, and then I cut to "how did I get here," and wham here I am 7500 words later, with a detailed description of a short stint at a police department and zero fucking.

I honestly think I'm just going to come back to it. Start over with some pure smut, then write another story from a concept I have for Humor/Satire, then see if I can make my crime fiction hot.

 

[iwatchus]

I have written multiple stories with little to no sex (maybe some innuendo) in the first 10K. Of course I have a series which averages about 4K per chapter with the first three chapter averaging roughly 5 intercourses per. Of course the final chapter has no sex whatsoever. And got the best rating, so go figure.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Maybe, just write the crime fiction. Could be fun even if the sex scenes are a little sparse. As long as they're still hot, should be fine.

 

[crookedletter]

I don’t know what you mean by “assignment,” maybe you have some obligation to write something specific. But in the absence of such a constraint I find this to be one of the fun parts of writing. You set out with a plan and… something else happens. What if you run with it? Maybe it’s not ultimately even erotica you’re writing, if your characters turn out not to want to screw each other. Then again, maybe if you (they) really have to work for it that payoff will be all the more gratifying because of it.

There’s no wordcount limit. The story I’m getting ready to submit for Summer Lovin is ~25K words. And based on the support thread for that contest it seems like flash fiction compared to some others.

 

[dlaw54]

Of course the final chapter has no sex whatsoever. And got the best rating, so go figure.

I feel like I know just the type of book

 

[designatedvictim]

You started with sex? Talk about in medias res!

Plenty of stories here with little-to-no actual sex.

How it's received all revolves about the quality of the story and writing.

My most recent had zero sexual contact for over 12K-words (I'm a big believer in a slow build-up) and they didn't do the deed until about 26K-words of a total 39K-words+.

A couple of comments said it was slow, and, aside from the one commenter who suggested I learn how to form a proper sentence , most people seemed to like it.

YMMV.

You shouldn't have much to worry about.

 

[dlaw54]

You started with sex? Talk about in medias res!

It's an erotica site! I needed to prove to the reader I know what erotica means!

Thanks for the positive words. I've changed my mind, I'm going to see if I can finish up the draft tomorrow, and how many rounds of edits I feel like doing.

 

[Britva415]

I'm at 7,500 words, and like, the main character is just meeting one of the people for the first sex scene, and they have to go out dancing and become partners in crime before anything can actually heat up...

Is there even a market for this?

I'm thinking I can maybe smash cut to the fucking at ~6700 words and then fill in the details in the next chapter, but honestly it seems like a lot of stuff here comes in at 5-10k words, mostly of just fucking and situations related to fucking. I honestly don't know how I fumbled the assignment this badly...

You can still take out the stuff that the story isn't about. And you're free to decide what the story's about.

Is it about the sexual relationship or encounter? Or is it about the crime?

You haven't even finished a first draft yet. Be prepared to edit judiciously. Once you have finished the draft, you might see ways to rearrange scenes so that some of the sex part happens sooner and some of the not-sex part happens later.

 

[APilgrimSquare]

Happens to me a lot that I sit down to write erotica and end up writing something else. Stories tell themselves, I believe.

 

[dlaw54]

Is it about the sexual relationship or encounter? Or is it about the crime?

But... Can't it be both?

 

[TheWritingGroup]

I wrote a long novella for Literotica in which the main character never has any physical contact more intimate than a clothed hug. (Other characters do fuck, however.) I think it's pretty good.

(If anyone was wondering, the sequel to "Pranked" is almost done in first draft. It's actually novel-length, and Rick gets intimate in every chapter. Kind of.)

--Annie

 

[NuclearFairy]

But... Can't it be both?

I don't see why not.

I wrote a long novella for Literotica in which the main character never has any physical contact more intimate than a clothed hug. (Other characters do fuck, however.) I think it's pretty good.

(If anyone was wondering, the sequel to "Pranked" is almost done in first draft. It's actually novel-length, and Rick gets intimate in every chapter. Kind of.)

--Annie

In the sequel, does he initiate the long hugs?

 

[NyxAvatar68]

It's an erotica site! I needed to prove to the reader I know what erotica means!

Why do you need to prove anything to anyone? It's your story, write it the way you want. If people like the crime fiction stuff, take that as a win. Look at how much people love the Yakuza series as a serious crime drama, even with the incredibly goofy side content in it.

Also, it's as other people say. Sometimes a story goes in a direction you didn't originally plan for. These things happen. One could argue the characters decide to go in a direction different from your intended outline. Whether you choose to force them back on the proverbial tracks or let them go off and do their own thing is up to you.

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

I'm at 7,500 words, and like, the main character is just meeting one of the people for the first sex scene, and they have to go out dancing and become partners in crime before anything can actually heat up...

Is there even a market for this?

I'm thinking I can maybe smash cut to the fucking at ~6700 words and then fill in the details in the next chapter, but honestly it seems like a lot of stuff here comes in at 5-10k words, mostly of just fucking and situations related to fucking. I honestly don't know how I fumbled the assignment this badly...

This sounds amazing to me, lol. Then again, my average story length is 15k words, so I tend to go with plot first. Looking forward to seeing how it ends up.

 

[Britva415]

But... Can't it be both?

I don't know, you're the one who thinks it's too long

 

[Britva415]

the main character never has any physical contact more intimate than a clothed hug. (Other characters do fuck, however.)

This is an awesome idea for OP

@dlaw54 Yeah, just throw in a sex scene between some peripheral characters early on so that your MC can slowburn as long as you want!

 

[OddLove]

Breath... and allow yourself write the story that wants to be told. Let your finger tips bring to life what is already alive inside you.

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BTW I did a puppy play story and the main character doesn't even like sex. The only action he got was leash training, belly rubs, a dog bath, and he got to hump his human companions leg after he watched her and her detective husband have kinky sex while he sat in his kennel.

It was 37k words and I still got a comment saying "OMG that was so hot Thank you so much for writing/sharing !!" with lots of emoji's.

If you got some crime element, and your 'action' isn't just explicit sex, people will still appreciate the 'action'. And in your case the action would be crime, which can be sexy on it's own when written good. So I don't see a reason to just force sex scenes into your story. Especially if you got to the point where you lost yourself in the writing and you got something you thoroughly enjoy unraveling. You gotta trust yourself.

 

[TheLobster]

Is there even a market for this?

There are more kinks in heaven and earth, OP, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. And we don't shame any of them.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

In the sequel, does he initiate the long hugs?

As a matter of fact, yes. And no. (It's novel-length, so lots of things happen.)

--Annie