Crash course on writing needed.

[dirk2024]

I understand, but I cannot stress this enough, I just want simple recommendations. People over complicate this. How can I possibly know what kind of erotic story I like when every single literary themed forum I've asked in is people giving the same cookie cutter response about "finding what you like" I know what books I like and what stories I like. I just want too see how "good" erotica is composed by reading good erotica. I figured I'd ask here because people on a website about writing erotica surly would have some ideas of what is good or not. I honestly, from the bottom of my heart just want a recommendation on erotica. ANYTHING. I appreciate TheWritingGroup for linking his story.

In no particular order...

@StillStunned wrote a story that's in the Exhibitionist/Voyeur category. https://www.literotica.com/s/a-quiet-woman

@TheLobster wrote this story in the Mature category where a young man loses his virginity to an older neighbor: https://www.literotica.com/s/drought-no-more

@Erozetta wrote this story in Erotic Couplings which was last Octobers Halloween Challenge winner: https://www.literotica.com/s/purrfectly-playful

Feel like trying a little Fetish material? @EmilyMiller wrote this sweet little tale about Futanari? Oh, you don't know what that is? You'll find out. https://www.literotica.com/s/something-has-come-up

I know, you need some SciFi/Fantasy reading. Try @PennyThompson's story about an Apalachian Witch. https://www.literotica.com/s/dandelion-greene-and-the-witch-of-watson-county

And here is one of my favorites. It's a series, so you'll have to decide after reading the first one, whether you want to continue reading the rest. (spoiler alert, you will). It's @RoyalAuthor and his story about a model and her new beau: https://www.literotica.com/s/a-model-romance

These are all good writers who are practioners of good grammar and can weave in interesting, erotic tale. I think you'll be happy reading any/all of them.

 

[DeMont]

I wrote a short story featuring the original creations of a popular Japanese's video game artist. She frequently draws stories with these character in various sexual situations and they have no concrete lore. They're just OCs she uses a random. I greatly desired to write a story involving them, one involving a husband and wife couple, the wife enjoying watching her husband have encounters with other women. Some anonymous users of another forum I frequent brought up the idea of commissioning art for the story and releasing it. So I decided to shoot my shot and sent off a request for art from the artist herself, despite her commissions being closed, or the permission to have art commissioned. I honestly did not expect a reply, but she replied the very next morning, which was around 11PM Japan time, and not only did she give me the go-ahead to use her characters, she also wants to read the finished work. So now I've been consuming various youtubes videos on proper writing and I spent the 24 hours eagerly awaiting mod approval to request pointers here. My request is simple, I'd like a crash course on 1st person writing and a few recommendations on stories if possible. I've never been this nervous, it's like meeting an idol and I really don't want to let them down.

@liclaclalaclilaclalac,
There are some very good written resources here, one in particular,
'Writing an orgasm' https://forum.literotica.com/threads/writing-an-orgasm.1638461/post-101350120 then there are some very good internet articles on "Punctuating Dialog" that you may find helpful. One that you may find an odd choice is https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/how-to-punctuate-dialogue
but it does contain the basics of dialog punctuation if you're seeking "crash course" material. I do wish you the best of luck and, as others have said, don't be afraid to come looking around here. We don't bite... well, except playfully maybe
Deepest respects,
D.

 

[StillStunned]

@StillStunned wrote a story that's in the Exhibitionist/Voyeur category. https://www.literotica.com/s/a-quiet-woman

Oooo, I love his stories! You should read them all, and comment and give 5 stars!

Hang on, which of my alts am I posting this with?

 

[TheLobster]

Hang on, which of my alts am I posting this with?

I’m afraid you might’ve forgotten to relog to @JustAddAnal.

 

[StillStunned]

I’m afraid you might’ve forgotten to relog to @JustAddAnal.

Paradoxically, I've never published anything in Anal.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I’m anxious about this. Takane set up a double, first time ever, fine, but a mystery girl. It has me nervous. Why a date, why this extra, why the surprise? I like the simple stuff. Meet at a hotel, set up cameras, then get the deed done, happy wife and happy me. The trust in my wife is tested, the weeks of pushing us together, encouraging the late-night chats, then a date, all while the girlfriend, M-chan, remained an unknown. I worried. Had she gotten some new kink?

My thoughts focus on N-Chan, cute face, soft body, pale skin, albino she said, blue eyes, almost platinum hair, and an impressive chest for her petite body. Weeks of chatting, sharing ideas, and discussing boundaries still fresh in my mind. She was playful and talkative. My phone filled with the pictures she constantly takes, outfits for the day, meals, clouds, neighborhood cats, friends, birds, anything and everything. Her humor, from morbid to nonsensical. Her relationship with her girlfriend, sexually exploring each other while remaining undefined. A bewildering existence. I feel a pang of guilt towards all the men she's likely turned down all these years. Should I be happier about this? No, this is just part of a play and I'll do what I need to

Across the street, people start pouring out of the station exit. My eyes focused. Can I spot her in this crowd? Should I DM her? I spot her, a short white dress draped around a ghostly white body; she stands out from the crowd. She spots me, towering over my peers, and gives an energetic, cheerful wave as she walks over, trailed closely by another girl.

This reads to me like a set of notes for a story, not a story in itself.

It also seems to me you want a short cut. There isn't one. The only way to become a writer is to write, do the hard work yourself, find out your style etc etc. Read. A lot. Do your own homework, figure out what you want from your writing. I really don't think advice from us here is going to help much, until you write and get it wrong, write and get better at it, write and get much better at it, write until you're a "writer".

 

[StillStunned]

I think you can be a writer just by writing your first words, your first paragraph, your first story. If you publish it here, at least someone will read it, and your characters and world will become real for them, if only for a very short moment. There are plenty of writers who never publish more than one story here, and plenty more who never even get that far.

To become a *good* writer, though, you have to make your story come to life. Some people manage this with their very first story, if they've been writing it in their head for years before making the leap to putting the words down. Others have a feel for language, or a flair for storytelling, or just a vivid imagination full of sexy scenarios. Any of those can make readers love your story.

But for most of us, like you'll have read, it's a slow process. Many of us became writers because we ran out of stories that we wanted to read - imagine how much we've read to reach that point. Some guides to fiction writing will tell you that you don't become a good writer until you've written a million words, or two million. Some people are happy with their skills as they stand, others want to push themselves to become better and master the craft in every facet.

The AH has gathered some of our tips and philosophies about writing and editing in a couple of stickied threads: A place to discuss the craft of writing: tricks, philosophies, styles and Self-editing for authors. These aren't comprehensive, and not everything will work for everyone. I don't recall there being much mention of plotting or character development, for instance. But they're probably as good a place to start as any.

In the meantime, good luck, and don't be put off by all the warnings in this thread. The first step to being a writer is to start writing, and nobody ever mastered the craft by reading about writing instead of actually doing it.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I appreciate TheWritingGroup for linking his story.

Her story.

 

[EmilyMiller]

In no particular order...

@StillStunned wrote a story that's in the Exhibitionist/Voyeur category. https://www.literotica.com/s/a-quiet-woman

@TheLobster wrote this story in the Mature category where a young man loses his virginity to an older neighbor: https://www.literotica.com/s/drought-no-more

@Erozetta wrote this story in Erotic Couplings which was last Octobers Halloween Challenge winner: https://www.literotica.com/s/purrfectly-playful

Feel like trying a little Fetish material? @EmilyMiller wrote this sweet little tale about Futanari? Oh, you don't know what that is? You'll find out. https://www.literotica.com/s/something-has-come-up

I know, you need some SciFi/Fantasy reading. Try @PennyThompson's story about an Apalachian Witch. https://www.literotica.com/s/dandelion-greene-and-the-witch-of-watson-county

And here is one of my favorites. It's a series, so you'll have to decide after reading the first one, whether you want to continue reading the rest. (spoiler alert, you will). It's @RoyalAuthor and his story about a model and her new beau: https://www.literotica.com/s/a-model-romance

These are all good writers who are practioners of good grammar and can weave in interesting, erotic tale. I think you'll be happy reading any/all of them.

Hey,

Thanks - nice to see someone calling out other authors . Something Has Come Up is pretty fun and a full-on futanari fuck-fest from start to finish, but it’s also one of my early works and kinda uneven.

Unconventional is FP past tense, and the FP narrator changes between three women regularly. It might give @liclaclalaclilaclalac some ideas, and is rather better written.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Her story.

They're a collective of writers, not all of whom post regularly.

 

[SimonDoom]

I understand, but I cannot stress this enough, I just want simple recommendations. People over complicate this. How can I possibly know what kind of erotic story I like when every single literary themed forum I've asked in is people giving the same cookie cutter response about "finding what you like" I know what books I like and what stories I like. I just want too see how "good" erotica is composed by reading good erotica. I figured I'd ask here because people on a website about writing erotica surly would have some ideas of what is good or not. I honestly, from the bottom of my heart just want a recommendation on erotica. ANYTHING. I appreciate TheWritingGroup for linking his story.

OK. I'll just share this part of my experience. I seldom asked writers in this forum to "show me examples of good writing." I went searching for stories I liked and found them on my own. I did the legwork. I figured out what I enjoyed and profited from doing that.

Having done that, I can look back and say with confidence that it would not have helped me one iota to ask other writers (that I didn't even know) what they liked. There is no substitute for doing this yourself.

The category and search tools at this site make it EXTREMELY easy to craft searches for stories one enjoys. I recommend taking that approach as opposed to asking others for recommendations.

 

[EmilyMiller]

They're a collective of writers, not all of whom post regularly.

I know - but that post was from Annie

 

[crookedletter]

Even if there were a comprehensive "crash course," a gathering of all the great nuggets of wisdom accumulated over the centuries of humans trying to write things, distilled into a quickly digestible listicle or something, it wouldn't do you any good without taking the time to practice and figure out what works for you. There's a reason places like this forum exist. There's a reason masterclass and writer's digest and craft talks and so many other avenues exist for writers to talk about writing: we're all still trying to figure it out.

If you want to become a better writer, you should avail yourself of all of these resources and more. You should read widely, listen closely when writers talk about writing. But above all you have to write, and write, and write, and hone your craft and try to figure out what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong, and then do it some more to keep getting better.

No disrespect, but this thread is a bit like approaching a basketball team, telling them you've signed yourself for a basketball tournament, and asking them to give you whatever secret sauce they've all consumed to make them proficient at their game over night.

There isn't a secret sauce. There aren't any shortcuts. Just write. And then write some more.

 

[TheLobster]

(…) secret sauce they've all consumed to make them proficient at their game over night.

It was obviously a magic alien basketball.

 

[crookedletter]

It was obviously a magic alien basketball.
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My example was weirdly just the plot of Space Jam, huh.

 

[dirk2024]

Paradoxically, I've never published anything in Anal.

It's always good to have a goal.

 

[dirk2024]

There isn't a secret sauce. There aren't any shortcuts. Just write. And then write some more.

This. It can take hours and, depending upon the length and compexity, hours and hours to craft/edit a good story.

I don't think anyone here is trying to discourage you, but just want to be sure your expectations are where they should be.

 

[gunhilltrain]

As writers we learn by reading, and then by doing.
My advice is to leave the big project alone for a while and write something simpler.
Write about the last conversation you had with your significant other. Describe the location, the mood, how you felt during the talk, and of course the dialog. Then add the sex.

That's what Faulkner said, I believe. You have to read what others have written to get some idea of how to do it. That includes non-fiction too.

Not to give you a hard time - which means I'm going to do exactly that! - what is the last novel you read? What did you think of it? What is the last non-fiction book you read?

 

[TheLobster]

It's always good to have a goal.

Even if that goal is ass.

 

[Areala-chan]

Even if that goal is ass.

@StillStunned, you're being summoned...

 

[StillStunned]

@StillStunned, you're being summoned...

By crack and by cleft, by hump and by hole...

 

[dirk2024]

By crack and by cleft, by hump and by hole...

Sounds like work. Perhaps you need lube.

 

[Britva415]

My request is simple, I'd like a crash course on 1st person writing and a few recommendations on stories if possible

I'll add another vote to those who have offered, "just write." You have to just get started and get a draft down on paper. You have to. Every minute you spend seeking advice or reading articles or writing an assigned exercise is time not spent writing what you want to write.

Beyond that, you can improve your draft once you have written the story. This is called "revision" or if you don't change anything, don't add anything or remove anything, and all you do is just fix spelling and grammar and punctuation, then that's not revision, it's just proof-editing. You still have to get it down on paper first. So just write.

Do you read fiction? Have you read many Literotica stories? Someone who is a reader can often become a first-time writer by just writing. They have been exposed to enough literature that they already have an instinctual sense of what a story is (a beginning, a middle and an ending) and how to tell a story (there are many ways. Pick one. Or one will pick you, if you just write.)

Or maybe it's not even about being a reader or exposure to written stories: Maybe TV, movies, cartoons, or the like have exposed someone to enough stories that they can use that past experience to compose a beginning, middle and ending to their own first story.

Just dare to get started, and write those first words, write that first draft, get to the end of that first story. Just get it written down, and then work on a process of improving the first-effort so that a final draft is even better than the first one.

That is 100% the craft of writing. There are people do this without ever seeing a howto or a writing class. There is no bar one has to surmount before being qualified or allowed to just start writing. And that's what it takes: Just write. If one isn't writing words, one isn't writing stories.

So just write and figure out the final touches later, after a draft is complete.

 

[Milo9012]

Or maybe it's not even about being a reader or exposure to written stories: Maybe TV, movies, cartoons, or the like have exposed someone to enough stories that they can use that past experience to compose a beginning, middle and ending to their own first story.

Very helpful and encouraging post @Britva415 .

I've wanted to write, don't laugh, a Hallmark type story for the longest time, and one of my favorite writing study pastimes is watching Hallmark movies (HMM) to get an understanding of HMM writing.

I often read the source material to see the story changes from book to movie.

There are several HMM writers I look for and follow, but I'm always open to other unknown to me writers.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

There are lots of good books on writing, including Stephen King's On Writing. Charlie Jane Anders' Never Say You Can't Survive is very good. It's somewhat focused on writing SFF (science/speculative fiction and fantasy). William Goldman's book on screenwriting is interesting.

None will help unless you write stuff while and after reading, of course.

--Annie "Also, Charlie Jane is very nice in person"