Late Introspections

[hmmnmm]

I was looking and thinking from a different perspective the other day. I know it's not so good to spend so much time in such self-critical states of mind, but sometimes it's also good to try and be as honest with yourself as you know or dare to be.

And it was like this sudden dawning, this realization that suggested I ask myself if this erotica stuff is really it. I don't think so. I mean, it's okay, until it gets to the pulling out cocks and slippery pussies and tablespoons of cum slinging out of cockheads. Then I'm looking at that and looking at myself, and thinking, that's kind of embarrassing. I get the feeling that even if I ever wrote a flawless piece of erotic prose fiction that I'd still end up feeling this way, say, a year later.

Or maybe it's just a symptom of erotica overdose?
Is this common for those who do it a lot? Just gotta back off for a bit?

 

[TE999]

I was looking and thinking from a different perspective the other day. I know it's not so good to spend so much time in such self-critical states of mind, but sometimes it's also good to try and be as honest with yourself as you know or dare to be.

And it was like this sudden dawning, this realization that suggested I ask myself if this erotica stuff is really it. I don't think so. I mean, it's okay, until it gets to the pulling out cocks and slippery pussies and tablespoons of cum slinging out of cockheads. Then I'm looking at that and looking at myself, and thinking, that's kind of embarrassing. I get the feeling that even if I ever wrote a flawless piece of erotic prose fiction that I'd still end up feeling this way, say, a year later.

Or maybe it's just a symptom of erotica overdose?
Is this common for those who do it a lot? Just gotta back off for a bit?

In a word, yes.

I also write non-erotic stories for posting elsewhere.

Mostly in the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genre .

But I always return to writing Erotica.

It's fun!

 

[CeriseNoire]

Maybe it is, or maybe it's all the voices out there in the world that say no matter how good the writing, erotica is worth less.

I've been thinking about the same issues lately. I'm considering going back to school and getting my MFA. Then I started looking at what to submit with my application and realized my only print credit is in a book of erotica under a pseudonym, and that what little decent poetry I've managed recently has been posted here and so is automatically "not good enough" to include.

So yes, to me it does seem that as much as I hate to admit it, my erotic writing will always somehow be less than my mainstream work.

 

[hmmnmm]

"Voices out there in the world"

You might have something there.

Wonder if our noses were considered body parts to cover for the public, it would be the same kind of embarrassment if we used 'nostril' or... nostril. nostrils.

Maybe it's the cycles. The fun, the feeling, the challenge, the agony, the typos, the words that didn't need to be, the excitement of the minutest steps forward, then... burnout. Embarrassment. Stop it for a while. Go elsewhere. Take a breather. Then, the excitement begins again - because it is forbidden? Or naughty? Tired of being good, tired of being bad? Back and forth, come and go.

I admire Box, because he doesn't seem to worry about this stuff.

 

[Darkniciad]

If you don't know of/aren't in the mood to look for a place to post more mainstream stories, delve into the cats that don't necessarily scream for bump and grind for a while. There are quite a few niche categories + Romance where you can write something that's 99% story and 1% sex and get a perfectly good reception.

I usually have to go back and forth between different types of tales. Sometimes I'm writing stuff with almost no sex and sometimes I feel like writing pure smut with zero story value.

Lack of variety can burn you out, but that doesn't mean you can't find plenty of variety right here, even in the sexual content.

 

[CeriseNoire]

I think the voices are powerful. Sometimes we bow, sometimes we rebel, but ultimately, they seem to be etched into our minds.

On the other hand, I kind of work in cycles anyway. I do it with prose and poetry. As an older teen, i started writing prose because I tired of poetry. Then I got too critical of my prose and stopped writing altogether for a few years. Next I moved on to erotica, because "who cared if I failed at that". Lately, it's been more poetry than prose (at least here), and now I'm getting the urge to write mainstream fiction again.

 

[sr71plt]

I was looking and thinking from a different perspective the other day. I know it's not so good to spend so much time in such self-critical states of mind, but sometimes it's also good to try and be as honest with yourself as you know or dare to be.

And it was like this sudden dawning, this realization that suggested I ask myself if this erotica stuff is really it. I don't think so. I mean, it's okay, until it gets to the pulling out cocks and slippery pussies and tablespoons of cum slinging out of cockheads. Then I'm looking at that and looking at myself, and thinking, that's kind of embarrassing. I get the feeling that even if I ever wrote a flawless piece of erotic prose fiction that I'd still end up feeling this way, say, a year later.

Or maybe it's just a symptom of erotica overdose?
Is this common for those who do it a lot? Just gotta back off for a bit?

Umm, no, I don't think so -- for me. In almost all cases in the erotica I write, I am exploring some underlying theme much bigger/more significant than an ejaculation that I find is best (and most free) doing so through erotica. If it isn't, I write it in something for the mainstream--or the same theme in both to see which one I think it is best expressed in. I will admit that there are some stories I write just because I'm in heat and can't get to writing in the mainstream until I've flushed that out of my system--in which case it's serving the other writing anyway.

 

[hmmnmm]

If you don't know of/aren't in the mood to look for a place to post more mainstream stories, delve into the cats that don't necessarily scream for bump and grind for a while. There are quite a few niche categories + Romance where you can write something that's 99% story and 1% sex and get a perfectly good reception.

I usually have to go back and forth between different types of tales. Sometimes I'm writing stuff with almost no sex and sometimes I feel like writing pure smut with zero story value.

Lack of variety can burn you out, but that doesn't mean you can't find plenty of variety right here, even in the sexual content.

Did that. And it was good. A bunch of non-erotic cat stuff, no voting, just some wacky rambles. Felt more natural, though way out on the fringes for an erotic story site.

Might give that another whirl. You know, sometimes the right suggestion in the place is about as effective as a thousand words of hard cocks pounding slippery pink pussies. Sometimes.

 

[hmmnmm]

I think the voices are powerful. Sometimes we bow, sometimes we rebel, but ultimately, they seem to be etched into our minds.

Now that's just fucking beautiful.

That's poetry.

 

[hmmnmm]

In almost all cases in the erotica I write, I am exploring some underlying theme much bigger/more significant than an ejaculation

Another way to look at it. Something to chew on. Interchangeable language.

 

[hmmnmm]

It's fun!

That's important. Definitely important.

But it might stand a better chance of staying fun if it isn't given such a prominent To Do position. Or, maybe some people just find it really easy and natural. They just have that touch or something, they get down and focus. For others it just isn't a strength, but it's easy to get caught up in the chase, when those energies could be better spent in a place where the effort is more fluid - sorry - fluid - and, and, and... y'know.

 

[hmmnmm]

Then you watch a few old Betty Boops and you're reminded it can definitely be tastefully done. It's a fine line is all. Fine so fine.