Some advice please

[bookwormju]

Hi i`ve never written an erotic story before but i have an idea for one. Does anyone have any advice on how to get started and on how to get it published once i finish it. Are there any do`s and dont`s i should know about?

Thanks

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Hi i`ve never written an erotic story before but i have an idea for one. Does anyone have any advice on how to get started and on how to get it published once i finish it. Are there any do`s and dont`s i should know about?

Thanks

do you have a plan for it?

start with a 'hook'; make the reader want to read on; post little teasers (no pun) as you go along to keep them interested.

when you say 'published' - what do you mean? here on lit?

most of all - enjoy the process.

 

[bookwormju]

do you have a plan for it?

start with a 'hook'; make the reader want to read on; post little teasers (no pun) as you go along to keep them interested.

when you say 'published' - what do you mean? here on lit?

most of all - enjoy the process.

Thanks GA for your advice

It`s a story based on an actual experience of mine

Yes i do mean published on here, i should have made that clear.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Thanks GA for your advice

It`s a story based on an actual experience of mine

Yes i do mean published on here, i should have made that clear.

we all have different ways of approaching story writing but, i'd suggest you plan it out, decide which POV you're going from, stick to accepted punc. and grammar, use quotation marks to indicate speech - the usual stuff.

then edit, polish; edit again, polish ... ad nauseum.

don't include references to sexual activity under the age of 18.

submit to lit using the appropriate page - and DON'T keep checking it or you'll bump back to the back of the queue. then give it a week or so for it to finally show. unless it's a contest entry, then it'll go up almost instantly - give or take a few hours.

 

[driphoney]

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[bookwormju]

There is nothing new under the sun, or at Literotica, so here's your chance to go and sit at the learned feet of the masters, the Lit lyceum :

Literotica Writer's Resources

Thanks for the link, it`s going be very helpfull

 

[bookwormju]

we all have different ways of approaching story writing but, i'd suggest you plan it out, decide which POV you're going from, stick to accepted punc. and grammar, use quotation marks to indicate speech - the usual stuff.

then edit, polish; edit again, polish ... ad nauseum.

don't include references to sexual activity under the age of 18.

submit to lit using the appropriate page - and DON'T keep checking it or you'll bump back to the back of the queue. then give it a week or so for it to finally show. unless it's a contest entry, then it'll go up almost instantly - give or take a few hours.

Once again thanks, that is good to know

 

[vrosej10]

do you have a plan for it?

start with a 'hook'; make the reader want to read on; post little teasers (no pun) as you go along to keep them interested.

when you say 'published' - what do you mean? here on lit?

most of all - enjoy the process.

A good way to do this is to start in the middle of some kind of action. I also heard a rule about at least one sex scene every 700 words, which for a newb might be a good rule of thumb. Oh and there is no way for a beginner to edit too much. Eliminate anything that it not absolutely necessary for the story; waffling is a frequent newb problem.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

A good way to do this is to start in the middle of some kind of action. I also heard a rule about at least one sex scene every 700 words, which for a newb might be a good rule of thumb. Oh and there is no way for a beginner to edit too much. Eliminate anything that it not absolutely necessary for the story; waffling is a frequent newb problem.

it's taken me nigh on 7 years to get anything close to a reasonable effort!

and i'm still waaaaaaaaaaay off! good place to experiment though, lit.

 

[Lustin Kink]

I recommend that you develop your characters and include the emotional impacts the event or events have on the participants. Get the reader to know the kind of person your character is. The emotional impacts don't have to be love, joy, connection of souls or anything like that. They could be complete emptiness or self loathing if that's the direction you want your story to take. The physical actions are the hook but when you can develop your characters and clearly express what your characters are feeling before, during and after the event, you will make them real to your reader. You will help the reader identify with the character in their own way, whether it be positive or negative. Otherwise, the finished product could end up being a cheap porn movie in text format.

Some good advice is to not post your first draft. I made that mistake.....once. Find someone you're comfortable with knowing about the story to read it before you post it. Your best bet is to use one of the editors that Literotica provides. Someone who doesn't know you will give you honest feedback based solely on the merits of your story.

Good luck. I can't wait to read your story.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=453908&page=submissions

 

[bookwormju]

A good way to do this is to start in the middle of some kind of action. I also heard a rule about at least one sex scene every 700 words, which for a newb might be a good rule of thumb. Oh and there is no way for a beginner to edit too much. Eliminate anything that it not absolutely necessary for the story; waffling is a frequent newb problem.

Thanks that`s a good rule to know about.

 

[bookwormju]

it's taken me nigh on 7 years to get anything close to a reasonable effort!

and i'm still waaaaaaaaaaay off! good place to experiment though, lit.

7 yrs i`ve got a long way to go then

Yes that`s why i thought i`d try it here

 

[bookwormju]

I recommend that you develop your characters and include the emotional impacts the event or events have on the participants. Get the reader to know the kind of person your character is. The emotional impacts don't have to be love, joy, connection of souls or anything like that. They could be complete emptiness or self loathing if that's the direction you want your story to take. The physical actions are the hook but when you can develop your characters and clearly express what your characters are feeling before, during and after the event, you will make them real to your reader. You will help the reader identify with the character in their own way, whether it be positive or negative. Otherwise, the finished product could end up being a cheap porn movie in text format.

Some good advice is to not post your first draft. I made that mistake.....once. Find someone you're comfortable with knowing about the story to read it before you post it. Your best bet is to use one of the editors that Literotica provides. Someone who doesn't know you will give you honest feedback based solely on the merits of your story.

Good luck. I can't wait to read your story.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=453908&page=submissions

Thanks there`s some very helpful tips here, i`ll certainly find someone to read it before i submit it, if i ever get that far.

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

I also heard a rule about at least one sex scene every 700 words, which for a newb might be a good rule of thumb.

Really? Maybe something sexual (a feeling, a touch, a kiss, etc) every 700 words, but even then, 700 seems a bit extreme.

I'm guessing this is either a) category specific (romance, non-human, sci fi, etc seem to break that regularly, or at least the ones I read do), b) applies only to short, stand alone stories, or c) applies mainly to stroke stories.

At least, I hope it's one of those three. Otherwise, I should just quit now.

 

[RoyceConnors]

Hi, I've been in your shoes, much like the rest of us. Start off just making it in note form and getting the idea you have down in front of you. Once you have it in an order that works, start filling in the details of characters, plot, scenes and of course, the sex, lol. Run spell-checks and find an editor to help you put it all in perspective. If you want, submit it to the Story Discussion Circle when you feel it's ready for submission and get some pointers on how it reads.

 

[estragon]

I've Said It Before

Ernest Hemingway: "Write the truest sentence you know. Then the next one."

Mark Twain: "As to the adverb: when in doubt, strike it out."

Isaac Bashevis Singer: "The wastebasket is the writer's best friend."

 

[vrosej10]

Really? Maybe something sexual (a feeling, a touch, a kiss, etc) every 700 words, but even then, 700 seems a bit extreme.

I'm guessing this is either a) category specific (romance, non-human, sci fi, etc seem to break that regularly, or at least the ones I read do), b) applies only to short, stand alone stories, or c) applies mainly to stroke stories.

At least, I hope it's one of those three. Otherwise, I should just quit now.

Short stand alone stories. I don't write the longer stuff so I am not qualified to comment on the others.

 

[Mrtouf]

If you have an idea for a story, the best place to start writing is where the idea is used. A few lines, paragraphs maybe, will give you a stepping stone from which you can start to ask yourself what you can do to improve upon the original idea. Because stories may have one central idea, but in telling them you need to come up with a few more.

One of the questions I ask myself is, how can I make this more difficult for the characters? If they do things too easily, the reader gets bored and reads something else. If they can't make any progress, the reader thinks well, how many more pages are they going to have to toil before we get to an interesting part, and then reads something else.