Writing in need of help

[cittykat22]

Im writing a book on sex...more like a instructional book on everything from foreplay to BDSM..Masters and Dominatrix...im looking for advice on how to go about this...id also like to do a Q&A section...im also going to have to interview ppl on things iv never done and have no experience with...and suggestions wud much apperciated
im also tryin to figure out title
thank you

 

[sr71plt]

Why again did you think you were the one to write this book? You don't seem to know how to write it or what to put in it.

 

[Stella_Omega]

My advice;

Don't give advice on the things you don't know about.

Don't write a book when you don't know how to write a sentence.

 

[cittykat22]

just becuz im not grammatically correct on a freakin website doesnt mean i cant write.
and yes i know im not the first one to write one.
you can say what u want here im not one to care what others thinks.
i nvr said it was a book on advice i was askin for it.
oh and im sry i dont know about every sexual thing under the sun but like i said im not writing a book about advice

 

[Verdad]

People these days, right? You clearly say you’re writing an “instructional book” and they think it means “a book of advice.”

 

[sr71plt]

just becuz im not grammatically correct on a freakin website doesnt mean i cant write.
and yes i know im not the first one to write one.
you can say what u want here im not one to care what others thinks.
i nvr said it was a book on advice i was askin for it.
oh and im sry i dont know about every sexual thing under the sun but like i said im not writing a book about advice

Ah, but you asked what others thought. Actually, you asked others to do your work for you.

And, sorry, you show no evidence you are capable of writing. A writer doesn't dumb down to post to a writer's bulletin board.

 

[Stella_Omega]

just becuz im not grammatically correct on a freakin website doesnt mean i cant write.
and yes i know im not the first one to write one.
you can say what u want here im not one to care what others thinks.
i nvr said it was a book on advice i was askin for it.
oh and im sry i dont know about every sexual thing under the sun but like i said im not writing a book about advice

I have no idea why, but this has really cheered me up this morning.

 

[cittykat22]

idk where i asked ppl to do my work for me ... but ok then...

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I have no idea why, but this has really cheered me up this morning.

It's because you're basically a good-natured bloke who delights in helping out a struggling new would-be author!

 

[_Lynn_]

just becuz im not grammatically correct on a freakin website doesnt mean i cant write.
and yes i know im not the first one to write one.
you can say what u want here im not one to care what others thinks.
i nvr said it was a book on advice i was askin for it.
oh and im sry i dont know about every sexual thing under the sun but like i said im not writing a book about advice

I have no idea why, but this has really cheered me up this morning.

Maybe you read what I did?

 

[sr71plt]

idk where i asked ppl to do my work for me ... but ok then...

In your OP you asked us to tell you how to write a book and what to put in the book and even what title to give the book. All you didn't ask someone to do for you was how to sell the book. But you eventually would have gotten around to realizing you needed someone to tell you how to do that too.

I can't really see that you will be bringing anything to the table on such a project. You obviously aren't literate, I'm sorry to say.

But you have brought a smile and a chuckle to the middle of my work day. Thanks for that.

 

[Edward Teach]

Im writing a book on sex...more like a instructional book on everything from foreplay to BDSM..Masters and Dominatrix...im looking for advice on how to go about this...id also like to do a Q&A section...im also going to have to interview ppl on things iv never done and have no experience with...and suggestions wud much apperciated
im also tryin to figure out title
thank you

Tab A into Slot B.

 

[Stella_Omega]

It's because you're basically a good-natured bloke who delights in helping out a struggling new would-be author!

Warms the cockles of me heart, doing that stuff.

So, some more advice; don't try to write this book on your phone. And don't try to talk to a forum of writers via your phone, either. You need things like commas, and apostrophes and capital letters.

Other than that, what part of writing a book are you unsure about?

 

[oggbashan]

cittycat22, it is a good idea to lurk in a forum before posting, and to see the tone of the exchanges between posters.

If you had lurked in the Authors' Hangout you would have seen that we tend to avoid txt-like contractions, to write in complete sentences and to spell. After all, most of us are authors.

Some of us have made similar mistakes as newbies.

Your request is not likely to be treated reasonably when it appears that you cannot write clearly nor spell.

If you look at the "How To" category on Literotica, you will find a wide range of advice on sexual practices. Much of that advice is sound but some is not.

Og

 

[cittykat22]

No worries I found what I was needing. Thank You to everybody who private messaged me and showed me the errors of my ways. Its very much apperciated.

 

[SamScribble]

Here’s another little idea that you like to consider: sentences and paragraphs.

I’ve noticed that a lot of writers are using sentences and paragraphs these days. And not just Literotica writers either. Although, that said, the Literotica crew do seem especially keen on sentences and paragraphs.

Good luck.

 

[bronzeage]

Im writing a book on sex...more like a instructional book on everything from foreplay to BDSM..Masters and Dominatrix...im looking for advice on how to go about this...id also like to do a Q&A section...im also going to have to interview ppl on things iv never done and have no experience with...and suggestions wud much apperciated
im also tryin to figure out title
thank you

The first thing to do is go take a long hard look at the books which went before you.

Start with Ideal Marriage from 1928.

Don't miss Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex: But Were Afraid to Ask This book is all Q&A format.

Be sure to include The Joy of Sex. There are hundreds of books which tried to do what you propose. Most of them contain obsolete information, of plain wrong information, but it will give you an idea of your task.

 

[cittykat22]

cittycat22, it is a good idea to lurk in a forum before posting, and to see the tone of the exchanges between posters.

If you had lurked in the Authors' Hangout you would have seen that we tend to avoid txt-like contractions, to write in complete sentences and to spell. After all, most of us are authors.

Some of us have made similar mistakes as newbies.

Your request is not likely to be treated reasonably when it appears that you cannot write clearly nor spell.

If you look at the "How To" category on Literotica, you will find a wide range of advice on sexual practices. Much of that advice is sound but some is not.

Og

Thank You since I am new that is helpful. I didnt even know there was a "How To" on this site.
So Thank You it is much apperciated.

 

[Dragonlipz]

I have no idea why, but this has really cheered me up this morning.

Stella - This thread has really cheered me up too!!!.........KWIM?

 

[deltoran]

Sounds to me like a lot of insecure people attacking someone with writers block and trying to get advice from other individuals.. Unfortunately no one person can know every single aspect of any subject, no matter what the subject is.. There are math problems mathematicians cannot solve. There is no cure for cancer found by the molecular biologists yet. So to all those who are to judgmental and accusing and insecure to give advice that could not only help out the author but possibly a reader as well.. Grow up.. You all claim to be self aware and sexually aware but here you are judging someone who comes to you for help.. Hypocrites.

 

[sr71plt]

Sounds to me like a lot of insecure people attacking someone with writers block and trying to get advice from other individuals.. Unfortunately no one person can know every single aspect of any subject, no matter what the subject is.. There are math problems mathematicians cannot solve. There is no cure for cancer found by the molecular biologists yet. So to all those who are to judgmental and accusing and insecure to give advice that could not only help out the author but possibly a reader as well.. Grow up.. You all claim to be self aware and sexually aware but here you are judging someone who comes to you for help.. Hypocrites.

Sorry, but people who write instructional books don't need to ask others on an Internet bulletin board (using texting on her telephone) (A) how to write a book, (B) what to put in the book, and (C) what to title the book. This person doesn't need advice this way; this person needs to either get experience the old-fashioned way--working and studying to acquire the knowledge (which would include a course in basic grammar--which no doubt she'll get when she reaches high school English)--or go do something else this person is trained for.

This isn't never-never land. You are certainly welcome to your opinion--my opinion is that your post is a mishmash of irrelevancies and concepts too big for you to grasp and that you probably are in junior high school along with the OP (maybe sitting in the same desk, as a matter of fact).

Point of order, by the way: The OP isn't an author yet--not by a long shot. Not even a writer, judging by her posts here. She needs to work on those from the ground up before deciding to write an instructional book. Approaching it from the easy button angle like this is just a slap in the face to real authors and writers.

 

[SamScribble]

Sounds to me like a lot of insecure people attacking someone with writers block and trying to get advice from other individuals.. Unfortunately no one person can know every single aspect of any subject, no matter what the subject is.. There are math problems mathematicians cannot solve. There is no cure for cancer found by the molecular biologists yet. So to all those who are to judgmental and accusing and insecure to give advice that could not only help out the author but possibly a reader as well.. Grow up.. You all claim to be self aware and sexually aware but here you are judging someone who comes to you for help.. Hypocrites.

No, deltoran, this not ‘a lot of insecure people attacking someone with writers block [by the way, there should really be an apostrophe in writer’s block] and trying to get advice from other individuals’.

This is a bunch of (generally kind-hearted) people who care about writing, about language, and about communication. This a bunch of people who are generally happy to help where they can.

They are, in my experience, pretty generous people. And, if these people – most of whom know from their own experience how hard it is to write stuff that other people will pay to read – can help a new or would-be author to understand what it takes to make it in the harsh world of professional writing, that’s a pretty useful thing in my book.

Your willingness to leap to the defence of cittycat is, in some ways admirable. We all need our champions. But, in this case, you might like to think again.

Sam

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Well, I'd start out with a brief discussion of sex in nature, and from there I'd get right into figging, the practice of inserting peeled ginger root into the rectum to enhance orgasm. From there, I'd go to a nice little analysis of the sexual semiotics of female footwear, and then a series of detailed transparencies showing the reputed "location" of the so-called "clitoris." I'd be sure to include a chapter on French Kissing (along with interviews with people who've actually been "French kissed"), and then bring in an expert to assess the varieties of STD's you can get from public toilets. I'd throw in a brief chapter on the history of social and religious attitudes toward sex over the last 2000 years, and then I'd interview some pro-marriage gays to find out just what their real agenda was.

I'd close the book with a frank discussion on the importance of open communication in loving relationships, and a photogallery of important sexual images: tits, asses, blow jobs, panties, and people disco dancing. Then I'd close by re-examining the figging issue in the light of today's oil economy, and I'd have a nice fat index.

I think I'd call it, The Bald-headed Man Throwing Up In The Pink Living Room: All You Ever Need to Know About Not Knowing Anything About Sex.

 

[lovecraft68]

Well, I'd start out with a brief discussion of sex in nature, and from there I'd get right into figging, the practice of inserting peeled ginger root into the rectum to enhance orgasm. From there, I'd go to a nice little analysis of the sexual semiotics of female footwear, and then a series of detailed transparencies showing the reputed "location" of the so-called "clitoris." I'd be sure to include a chapter on French Kissing (along with interviews with people who've actually been "French kissed"), and then bring in an expert to assess the varieties of STD's you can get from public toilets. I'd throw in a brief chapter on the history of social and religious attitudes toward sex over the last 2000 years, and then I'd interview some pro-marriage gays to find out just what their real agenda was.

I'd close the book with a frank discussion on the importance of open communication in loving relationships, and a photogallery of important sexual images: tits, asses, blow jobs, panties, and people disco dancing. Then I'd close by re-examining the figging issue in the light of today's oil economy, and I'd have a nice fat index.

I think I'd call it, The Bald-headed Man Throwing Up In The Pink Living Room: All You Ever Need to Know About Not Knowing Anything About Sex.

Wow! If I promise to give you credit can I use the "figging" thing when I write my how to book?Got the footwear thing pretty well covered but any photos you have of disco dancing that you want to share would be appreciated. last people I saw doing that were my parents and I won't subject the world to that.
Figging. Classic.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Wow! If I promise to give you credit can I use the "figging" thing when I write my how to book?Got the footwear thing pretty well covered but any photos you have of disco dancing that you want to share would be appreciated. last people I saw doing that were my parents and I won't subject the world to that.
Figging. Classic.

Okay, you asked for it, but this is awfully hardcore even for Literotica:

http://steph38.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/roller-disco.jpg​