Roman noble's wife & her slave

[IIithyia]

I have always liked this sort of thing. Have attempted to write one on four different occasions. The problem is I find myself bieng influenced too much by other sources.

 

[Hypoxia]

I have always liked this sort of thing. Have attempted to write one on four different occasions. The problem is I find myself bieng influenced too much by other sources.

Q: How do art students learn art?
A: By sitting at the feet of the masters, i.e. copying great works.

Q: How do writers learn to write?
A: Plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize, till we find our own voices.

Just write the goddam story. Maybe acknowledge your influences. Maybe write different versions with different influences -- this one after Mary Renault, that one after Robert Graves, these after Gore Vidal or Frank Miller or John Waters, whatever. Voices don't grow on their own. They evolve with practice, practice, practice. And selected copying. Art is theft. Run with it.

 

[Carnevil9]

..... Plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize, till we find our own voices..

Reminds me of a great Tom Lehrer song - how to become a great success in the field of mathematics. It works for literature, too. Including erotic literature.

Plagiarize,
Let no one else's work evade your eyes,
Remember why the good lord made your eyes,
So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize -
Only be sure always to call it please 'research'.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

You could pick up the Blu-rays of the show, "Spartacus".

 

[Hypoxia]

Reminds me of a great Tom Lehrer song...

It was supposed to. "Practice, practice, practice" was another punchline.

More TL:

"Where the scenery is attractive
And the air is radioactive
Oh, the Wild West is where I want to be."

"All the world is in tune
On a spring afternoon
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park."

"Take your cigarette from its holder
And burn your initials in my shoulder
Blacken my eye, set fire to my tie
As we dance to the Masochism Tango
(boom-boom)"

"I like smut."