The morning after

[NotWise]

I was just reading opinions on another thread. Out of the blue came the thought that I don't write much about the morning after. I gave that a passing thought, and it seemed to me like a lot of other authors do the same.

I've written some exceptions, but for the most part I go from post-orgasmic bliss to the next big story event. I skip the morning after as if it had no implication, or (more probably) because is would bung up the pace of the story.

Is the morning after important for completing a sexual experience? From personal experience I'd say that it is, but I often don't write it that way.

 

[KeithD]

I think most of the stories of mine that have an "all night" don't leave until I've done the morning after. Often the protagonist doesn't realize there was a night before--or who it was with--until the morning after.

 

[SimonDoom]

No, I don't think it's necessary. It might be appropriate for a particular story, but I don't think it's necessary, most of the time.

My concept of an erotic story is that it culminates in a sexual experience. I typically end the story not long after that experience. I might hint at events to come -- suggest that there's more to the story when the words end. But I leave it to the reader to figure out what that might be. I think of my task as being done at that point. An extended denouement with waking up the following morning with breakfast and what not seems totally unnecessary to me.

 

[yibala2]

Seems like if you're writing the type of story where there are consequences to the sex, or where the development of the relationship is important, or how characters feel about the sex is important, then it makes sense to have a morning after. Because if the sex was all that, how clearly is anyone going to be thinking until the morning after? That's when the lust and the alcohol and the magic wears off.

I suppose it might slow the pacing to have a scene which is only about the morning after, but there's no reason the next big story event can't also occur during or just after the morning after.

On the other hand, if you're writing a story in which there's only one encounter, and the culmination of the story is that encounter, then there's no need for it.

-Yib

 

[KeithD]

I've never seen putting just one sexual experience in a story, especially in the epics folks here are always saying are the most popular at Literotica--or that the sex act is always (or even often) to be the culmination of the story. I'm plot oriented, and the sex act is often just another one of the dilemmas in a succession of dilemmas, not not necessarily the peak one, to be dealt with. The key to erotica for me is relationships--relationships in the face of events/obstacles. That's a whole lot more than the sex act.

 

[NotWise]

I think most of the stories of mine that have an "all night" don't leave until I've done the morning after. Often the protagonist doesn't realize there was a night before--or who it was with--until the morning after.

I don't read your usual category. From your own description it sounds like you mostly write about prostitutes. In that case, probably no-one cares much about the morning after.

No, I don't think it's necessary. It might be appropriate for a particular story, but I don't think it's necessary, most of the time.

My concept of an erotic story is that it culminates in a sexual experience. I typically end the story not long after that experience. I might hint at events to come -- suggest that there's more to the story when the words end. But I leave it to the reader to figure out what that might be. I think of my task as being done at that point. An extended denouement with waking up the following morning with breakfast and what not seems totally unnecessary to me.

Your concept of an erotic story is extremely limiting. It sounds like you write one-and-done stories. In that case, maybe you don't need to think much about the day after.

I checked. Some of my early stories were one-and-done, and "Her Dream House" was one-and-done. All of my other stories include ongoing relationships. So I guess my question is more for people who write stories with ongoing relationships.

 

[KeithD]

I don't read your usual category. From your own description it sounds like you mostly write about prostitutes. In that case, probably no-one cares much about the morning after.

I cut to the chase on willingness to have sex most of the time, yes. Being a prostitute isn't required, though.

I almost never end erotica with "and they finally fucked," no. I'd consider that more porn than erotica. I'd also consider it a very weak ending to a plotted story.

 

[SimonDoom]

Your concept of an erotic story is extremely limiting. It sounds like you write one-and-done stories. In that case, maybe you don't need to think much about the day after.

s.

I don't agree at all that it's limiting, but it's true that most of my stories are "one and done" and I'm not especially interested in writing about the morning after. I don't do this even in my stories that are NOT one and done.

I guess the question is, what is it that you want to say in your story? What is it that necessitates writing about when the participants wake up the next morning? What does it add? You may have a legitimate artistic purpose in exploring those issues and writing about what happens afterward. If so, that's an entirely legitimate artistic point of view. I have no interest in that, most of the time. I leave it to the reader to imagine what happens next.

I see my stories as being like the erotic tip of the iceberg. There's more to the characters' experiences than just the erotic, but I have no interest in writing about it. That's not why I'm here writing stories at Literotica.

 

[AlexBailey]

What?

Do you nip out before breakfast? Do you set the alarm with only enough time to get ready for work or church? Are mornings reserved for a hearty constitutional? Too fussy? Too tired? Too old? Lustless? Bad BO? Gotta have fresh hair and makeup to screw? Can't have dessert for breakfast? Too intellectually focused? Above the fray? Out of touch? Out of range? Done procreating? Avoiding procreation? Avoiding pleasure?


Don't you ever wake up to morning wood?

The opening of A T-girl and a Tomboy Pt. 3



***

All In

Smell has a way of activating memory. Even in sleep, my nose can ground me to a place - where I am in the world. Though I've traveled so much and slept in so many beds, my first waking glimmer of a thought is that it's good to be home.

I'm having the kind of dreams that I don't want to wake from - sweet and sensual, sexual and exciting. I want to stay in my dreams, but something is pulling me over the line where I'm too awake - too aware of strange and pleasurable sensations in the real world. I desperately try to hold on but my dreamland fantasy is slipping away. Something is disturbing me - tugging at me. I try to brush it aside but I can't... there's a head of hair in the way.

Oh my god! My eyes fly open. I'm still half asleep but I hear myself moaning. Jena is sucking on my cock! Her mouth has me - first thing in the morning.


***


+ Yes, I know. There are many valid reasons and other priorities, but really, never?

 

[yibala2]

I was just reading opinions on another thread. Out of the blue came the thought that I don't write much about the morning after. I gave that a passing thought, and it seemed to me like a lot of other authors do the same.

Haven't read the other thread, but I assume that 'the morning after' doesn't literally have to be the next morning. Rather it would be whenever the character(s) have an opportunity to reflect on what occurred, what it means and where to go from there.

Which, in my mind, makes it even more necessary to write about the morning after. Unless, as was said, we're writing one-and-dones.

-Yib

 

[NotWise]

I guess the question is, what is it that you want to say in your story? What is it that necessitates writing about when the participants wake up the next morning? What does it add? You may have a legitimate artistic purpose in exploring those issues and writing about what happens afterward. If so, that's an entirely legitimate artistic point of view. I have no interest in that, most of the time. I leave it to the reader to imagine what happens next.

Mornings after really do happen, and if you're trying to write realistic characters in (more-or-less) realistic relationships, then the morning after is important. My personal experience ranged from the girl bolting into the shower and out the door to her cuddling up and asking "can we do this all day?"

Looking back at what I've written, I've used some mornings after, but mostly I've skipped them. Looking at the ones where I've included the morning after, I see character-building and story-building. Looking at the ones where I've skipped the morning after, I wonder what opportunities I've missed.

 

[Rustyoznail]

It depends on the story, doesn't it? My summer comp story is a romance. The next morning is essential.

The current story I'm writing about a married guy fucking his much younger hairdresser in the salon - noooo.....

 

[NotWise]

Haven't read the other thread, but I assume that 'the morning after' doesn't literally have to be the next morning. Rather it would be whenever the character(s) have an opportunity to reflect on what occurred, what it means and where to go from there.

Which, in my mind, makes it even more necessary to write about the morning after. Unless, as was said, we're writing one-and-dones.

-Yib

The other thread wasn't a thing. I don't even know now which thread it was any more, but something said made me think.

I was thinking literally of the morning after: need to pee, smelly breath, stinky sheets, crust in the pubic hair, and whatever wildly personal thoughts and feelings may have resulted from the night before.

I've written some of those scenes.

When he went back to Claudia and to bed he was shaved and cleaned a little and she was a tousled, bleary-eyed mess just starting to wake.

Claudia yawned, made a face at the smell of her own breath and said,“Dios mío Manny, don’t get close.”

I usually skip on to the next event, but maybe I'm missing opportunities.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I often have a little morning after coda, as a way of wrapping a story around to another day. Or the promise of one. Life goes on.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

It depends on how the sex happened. If one or more participants was letting libido take charge when it normally wouldn’t, or shedding inhibitions chemically, or projecting onto a partner a feeling that might not have actually originated with the partner, then the morning after could provide substantial opportunities for character development. After all, who among us has not awakened in such a moment, and said, “Oh no, really? With YOU? How can I possibly endure this character development opportunity?”

 

[Jamie_and_Lisa]

"Guys, this 'ere writin' stuff's easy don' go an' o'er think it."

"Well, Frannie, it's easier 'an say physiks but's 'arder than say 'ome ec'nomics."

"I 'on't know, Fern, I ne'er took 'ome ec."

"I've eat yer meatloaf 'on't I know it."

"Look 'is 'ere's Lit'rot'ca e'er story's basic'ly 'a 'alf a doz'n to ten folks meet up and 'ave sex, it's great ...' Yer add oh least about 728 words on who they wuz an' why they wuz 'ere and where 'ere is. Then fin'sh up wiff: 'and I went 'ome drenc'd in jizz, ag'in.' We don't gotta worry 'bout tomorrow cuz we'll just do it all over again, we don' e'en 'ave to worry 'bout where to publish the strry."

"Yeah, Frannie, we 'on't know nobody we ain't 'lated to. So Miss Lauel'll just post it in I/T fer us. Like she alw'y... Oh I git it now!"

"So, see Fern, we relly don't gotta worry about tomorrow neither."

"Frannie, you think that physicist feller at MIT -- I think that be the Miss'sip' Inst'tute fer Thinkin' -- named Max Tegmark is rite 'e sez space is a four-dimens'nal place an' 'change really is an illusion, because there's nothing that's changing; it's all just there — past, present, future' at once."

 

[Bramblethorn]

My first story here was originally intended to be a one-shot about two people who get it on at a Christmas party. But after I'd posted it, I thought the morning after could be an interesting story. That gave me another 13 chapters...

 

[PennameWombat]

<snip>
Is the morning after important for completing a sexual experience? From personal experience I'd say that it is, but I often don't write it that way.

If it’s important to the story flow, plot, character development, or whatever, it’s in there. I have plenty of morning afters. But only when they add to the story.

My most recent (Summer Lovin) didn’t have them. But the MCs were 18 and 19 and lived with their respective parents. So morning afters weren’t likely. Same with my recent On the Job entry, the two MCs never even touched each other much less went anywhere to have a morning after.

But by and large I use them often enough but nowhere near every sex scene. Mostly it’s the characters but a couple of times one of them reminisced or described the morning after at a later time in their thoughts or to a third party.

 

[yibala2]

"Look 'is 'ere's Lit'rot'ca e'er story's basic'ly 'a 'alf a doz'n to ten folks meet up and 'ave sex, it's great ...' Yer add oh least about 728 words on who they wuz an' why they wuz 'ere and where 'ere is. Then fin'sh up wiff: 'and I went 'ome drenc'd in jizz, ag'in.' We don't gotta worry 'bout tomorrow cuz we'll just do it all over again, we don' e'en 'ave to worry 'bout where to publish the strry."

"Yeah, Frannie, we 'on't know nobody we ain't 'lated to. So Miss Lauel'll just post it in I/T fer us. Like she alw'y... Oh I git it now!"

"So, see Fern, we relly don't gotta worry about tomorrow neither."

Hy-larious.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

No, I don't think it's necessary. It might be appropriate for a particular story, but I don't think it's necessary, most of the time..

This.

I’ve used it when needed, ignored it the rest of the time. A ‘morning after‘ scene can be particularly useful in indicating a new relationship will last.

 

[jehoram]

I was just reading opinions on another thread. Out of the blue came the thought that I don't write much about the morning after.

In most of my stories, they have breakfast. Or sometimes dinner.

 

[stickygirl]

I have a story where they don't have sex till the morning because one of them is just too tired... you know, like life. Then they have the rest of the day to play. Sex is the best way to start a day so why not write about that too? I hope the OP is not suggesting that after sex comes regret, because that would be pretty sad.

Maybe its because it's the writer suffering adjective fatigue and needs a lie down? Can't you guys keep it up for two shags in one story?

 

[lovecraft68]

I think of you're writing a series it could be important, but a stand alone can end after the climactic encounter with no issue.

I've done the morning after only when there were consequences from the night before, otherwise its not my thing.

 

[KeithD]

I started preparing my next submission for Literotica this morning, and I see that it starts with . . . the morning after.