New to forum/Starting a new story

[sweetnsally]

Hello, I am new to this forum. I have always been interested in creating a story but dont really know how to start or what people find interesting. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[AlinaX]

Start with something simple (or something absurd). Start in a restaurant, a meal with a lover, and imagine you aren't terrified to share with each other your secret erotic fantasies...

 

[SimonDoom]

Write what YOU find interesting. I'd suggest reading some stories here to get a sense of what you like.

I read online erotic stories for about 15 years, here and at other sites, before I published my first story. By the time I started writing and publishing I had read hundreds of erotic stories and I had a very clear idea of the kinds of stories I wanted to write.

I would strongly recommend starting with something simple and short. Just get something published and see where things go from there.

 

[tenyari]

My stories usually begin when some dream I have had seems so interesting I want to keep it going after I wake up. So I start writing.

I suggest that for the next few weeks, every morning when you are first waking up, try to mentally continue the scene that was in your head in your last dream. If you're not used to remembering dreams this will be hard to do at first. It has to be the very first thought you have as consciousness filters in or you will lose it (once you're used to recalling dreams it gets easier).

Those can be great sources for stories. Even if they're not erotic, when you're in that half awake state you can learn to 'edit' the other characters in your dreams and have them do something kinky...

In my dream last night, I was sitting in a Tesla store talking to someone about the new line of cars that were completely replacing all of the existing ones and looked radically different, while trying to figure out one that was a convertible we were sitting in, as I was remembering driving some random wild cars from a dream a few years ago (I lucid dream enough that dreams from years back can easily come back and start playing again, and I can edit that while dreaming)... then we went to a library for some reason and they seemed to have no interest in me as they looked at books and talked to someone else. So we walked outside, I started to wake up, and edited in us feeling each other up just outside the front door of the library...

- Making the whole whatever the heck was going on into a possible prelude to an erotic scene, that, if I wanted, I could edit a few dozen times into an actual story. Probably minus the Tesla part that made no sense...

But... that's how I get story ideas. After I wake up I filter through the dreams and put pieces of them together until I have some characters and a narrative, then I write it into a file on my folder of stories, and if it looks good, I will eventually start writing a story for it. But I do have many of them going back for 20 years that I've never gone back to because they weren't so good...

Still, it makes for an ideas pile that I can turn to at any point and grab something off of.

 

[sweetnsally]

My stories usually begin when some dream I have had seems so interesting I want to keep it going after I wake up. So I start writing.

I suggest that for the next few weeks, every morning when you are first waking up, try to mentally continue the scene that was in your head in your last dream. If you're not used to remembering dreams this will be hard to do at first. It has to be the very first thought you have as consciousness filters in or you will lose it (once you're used to recalling dreams it gets easier).

Those can be great sources for stories. Even if they're not erotic, when you're in that half awake state you can learn to 'edit' the other characters in your dreams and have them do something kinky...

In my dream last night, I was sitting in a Tesla store talking to someone about the new line of cars that were completely replacing all of the existing ones and looked radically different, while trying to figure out one that was a convertible we were sitting in, as I was remembering driving some random wild cars from a dream a few years ago (I lucid dream enough that dreams from years back can easily come back and start playing again, and I can edit that while dreaming)... then we went to a library for some reason and they seemed to have no interest in me as they looked at books and talked to someone else. So we walked outside, I started to wake up, and edited in us feeling each other up just outside the front door of the library...

- Making the whole whatever the heck was going on into a possible prelude to an erotic scene, that, if I wanted, I could edit a few dozen times into an actual story. Probably minus the Tesla part that made no sense...

But... that's how I get story ideas. After I wake up I filter through the dreams and put pieces of them together until I have some characters and a narrative, then I write it into a file on my folder of stories, and if it looks good, I will eventually start writing a story for it. But I do have many of them going back for 20 years that I've never gone back to because they weren't so good...

Still, it makes for an ideas pile that I can turn to at any point and grab something off of.

Wonderful ideas for starting points ty.

 

[Lifestyle66]

After reading stories here on Literotica for years, I decided to start writing with an experience my wife and I had after one of her business trips. It was about 1,500 words when I finished writing it for my own practice over a year and a half ago. Then I saw the 750-word Author's Challenge early last year, and I decided to edit it down to post in that challenge (He Missed You – (750 Word Project). Unfortunately, I chose the Loving Wives category. But some people enjoyed it.

So, I recommend you pick a personal experience and try writing about it (change names, locations, and other descriptions to obfuscate and fictionalize it). Pay attention to the grammar and spelling warnings in MS Word or other word processor. Get someone to read your story (beta-readers and/or volunteer editors) and augment your story to address their misunderstandings or issues. Then try posting your story to a category other than Loving Wives to see the responses.

After that, pick another situation you know (something like having friends in for dinner), and ask yourself "What if...?" to imagine a new story.

 

[Carnevil9]

If you want to see what other people like, go to the new story list and read all the stories with a red H. That will give you an idea what is popular. Then, blend that with what you like, and come up with something new and wonderful.

 

[Rustyoznail]

You’ll hear references to plot bunnies here. These are the literary equivalent to an ear worm, an idea that just sits in the back of the brain and slowly takes over.

For me, I finally took that rabbit and shook the story out of it. I've never written any fiction before, so I had no idea what the result would be. I found a volunteer editor who helped enormously to knock it into shape, and here we are, 17 stories later.

Write what you like in a scenario you're familiar with. Then repeat. Ask questions here - after browsing the threads and FAQS.

Good luck!

 

[gunhilltrain]

A suggestion about technique. I know it seems to make sense to write a draft straight through from beginning to end, but sometimes one can't do that. If don't know which word to use (maybe you haven't given a character a name yet), just leave it blank and go back to it later. Maybe you'll have sentences or even paragraphs that you don't feel like writing at that moment (perhaps how someone is dressed, or some such thing). Rather than getting hung up on it for too long, leave a note about what will go there and do it some other time when you're in the mood.

I heard that Dorothy Parker had to get each sentence exactly to her liking before she would write the next one. Good for her, but I can't do it that way.

 

[EarlyMorningLight]

Lately I’ve been starting with moments. The feeling of meeting someone new who takes your breath away. A first kiss. Laying in bed with a lover contemplating the connection you just experienced. The anticipation when you realise you’re about to fulfill a long-held fantasy for the first time. It could be anything, but if you find that pivotal moment for your characters, you can start to build out around it, figure out what happens to get them there, and what happens next.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Write what YOU find interesting. I'd suggest reading some stories here to get a sense of what you like.

I read online erotic stories for about 15 years, here and at other sites, before I published my first story. By the time I started writing and publishing I had read hundreds of erotic stories and I had a very clear idea of the kinds of stories I wanted to write.

I would strongly recommend starting with something simple and short. Just get something published and see where things go from there.

I agree. Read all you can, and discover what you enjoy most. Then try your hand at writing a story. If you like what you've written, go ahead and submit. The more you write, the better you'll get.

 

[Voboy]

I started writing here when I ran out of good stuff to read.

So write what you'd like to read. As for specific inspiration? I'm sure everyone is different, but most of my ideas come from situations where something innocuous happens, and I start to wonder "what if" that innocuous something went differently.

But it's not predictable. The other week, I literally read a meme that was about ten words long. I glanced at it and moved on, but within a few minutes I had a whole story finished in my head based on that meme. So you never know when inspiration will strike.

 

[Duleigh]

I write whatever is trying to break free from my head, and the stories are an invitation to you to come along for the ride.

When you write, as long as you are happy with the story and you enjoy the process, go ahead and post it, then come here and tell us how you felt about the experience. The readers will feel the love that you put in the story. At least that's how I've been doing it and of my 20 stories, nineteen of them have earned an H. My only story that didn't make it to 4.5 (4.33) was a story that I fell out of love with during the writing process and I believe that the readers can feel the fact that this wasn't a favorite of mine. I wrote it as a personal challenge to myself and I didn't enjoy the process.

The best advice anyone can give you is to write what you know. If all you know is life in Des Moines, then write about life in Des Moines, the rest will come. And have fun!

 

[SimonDoom]

I heard that Dorothy Parker had to get each sentence exactly to her liking before she would write the next one. Good for her, but I can't do it that way.

I'm with you on this. I think I'd go crazy--and probably never get anything done--if I did it Dorothy Parker's way.

My philosophy is the exact opposite: take the path of least resistance. Flow around the rocks like water rather than trying to dynamite my way through them.

If I get stuck at a point in the story, then I write another point in the story.

If I get stuck on a story, then I move on to another story and write portions of that one.

I have so many partially written stories that this is fairly easy for me to do. There's always SOMETHING I can write with not too much effort. I don't force it.

It's not the most disciplined, or perhaps effective, way to get published, but since nobody is paying me, that's a lower priority than just writing. I get satisfaction from the act of writing. So not trying to force things makes a lot of sense to me and makes writing more pleasurable.

 

[Duleigh]

If I get stuck at a point in the story, then I write another point in the story.

If I get stuck on a story, then I move on to another story and write portions of that one.

That's exactly what I do also, but getting back "into" a partially written story takes me almost as long as writing that portion originally took.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

I try to think of a "what if...?" premise that get me hot. And if that premise continues to linger in my head for a day or more, even abstractly, I take it as a sign of an idea I should explore on paper.
If it gets you hot. Chances are it gets others hot too.

 

[Lovecraft_Lore]

Start with writing a hook and a plot.

The plot needs a beginning, middle, then some type of enddng. At least one of those should have some sex.

The hook is the first few words or sentences. Something to lock the reader into your story.

An example of a plot hook: "Everybody on base knew that Captain Sanchez was a life-savings stealer and a dick biter. I planned on staying as far away from her as I could, I knew better than to stick my dick in crazy. Like most plans, it did not survive contact with the Enemy."

Also, spelling counts on here. People will down vote you for your grammar.