A question, not technically an idea I know, but...

[adamzapple]

1. I was first inspired to write by first being a fan of erotic stories for years. Stories are obviously much different than visual porn, it pushes different buttons and allows you to explore different fantasies you wouldn't otherwise be able to do.

So I decided, 'hey, I've got a few good ideas for stories which others may enjoy, why not try it'.


2. Going back to what I just wrote, I love the fact that there are so many people out there who enjoy my work. And I don't mean that in an egotiscal way or that I'm making people fantasize about horrible things which they shouldn't be thinking of, but that I'm glad they enjoy my stories the same way I'm a big fan of other stories.

3. It's fun. Plain and simple. I enjoy writing the scenes and dialogue, and thinking of different ways to tell the story. And of course eveyone enjoys sex, so it isn't exactly a choir to think about an erotic plot and then bringing it to life.

4. It keeps my brain sharp. Writing these stories has definetly improved my writing and overall English skills.

Here's something I've been saving to share when the right moment came along. Highbrow moment, maybe, ahem...

You know how the brain works? Say you like trees and you see a picture of a tree. The brain can't differentiate between a picture of a tree and a real tree. Your response is the same. You think; hmm, nice tree. It's how advertising works so well, real beach, picture of a beach in a holiday brochure. It evokes the same response, makes you want to be there.

The same with porn, I suppose. I figured this part out all by myself. You see an erotic image, you get the same pleasure you get, (almost), as you get from the real thing. So then with word pictures, creating the image, visualising it in all it's skin-toned tantalising glory, the brain sees the image you've imagined, in-built reaction, instant sexual response.

Plus, because it feels good it's addictive, so there's your motivation to keep on writing. (It's just a theory)

 

[HeyAll]

My problem is that I never really know what kind of stories I WANT to write. There are aspects of all kinds of erotica that work for me. I start to write a story then I get an idea for something else. I could spend my whole life writing and never actually finish anything... which is often pretty much what happens. I change my mind really a lot.

Thanks.

The key is to pick a theme and build a story around that.


If you've got an idea for something else, then write a story for something else.


That's what I do. It's not hard writing two stories at once. Just as long as you write it while you're still excited about it, because that's when your writing is the hottest.

 

[adamzapple]

There's my problem...

I have an idea for a story, nothing too fancy, about this young woman who was troubled because she thought she was masturbating too much. So she quit. She decided she wouldn't do it anymore. But then, a couple of weeks later, all her good intentions fall by the wayside. She needs to cum so much she feels herself getting wet riding the bus home. By the time she gets home she'd decided to hell with it, she's gonna cum her brains out.

And I wanted to write it so anyone reading it would be turned on too. They'd feel her need, they'd hopefully relate to what she was going through, this all consuming need to give in to what she needed. But THEN, before she could satisfy herself, she'd perhaps get home and her parents would be there and they'd want to talk, or something would come up, a whole series of delays that prevented her getting herself off. And all the time she'd be wet and squirming and aching and desperate, and then, probably finally, much later, she eventually get her hand inside her panties. But I can't seem to write it beyond when she arrives home.

And I have an idea for another tentacle monster story, bizarre but fun to write, only I can't seem to get started on it...

And another one about this ordinary father type character who's daughter is some kind of high flying business woman, sexy power dresser but terribly selfish. She never comes home to visit, never calls her mother. So the guy goes to the office building where she works and decides to teach her a lesson. This would be a spanking story...

And then there's this quiet guy walking home across the soccer field one summer evening. Real quiet guy, bit of a loner. And in the shadows there's a group of young women who were in school with him. They call him over, he doesn't know what to say. One of the girls is pretty nasty, unpleasant type, sort of their leader. They take him down on the warm, summer smelling grass, all of them surrounding him and they take off his clothes and feel him up and the unpleasant one dares them all to take turns sitting on his face. I LIKE the idea of this one...

And then there's one where this guy has been hired to trace a runaway and he finds her and has to drive her home across country. She's a pain, belligerent, but cute, naturally, and she gives him a hard time and then he gives her a HARD time...

and also, mother and daughter, both a little bit drunk having a girls' night in, and the mother is kind of old fashioned, and because they're drunk they start talking and the daughter has a vibrator and one thing leads to another...

and, a variation on that, a mother finds a vibrator in her daughter's bedroom when her daughter comes home for the weekend. Not best pleased she uses it on her daughter, for reasons I haven't figured out yet...

and one about a Dad who discovers his daughter has been posting intimate pictures of herself on the internet... As punishment (??) he inisists on taking more photographs. He's a dirty Dad...

and a mature woman working in an office is obliged to submit to a spanking by her younger boss...

and one about this older married couple. The wife goes for a night out with friends from work, she's not used to drinking. When she comes home she can hardly stand so her husband helps her upstairs. She falls asleep, passes out, and the husband thoughtfully removes her shoes. Then he looks at her and she's changed her hair and bought new clothes and she looks like a different woman. He starts getting ideas and he feels her up and he peeks under her dress and then he takes off her clothes and does everything his dirty mind can think of...

and a brother and sister who despise each other are forced to share a bed and in the night the brother starts feeling his sister up. She's never been touched before. This could go a lot of ways...

and one about a guy who absolutely despises his brother in law. One night he and his wife get a phone call from said, despised brother in law, he's drunk, locked out of his house. The husband drives over there, cursing him all the way. He gets him inside and onto the bed and he's going to leave and then he gets this idea to fool around with the sleeping, passed out hated brother in law. He feels him up, he plays with his balls, he sticks various items in his ass. This is kind of a sick one but for some reason I like the idea...

I think my head is going to explode any day now...

 

[Grimfalcon]

There's my problem...

I have an idea for a story, nothing too fancy, about this young woman who was troubled because she thought she was masturbating too much. So she quit. She decided she wouldn't do it anymore. But then, a couple of weeks later, all her good intentions fall by the wayside. She needs to cum so much she feels herself getting wet riding the bus home. By the time she gets home she'd decided to hell with it, she's gonna cum her brains out.

And I wanted to write it so anyone reading it would be turned on too. They'd feel her need, they'd hopefully relate to what she was going through, this all consuming need to give in to what she needed. But THEN, before she could satisfy herself, she'd perhaps get home and her parents would be there and they'd want to talk, or something would come up, a whole series of delays that prevented her getting herself off. And all the time she'd be wet and squirming and aching and desperate, and then, probably finally, much later, she eventually get her hand inside her panties. But I can't seem to write it beyond when she arrives home.

And I have an idea for another tentacle monster story, bizarre but fun to write, only I can't seem to get started on it...

And another one about this ordinary father type character who's daughter is some kind of high flying business woman, sexy power dresser but terribly selfish. She never comes home to visit, never calls her mother. So the guy goes to the office building where she works and decides to teach her a lesson. This would be a spanking story...

And then there's this quiet guy walking home across the soccer field one summer evening. Real quiet guy, bit of a loner. And in the shadows there's a group of young women who were in school with him. They call him over, he doesn't know what to say. One of the girls is pretty nasty, unpleasant type, sort of their leader. They take him down on the warm, summer smelling grass, all of them surrounding him and they take off his clothes and feel him up and the unpleasant one dares them all to take turns sitting on his face. I LIKE the idea of this one...

And then there's one where this guy has been hired to trace a runaway and he finds her and has to drive her home across country. She's a pain, belligerent, but cute, naturally, and she gives him a hard time and then he gives her a HARD time...

and also, mother and daughter, both a little bit drunk having a girls' night in, and the mother is kind of old fashioned, and because they're drunk they start talking and the daughter has a vibrator and one thing leads to another...

and, a variation on that, a mother finds a vibrator in her daughter's bedroom when her daughter comes home for the weekend. Not best pleased she uses it on her daughter, for reasons I haven't figured out yet...

and one about a Dad who discovers his daughter has been posting intimate pictures of herself on the internet... As punishment (??) he inisists on taking more photographs. He's a dirty Dad...

and a mature woman working in an office is obliged to submit to a spanking by her younger boss...

and one about this older married couple. The wife goes for a night out with friends from work, she's not used to drinking. When she comes home she can hardly stand so her husband helps her upstairs. She falls asleep, passes out, and the husband thoughtfully removes her shoes. Then he looks at her and she's changed her hair and bought new clothes and she looks like a different woman. He starts getting ideas and he feels her up and he peeks under her dress and then he takes off her clothes and does everything his dirty mind can think of...

and a brother and sister who despise each other are forced to share a bed and in the night the brother starts feeling his sister up. She's never been touched before. This could go a lot of ways...

and one about a guy who absolutely despises his brother in law. One night he and his wife get a phone call from said, despised brother in law, he's drunk, locked out of his house. The husband drives over there, cursing him all the way. He gets him inside and onto the bed and he's going to leave and then he gets this idea to fool around with the sleeping, passed out hated brother in law. He feels him up, he plays with his balls, he sticks various items in his ass. This is kind of a sick one but for some reason I like the idea...

I think my head is going to explode any day now...

I think I see the pattern in your problem. All your story ideas center around sex as the plot. Try looking at it from a different angle; come up with an idea, characters, plot, and conclusion, and then incorperate sex into it.

For example using your first idea. Why can't the woman stop masturbating? Is she a simple sex addict, if so why? Does she have persistant genital arousal syndrome, or simply lack the self-confidence and esteem to go after a guy? She's an addict, but why? Liking sex and being a sex addtion are two completly different things.
All of these things start to interfer with her life in every aspect (work, relationships, ect.) She wants sex all the time but can't stay in a commited relationship. Build the character and the world around her with some history and different situations that can come up in the course of the story will present themselves.

So now she has this problem and wants to stop. What does she do to try to stop it?
Maybe she decides to go to a doctor that takes advantage of her sexual helplesness or talks with a clergyman that becomes a stern diciplinarian trying to 'purge' the immoral wickness from her mind in the form of caning, spanking, enemas and chastity devices.
See where I'm going with this?
Sorry, didn't mean to lecture or turn this into a story discussion thread, just trying to help you out of a writers block the way I see it.

 

[Tanstaafl001]

When I first started writing, in high school, it was foreplay. Or a means to get a gal turned on. Of course, I didn't just give my stories out to anyone, I had a select group of galpals who I'd give them too, and they in turn would pass them to their other friends, and eventually I was writing to a fairly large group of people.

Then some of these people would make requests, or suggestions, which stressed my imagination skills a bit, by taking their idea of what was hot, but writing about it and describing it in such a fashion that they enjoyed it. It is definetly a good writing excercise.

I however, do not write long stories. There is rarely ever any character building, it's mostly single scenarios. And those who I send them too appears to enjoy them. And that to me is why I write them. Knowing that they're getting turned on by the scenarios I'm creating, the words I am writing. That they've becoming aroused, and see it in their minds eye, and eventually need physical relief. Many readers tell me of how they had to masturbate afterwards, which really turns me on as well.

And finally, I also write to explore some of those darker deviant topics I've always desired to try, but haven't. Shemales, forced bi, girlfriend in a gang bang, anonymous pickups, etc... I admit, while imaginging it in my own mind, in order to describe it, has given me many many hours of tug time.

 

[adamzapple]

I think I see the pattern in your problem. All your story ideas center around sex as the plot. Try looking at it from a different angle; come up with an idea, characters, plot, and conclusion, and then incorperate sex into it.

For example using your first idea. Why can't the woman stop masturbating? Is she a simple sex addict, if so why? Does she have persistant genital arousal syndrome, or simply lack the self-confidence and esteem to go after a guy? She's an addict, but why? Liking sex and being a sex addtion are two completly different things.
All of these things start to interfer with her life in every aspect (work, relationships, ect.) She wants sex all the time but can't stay in a commited relationship. Build the character and the world around her with some history and different situations that can come up in the course of the story will present themselves.

So now she has this problem and wants to stop. What does she do to try to stop it?
Maybe she decides to go to a doctor that takes advantage of her sexual helplesness or talks with a clergyman that becomes a stern diciplinarian trying to 'purge' the immoral wickness from her mind in the form of caning, spanking, enemas and chastity devices.
See where I'm going with this?
Sorry, didn't mean to lecture or turn this into a story discussion thread, just trying to help you out of a writers block the way I see it.

Don't apologise, it's good to get a different perspective... but I'm not sure I can get very far away from the basic idea that this kind of erotica- my kind of erotica - is pretty much wholly based around the idea of having sex as the central theme. It's about the only reason it attracts me.

I like to have some story, a little character development, a chance to play at real writing, but basically the sex scenes are the main motivation. It 'could' be some kind of block, or it could be I'm just dissatisfied with my own ideas.

I think sometimes if you hang on to a favourite idea too long without writing it the idea begins to feel stale. It's like you've already played it out in your imagination so there doesn't seem much point in actually writing it. If that makes sense??

Maybe I just want NEW ideas? I'll have to find a new kink.

 

[Grimfalcon]

Don't apologise, it's good to get a different perspective... but I'm not sure I can get very far away from the basic idea that this kind of erotica- my kind of erotica - is pretty much wholly based around the idea of having sex as the central theme. It's about the only reason it attracts me.

I like to have some story, a little character development, a chance to play at real writing, but basically the sex scenes are the main motivation. It 'could' be some kind of block, or it could be I'm just dissatisfied with my own ideas.

I think sometimes if you hang on to a favourite idea too long without writing it the idea begins to feel stale. It's like you've already played it out in your imagination so there doesn't seem much point in actually writing it. If that makes sense??

Maybe I just want NEW ideas? I'll have to find a new kink.

I hear you an see where you're coming from. Guess it all boils down to what your main motivation is for writing. I started out doing small 'scene' stories, but they got boring after some time so I started writing larger, full length novels. In time my focus drifted from writing to amuse my friends and a way to kill time, to getting published and making some cash on the side. The way I see it, it's a hobby I enjoy, so why not make money off it?
It's like setting babystep goals the way you do with anything in life. In time, as my skill as a writer grows, I'd like to go mainstream, not necessarily erotica but something that still has elements of sex in it. Look at authors like Ann Rice? She started out doing erotica and unless I'm mistaking, Stephen King wrote short stories under a pen name for magazines like hustler and playboy.

As for new story ideas, man, just look at the world around you. That's what I mean by coming up with an idea that's not sexualy based, then putting the sex into it and it just takes off from there. Just take a minute and stop to look at life around you.

The cute hairstylist that you know must be freak by the naughty twinkle in her eye turns out to enjoy puppy play?

The quite, underdressed soccer mom that drops her son off at the games and barely seems to say two words to anyone because she's too shy, transforms into a raging nympho behind closed doors.

One of the guys you work with, a stern and seemingly tough supervisor, is in actuality a submissive slave and enjoys CBT and humiliation?

When you stop to take all the possibilities of different generas and timelines into effect, the choices are limitless. Western, sci-fi, fantasy, Victorian era, medieval, horror, ect. M/f, D/s, threesomes or swinging, lesbian or gay, painsluts, ageplay, bondage, slave and capture fantasy... You're only limited by your imagination.
I you need some new story ideas just PM me; I have an entire page full on word.doc that I'll never be able to get to, because I keep thinking of new ones every day. Sure there is something in there that will suit your style of writing.

 

[adamzapple]

When I first started writing, in high school, it was foreplay. Or a means to get a gal turned on. Of course, I didn't just give my stories out to anyone, I had a select group of galpals who I'd give them too, and they in turn would pass them to their other friends, and eventually I was writing to a fairly large group of people.

Then some of these people would make requests, or suggestions, which stressed my imagination skills a bit, by taking their idea of what was hot, but writing about it and describing it in such a fashion that they enjoyed it. It is definetly a good writing excercise.

I however, do not write long stories. There is rarely ever any character building, it's mostly single scenarios. And those who I send them too appears to enjoy them. And that to me is why I write them. Knowing that they're getting turned on by the scenarios I'm creating, the words I am writing. That they've becoming aroused, and see it in their minds eye, and eventually need physical relief. Many readers tell me of how they had to masturbate afterwards, which really turns me on as well.

And finally, I also write to explore some of those darker deviant topics I've always desired to try, but haven't. Shemales, forced bi, girlfriend in a gang bang, anonymous pickups, etc... I admit, while imaginging it in my own mind, in order to describe it, has given me many many hours of tug time.

Thanks for posting. THIS was what this thread was supposed to be about before I went off on a tangent. We're back on course now.

 

[adamzapple]

I hear you an see where you're coming from. Guess it all boils down to what your main motivation is for writing. I started out doing small 'scene' stories, but they got boring after some time so I started writing larger, full length novels. In time my focus drifted from writing to amuse my friends and a way to kill time, to getting published and making some cash on the side. The way I see it, it's a hobby I enjoy, so why not make money off it?
It's like setting babystep goals the way you do with anything in life. In time, as my skill as a writer grows, I'd like to go mainstream, not necessarily erotica but something that still has elements of sex in it. Look at authors like Ann Rice? She started out doing erotica and unless I'm mistaking, Stephen King wrote short stories under a pen name for magazines like hustler and playboy.

As for new story ideas, man, just look at the world around you. That's what I mean by coming up with an idea that's not sexualy based, then putting the sex into it and it just takes off from there. Just take a minute and stop to look at life around you.

The cute hairstylist that you know must be freak by the naughty twinkle in her eye turns out to enjoy puppy play?

The quite, underdressed soccer mom that drops her son off at the games and barely seems to say two words to anyone because she's too shy, transforms into a raging nympho behind closed doors.

One of the guys you work with, a stern and seemingly tough supervisor, is in actuality a submissive slave and enjoys CBT and humiliation?

When you stop to take all the possibilities of different generas and timelines into effect, the choices are limitless. Western, sci-fi, fantasy, Victorian era, medieval, horror, ect. M/f, D/s, threesomes or swinging, lesbian or gay, painsluts, ageplay, bondage, slave and capture fantasy... You're only limited by your imagination.
I you need some new story ideas just PM me; I have an entire page full on word.doc that I'll never be able to get to, because I keep thinking of new ones every day. Sure there is something in there that will suit your style of writing.

My main motivation is writing, I like words, I like the act of writing, I like thinking about writing. I like reading, too. I also like sex, the act itself, and thinking about it, soooo this way I get to have fun and amuse myself with the two things I enjoy most in life.

I could be thinking too small, kind of limiting myself to quickies, when I might enjoy expanding my ideas.

You're right about finding ideas. I like to write about ordinary, everyday kind of characters, I just got to look out the window or walk down the street to see endless possibilities, that's sort of a continuous on-going process with me anyway. It's the way my mind works.

For God's sake don't send me MORE ideas. Thank you, but I got a headful already.

 

[mythtrav16]

All kinds of reasons, really. Since I got started, I've been getting ideas for sex stories faster than I can write. A lot of them are crap, but some are worth pursuing.

I guess the main reason is, I like actually seeing those good ideas down on paper. I like seeing my loose concepts fleshed out with clear detail and sensual language. I like creating a character from nothing and feeling attached to them by the time I'm done. And I like thinking that I've created something that other people enjoy.

Why I continue to write sex stories, instead of mainstream stuff, I'm not quite sure. Although I must admit that recently, I've become fascinated with the numerous mystical/religious roles that sexuality plays. It gives my imagination a lot to work with, thinking about new ways I can incorporate sexual themes into new and old mythical concepts(As you've probably guessed, I'm a real mythology buff).

 

[sunandshadow]

I think sometimes if you hang on to a favourite idea too long without writing it the idea begins to feel stale. It's like you've already played it out in your imagination so there doesn't seem much point in actually writing it. If that makes sense??

This is one of the major reasons some people don't like outlining - they say figuring out in advance what's going to happen kills their interest in the story and then they never actually write it.

Me, I actually enjoy the outlining part best. If only one could sell outlines to someone else who would turn them into novels I'd be a happy woman, lol.

 

[Grimfalcon]

For God's sake don't send me MORE ideas. Thank you, but I got a headful already.

Dang, I was hoping to get rid of a few of mine; the longer they stay together, the more they reproduce. The damn things are worse then mice. Oh well, I tried.

 

[adamzapple]

All kinds of reasons, really. Since I got started, I've been getting ideas for sex stories faster than I can write. A lot of them are crap, but some are worth pursuing.

I guess the main reason is, I like actually seeing those good ideas down on paper. I like seeing my loose concepts fleshed out with clear detail and sensual language. I like creating a character from nothing and feeling attached to them by the time I'm done. And I like thinking that I've created something that other people enjoy.

Why I continue to write sex stories, instead of mainstream stuff, I'm not quite sure. Although I must admit that recently, I've become fascinated with the numerous mystical/religious roles that sexuality plays. It gives my imagination a lot to work with, thinking about new ways I can incorporate sexual themes into new and old mythical concepts(As you've probably guessed, I'm a real mythology buff).

A lot of my ideas are crap too, with hardly any redeeming quality, other than sometimes something about it will strike me as being suitably sexy enough to make me want to try and write a story about it. I know it's mostly smut for smut's sake but if it's good smut I can live with it.

Those Greeks; Gods taking human women at will. I don't know what was up with Odysseus (sp?) though, he had the siren-woman take him prisoner on that island whatever it was called, and he was this big hairy-assed adventurer, and he spent all day weeping on the beach because he missed his family??

Thanks for posting.

 

[adamzapple]

This is one of the major reasons some people don't like outlining - they say figuring out in advance what's going to happen kills their interest in the story and then they never actually write it.

Me, I actually enjoy the outlining part best. If only one could sell outlines to someone else who would turn them into novels I'd be a happy woman, lol.

Yeah, I don't like outlining or plotting beforehand either. It seems to rigid. I don't like to know where the story is going before I start it. Sometimes the characters surprise me, an idea comes along. It's more like a journey of discovery... Of course, most of them I don't actually finish, but....

Thank you.

 

[redheadedfox]

Here's a question, and yes, I know it's not a story idea and this is the story idea thread, but bear with me, it's all related, kind of...

Why do you write dirty stories? Anybody? Just out of interest? What's the attraction for you personally? Is it a way to live out your fantasies, does it turn you on, do you want to turn on other people, escapism, what???

Because writing isn't easy, at least, I don't think it is. I struggle with it and I have to work at it. It can take a day or a week or longer to write a half decent, (or IN-decent), story; that's a lot of time and effort. A lot of thought required. And what do you get out of it? What's the payback? A sense of satisfaction? Anybody?

For me, I've always liked to write, and like I've said elsewhere on here, I have a permanently dirty mind. But if I sit down and ask myself seriously why I write this stuff I'm not even sure I know the answer. Because I like to think I can? I don't know.

It turns me on to some degree, being dirty with words, like mentally playing with myself, so that's part of it. Words are powerful. You throw in your imagination and start making dirty mind-pictures and the fun starts. You can indulge yourself and explore every dirty little thought you've ever had, every wild, stray, sexy, obscene and unlikely fantasy that ever caught your imagination... But why go to the trouble of setting it all down in words? Why invest all the time and effort involved? Self-indulgence? I still don't know.

Part of it is because it's addictive, I think. It's like sex; you don't get bored with it, you just want to do it again, and again, and again, infinity. If you get off on writing one story, you get off again by writing another...

I won't go on, you get the idea. Why do YOU write dirty stories?

(Spurt and squirt your thoughts below, it might be interesting.. maybe.)

Hubby and I started writing/reading stories to each other when his job and mine had us on opposite ends of the country for about 8 months. For us- it was a sexual outlet, and a way to tease and torment as well.

 

[adamzapple]

So far we've had a love of writing; a way to explore things we'd never get to do in real life; writing normal fiction then getting 'distracted' by erotic possibilities; stories we wanted to read but no one else seemed to be writing; discovering how much fun it is; escapism and an outlet for built-up sexual energy; sexual daydreaming put into words; for pleasure; creativity; to explore human nature and relationships; to give life to our own fantasies and naughty thoughts; self-arousal, gratification; the thrill of turning other people on; because it's fun and challenging; a way to explore darker, deviant topics we'd like to try but haven't; and....

Hubby and I started writing/reading stories to each other when his job and mine had us on opposite ends of the country for about 8 months. For us- it was a sexual outlet, and a way to tease and torment as well.

...'personal reasons'...

Thanks for posting.