Author Arousal Levels

[mtnman2003]

And another thoughtful question

Authors, do you find reading your own stories will provide the arousal level that may be provided from another author.

It seems to me that because of the time, effort, and direction or results of my own story are known to me, that even though others find it erotic, I do not react the same way as I might do with other stories.

Any other authors find similiar experiences? If not, what?

Breathing again,

Mtn

 

[Colleen Thomas]

And another thoughtful question

Authors, do you find reading your own stories will provide the arousal level that may be provided from another author.

It seems to me that because of the time, effort, and direction or results of my own story are known to me, that even though others find it erotic, I do not react the same way as I might do with other stories.

Any other authors find similiar experiences? If not, what?

Breathing again,

Mtn

I almost never re read my own stories. Even if I am in the mood, the first typo I hit or ambigupus gramatical construct causes me to want to edit the damned thing and resubmit.

-Colly

 

[lucky-E-leven]

I find that it's the suspense of what's to happen next that turns me on more than any specifically described action. And typically with my own work after the rough draft, detailed writing, re-writing and editing I'm heartily sick of the damned thing by the time I submit. If I ever go back and read it, it's normally just to remind myself of something I've been told in feedback or what not. And no the happy stirrings are not normally present during a reread. It has normally been officially loved to death.

~lucky

 

[Black Tulip]

When I'm writing the first version I try to kind of work up the emotions, whatever they are.

After that, like Lucky said, it's loved to death.

 

[Guest]

And another thoughtful question

Authors, do you find reading your own stories will provide the arousal level that may be provided from another author.

It seems to me that because of the time, effort, and direction or results of my own story are known to me, that even though others find it erotic, I do not react the same way as I might do with other stories.

Any other authors find similiar experiences? If not, what?

Breathing again,

Mtn

My own experiences are usually very different. I always get aroused by my own stories, no matter how many times I've read them.

I think there's a lot of reasons why this is the case with me...

1. I always write exactly what turns me on. I don't write what I write with the intention of getting the most reads/highest votes, or whatever (with stories I post at Lit, anyway).
2. Most of the time, although not always, I draw upon personal experience, when writing my stories. As I write, I re-live certain events in my mind, and I re-call the feelings I had then, both when writing the story, and reading it again.
3. Some of my stories are exact fantasies of mine; events that haven't happened, but which I would love to happen. I will have played them over in my mind many times before typing it out.
4. Although most of my characters aren't directly based on me, or people I know, some are, and they are the very special ones. Those are the stories I always get highly aroused by, no matter what. I know who the other character is, and that adds a lot to the eroticism.
5. I find, after a certain amount of time, I can detach myself from my own writing. Some stuff I've written, when I read it, I think, did I really write that?

Erm, losing my train of thought now. Yeah, that's another reason! When I first write a story, it's a complete stream of conciousness thing, in that I just let it all flow out. I then go back and edit, as many run-throughs as it needs, and still get aroused when editing!

There's only a certain few others' stories that I find equally arousing, or more so, and those are usually people that I know pretty well. Perhaps, for me, it has to be a matter of knowing the exact motivation and reasoning behind things. If that doesn't come through in the story, it's lost to me.

I hope at least some of that made sense!

Cool question, thanks Mtn.

Lou

 

[OldnotDead]

What Lou said.

The places in my stories are real. All the characters are real. The situations are real. The characters may not, however, have all been at the same place at the same time doing the same things. It is the wishful thinking part of what might have been, or how it could have been better, or how someone wished that someone were involved, that makes it a little extra exciting to me.

I can revisit them. But not very often. Most of the time, given the choice, I write something new. There are still a lot of things my different characters want to do that I have yet to let them accomplish

 

[Guest]

 

[gauchecritic]

Going with the seeming majority at the moment.

I have the beginning, middle and end when I write but everything in the middle and the detail are new to me. I'm reading it for the first time. So yes, they make me horny. If I re-read them later and know what's coming that just makes me read faster.

The same is true of other writing I do. A sad piece may make me stop reading because I know what's coming. A funny piece will make me laugh before I get to the joke. A serious piece will make me slow and savour the moment. Almost all my work makes me smile as I read. "I wrote that."

The reason I wrote my first story at Lit. was because I knew I could write better than anything I'd read at that time (not sure if that would have been the case had I read some of the other stories since), something that I liked to read, something that engrossed me. Something that made me carry on reading because of the way it was written.

To answer the question and my clause, I can count on the fingers of two hands stories at Lit. that arouse me as much as my own.

Gauche

 

[Remec]

Authors, do you find reading your own stories will provide the arousal level that may be provided from another author.

It seems to me that because of the time, effort, and direction or results of my own story are known to me, that even though others find it erotic, I do not react the same way as I might do with other stories.

Any other authors find similiar experiences? If not, what?

I find it very much depends on what prompted the story, and how long it has been since I read through it.

If it's something even semiautobiographical, I tend to read the material and let it rekindle my memories of what actually happened. Stories put together whole cloth strike a me in a different manner...either I "see" what is happening, which is partially how I tend to write, ie, visualize and describe...or else I find myself reproofing and editting my own work.

 

[Guest]

My stories, or writing them, do not arouse me. I use "sex" as a tool for a plot but my main satisfaction comes from the writing. When I read something very good on Lit., and I mean good writing, I will generally not become aroused because it's the writing that interests me more.

I read crap for stroke. I read my fave authors for the work, and therefore reread them too because though I might know what's going to "happen next", I still derive pleasure from the words, sentences, phrases, wit, etc.

Perdita

 

[Guest]

Almost all my work makes me smile as I read. "I wrote that."

Gauche, that made me smile.

Bexx

 

[Just_John1]

Aroused?

When I write the thing absolutely. After its complete and posted not for a while... I do like to go back and read my stories after a year has passed. Sometimes I think How the hell did I come up with that, sometimes I'm aroused as hell and sometimes I'm just embarrased that I could write that piece of crap. I guess its partly what mood I'm in when I read it again.,

JJ1

 

[A7inchPhildo]

mtnman2003,

It is a split some of my stories I do not find arousing at all,while some of the readers love them, and beg for more ER crud?

Others of the stories I find to be a turn on no matter how many times I read it. Those tend to have the most conflict in feedback. Also tend to border closest to my real experiences.

 

[angela146]

Count me in with TL OMD and Lime.

For me, there is a lot more texture in a story than I can hold in my mind at any one moment. When I go back and read the stories, I re-experience things that I don't remember being part of the story when I first wrote it.

If I've been away from a story for a couple of months, it doesn't even feel as if I wrote it. Sometimes I have to remind myself, "Oh yeah, I wrote this, didn't I?"

Like TL, I write stories that turn me on and re-reading one of my own stories is extremely erotic.

Listening to the audio files is even better because each of them includes the artistic and erotic expression of the woman who read it. It can also be very strange because I'm hearing someone else tell a tale that I lived.

It's almost like having someone take me on a tour of my own house or watching another woman make love to my husband... and seeing her do a better job of it than I do.

 

[kellycummings]

I get turned on sometimes as I'm writing a sex scene but I have never actually gone back and read one after it's posted. I lose interest once it's done.

 

[bearlee]

And another thoughtful question

Authors, do you find reading your own stories will provide the arousal level that may be provided from another author.

It seems to me that because of the time, effort, and direction or results of my own story are known to me, that even though others find it erotic, I do not react the same way as I might do with other stories.

Any other authors find similiar experiences? If not, what?

Breathing again,

Mtn

Wow-my psychologist asked the exact same question today(yes I see a shrink but it's really only situational I think). My answer was no.

 

[shereads]

I'm, um, researching a paper, and I wonder if the gentlemen might go into a bit more detail about the extent of their arousal.

In the interest of research.

Thank you.

 

[shereads]

I'm, um, researching a paper, and I wonder if the gentlemen might go into a bit more detail about the extent of their arousal.

In the interest of research.

Thank you.

 

[snooper]

I'm, um, researching a paper, and I wonder if the gentlemen might go into a bit more detail about the extent of their arousal.

In the interest of research.

Thank you.

TWO papers?

Seriously. I'm with Perdita here. My writing does not arouse me, though in my case it is because I write mainly for an audience of which I would not be a member.

I always find it amusing when I read stroke pieces where the author was obviously aroused by what was being written. The punctuation goes haywire; a little at first and eventually totally.

 

[Guest]

I always find it amusing when I read stroke pieces where the author was obviously aroused by what was being written. The punctuation goes haywire; a little at first and eventually totally.

So that is the problem. Perhaps I'll ease up on my votes.

Perdita

 

[Colleen Thomas]

So that is the problem. Perhaps I'll ease up on my votes.

Perdita

Love your mangos dita

 

[Guest]

Love your mangos dita

Thank you, Colly. They are firm but ripe . P.

 

[Carl East]

I must admit I got aroused the other night when I wrote an incest story called 'The Mother-inlaw' The thing is I was getting hard just thinking about what I was writing, long before I'd written it.

Now all my stories turn me on, if they didn't I wouldn't write them. The reason is simple, when I write I like to put myself in the situation that I've created. That was particularly true for my 'Big Boy,' series. Each time I wrote one of them stories I pictured myself as Big Boy and found it helped to place him in situations that would turn me on.

But hey, I'm sex mad so go figure.

Carl

 

[SlickTony]

All my stories turn me on. That's how I know they work. They start out as pure stroke pieces and I refine them for Lit.

 

[the proffesor]

in a lot of ways, i am the typical guy....i am so turned on when I write them..but once the rush is gone, i usually dont re read them!