Can you tell which stories aroused you while you wrote?

[Chicklet]

Personally, I am not often aroused by my writing, and even less often am I aroused WHILE I write. However, the few times that I am turned on while I write, I can go back and specifically point out "hey, I know that I was aroused when I wrote that." The reasons? Maybe it flows differently, maybe my words seem muffled and forced out, something like that.

What're your experiences and opinions on this? Can you go back and say "hey, I remember that part..." or can you say "Geeze, why couldn't I have kept my hands on the keyboard instead of in my pants?"

-Chicklet

 

[oggbashan]

Yes, I can tell which parts of my stories were arousing at the time but those parts are the ones that need most editing.

What seems brilliant at the time is the idea. The writing often fails to convey the idea until it is looked at in the cold light of day.

I get the same problem with brilliant ideas in the middle of the night. I write them down on a pad by the bed. The next morning I look at the scrawled note and ask "What was good about that?" If there is anything worth saving it still needs work.

Og

 

[Quasimodem]

I do love the process of writing, but I don't get emotional about it.

 

[The_Fool]

Yes, emotionally I can be very aroused while writing. I don't necessarilly have a boner , but I am aroused. But I think that is due to how I write. My stories start as a what if, or a daydream or as someone elses daydream or desire. In order for me to write, I have to create a vision of the story so vivid that it is a movie playing in my mind. So basically, when writing erotica, I have a porn flick playing in my brain. The act of writing isn't arousing. In fact it can be quite frustrating because I can't get the shit out of my head fast enough through my incompetent fingers. Oh well.

 

[TheEarl]

I don't usually get aroused by my own stories, but there have been two recent ones where I was <ahem> inspired. In one the excitement transferred itself into the story and turned it into one of my favourite sex scenes. In the other the scene needed substantial editing in the cold light of day, but was still quite handy.

The first one (Hypnotising Justin for those who are interested) definitely has a "Hey I remember writing that" attached to it. Good memory.

The Earl

 

[CrazyyAngel]

Yes, I can tell which parts of my stories were arousing at the time but those parts are the ones that need most editing.

What seems brilliant at the time is the idea. The writing often fails to convey the idea until it is looked at in the cold light of day.

I get the same problem with brilliant ideas in the middle of the night. I write them down on a pad by the bed. The next morning I look at the scrawled note and ask "What was good about that?" If there is anything worth saving it still needs work.

Og

That are exactly my thoughts ... i also usually have the greatest ideas at night (not just for stories), dont letting me sleep at all .. when i look at them at the morning, i am some kind of sobered .. strange.

The act of writing isn't arousing. In fact it can be quite frustrating because I can't get the shit out of my head fast enough through my incompetent fingers.

Right. I am all for the idea and playing it through my head over and over again, but when it comes to actually write it, i wish there would be some way to just connect your brain with the word processor .. to get it done quicker.

As i have only written one story, and this one over two years ago .. i actually dont know if i was aroused, but i think thats because i am aroused easily .

 

[Guest]

I usually get aroused when I write erotica, and I think the stories are better for it. When I read back over them they still make me horny, so I usually think I've done a good job. One area where they can suffer, because of this, is with the plot. More often than not my stories end up being one long sex scene, I need to work on creating a bigger storyline around the sex.
I think it was The Earl that said when he writes it's like a porn flick playing in his mind. I experience that, too.


Lou

 

[jfinn]

So far none of my stories do it for me. At least not when I'm writing them. I'm too concerned about the mechanics of the writing--who put's what where and how they might think something feels to let my own emotions engage. Actually, though I love erotica generally as a story genre, I really hate writing sex scenes. I find them boring and very difficult to accomplish with anything approaching originality. Usually when I'm finally finished I look at it and wonder how anyone could find that scene even remotely erotic.

But there are a few scenes I've written that I've come back and read months later and thought, Holy shit! Chapter five of The Human Condition springs to mind and the alley scene in Chasing Fire. Doesn't mean though that I actually get turned on. I don't know why but it seems like I'm a little squeamish about that. Seems almost like incest, which is nuts, but I can't get past it.

Jayne

edited for spelling

 

[Couture]

Well, as for me, if I don't find it arousing while I write, then I usually just trash it and start on something else.

I mean- cause that is the point isn't it? It is supposed to be erotica, and if I, the author, don't find it arousing, then why should the reader?

Which of my stories did I find arousing?

All of them.

 

[Madame Manga]

The idea will arouse me and get me writing, but it may turn into something completely different on the page; it might be more arousing as it turns out than the original idea was. I usually start with the sex and then figure out the plot from what the people are saying. ;-) In other words, the arousing image is usually the core of the story, at least in the first draft.

On later re-reading, that particular trigger may or may not work any more for me, but I think it's not possible for me to write a sexy story when I'm not feeling sexy. An outgrown or worn-out fantasy was still a hot one at the time. But the process of writing itself turns me on when it's flowing well. I get the buzz and sustain it with my characters--my husband can always tell when I've had a good writing day. ;-)

MM

 

[fiery_jack]

Personally, I am not often aroused by my writing, and even less often am I aroused WHILE I write. However, the few times that I am turned on while I write, I can go back and specifically point out "hey, I know that I was aroused when I wrote that." The reasons? Maybe it flows differently, maybe my words seem muffled and forced out, something like that.

What're your experiences and opinions on this? Can you go back and say "hey, I remember that part..." or can you say "Geeze, why couldn't I have kept my hands on the keyboard instead of in my pants?"

-Chicklet

I do my 'best' writing after i've emptied my balls, so arousal doesn't really come into it. The scenes i think of in the first place do get me horny, but somehow the result of my putting it down on paper doesn't have the same effect.

It may be that erotica is a genre i'm not cut out for, especially given the lack of feedback from readers.

I try not to go back and look at past efforts, it gets a little embarrassing. I remember the story clear enough, i'd just prefer to forget the words i used to show/tell it.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

The idea or the scene has to arouse me, has to get me excited. The mechanics of putting it down on paper is a different matter.

In every sex scene I've written there's something that hooks my interest, some detail that I find terribly erotic. Maybe it's that in the excitement she never unbuttoned the sleeves on her blouse so that her blouse is off but the sleeves still on when they make love. Maybe it's the way he digs his toes into the mattress or she holds her breath when he comes. But there has to be some vivid detail, some unique image that I find arousing that makes that scene different from any other scene I've done. Imagining the scene and picking out those details that tell the big story excites me.

Getting it on paper is different. I'm usually excited while I'm writing it, but I pay a lot of attention to the flow and pace of the language and tempo of the sentences in a sex scene so I have to go back after I've cooled down and edit it for music.

My best stuff comes out white hot, and when it does it's like playing a musical instrument; just riding it and wailing. Of course, almost every word has a typo. *L*

But yes, I'm aroused when I write. Getting the reader there with me is the hard part.


---dr.M.

 

[deliciously_naughty]

I have to be aroused or they don't get finished

 

[Omni]

Writing sex scenes arouses me, editing them does, heck even reading back a few pages to pick up the flow as I am writing or starting out the day to write arouses me.

I actually believe to a point that if it does not arouse me, it will not arouse the reader. Although, I write to sell or improve and I do write sexual things that do not necessarily turn me on. But, I find that before or after those parts are infused with the type of build up that will arouse me. Natural occurences I suppose.

I have broken writers block in the past by not allowing myself release for days. That worked by the way. However, I only write erotica, so it might not work with westerns.

But what amazed me recently is that I noticed while writing a scenes plot that had nothing at the moment to do with sex, I was slightly aroused just for the fact of writing.

Perhaps that is what they mean by finding your passion in life?

Omni

 

[MNGuy]

I always get aroused when I write erotica, or there's a breeze.

 

[Guest]

I always get aroused when I write erotica, or there's a breeze.

Love that line, you should use it in a poem, MN.

I generally do not get aroused sexually when I write, even erotica. But writing does arouse me fully, all my senses combined or in tandem; it's what I love about the working and worrying of a text. The pleasure of the text is my ultimate satisfaction, whether writing or reading.

Recently as I worked on a 600-word Snipps piece I found myself aroused sexually and it took me off guard. Otherwise I am too caught up in word-play to pay attention to my cunt.

Perdita

 

[pointless]

I have to be aroused or they don't get finished

exactly. i also have to be comfortable with my surroundings and so many other things. it's why i don't write too much. everything has to be perfect or nothing happens. i'm weird like that.

 

[Chicklet]

Yes, I can tell which parts of my stories were arousing at the time but those parts are the ones that need most editing.

lol

sometimes I think I can tell which stories on lit were written one-handed, know what I mean? Posts too...(see "story ideas")

 

[Guest]

lol

sometimes I think I can tell which stories on lit were written one-handed, know what I mean? Posts too...(see "story ideas")

I do know what you mean.

However, I nearly always get aroused when writing erotica, but I never feel the need to put my hands in my knickers. I do have the ability to control myself. I channel that arousal into my writing, and live out the feelings and sensations through my characters. I believe that this does lead to a better erotic story, as a couple of others pointed out: if it doesn't arouse me, will it arouse a reader?

Lou

 

[Quint]

I think perhaps my craving for the unexpected hinders my own self-appreciation. I know what I'm going to say, therefore it doesn't work on me at the time. Looking back on it later, I might get hot, but more often I just feel delighted and/or critical.

Definitely sensual. Always sensual. I'm never so alive as when my mind is working. But rarely if ever wet.

 

[Jenny _S]

I am never aroused when writing. I don't really even write my own stories, my characters do. I set back and think about them and make them so real in my mind I even carry on mental conversations with them.

Then when it comes to typing the stories I get so caught up in the grammar and movement of the story I don't really notice the "action". Frankly, I don't really even see it until I go back and read it. At that time I'm reading for a completely different reason - grammar, spelling, etc. and don't get aroused then either.

I know. I strange. Sorry.

 

[Violette]

No Jen, you're not strange. (At least you can keep your character's conversations in your head!)

As for myself, Chicklet had it right: if the story doesn't turn ME on, what would be the point of presenting it to anyone else? I see getting excited as a definite sign that I'm on to something that should be finished! I can't do the one-handed technique, but once I get some typing via voice software, look out!!! I'll REALLY put down some hot scenes then!