Crash course on writing needed.

[liclaclalaclilaclalac]

I wrote a short story featuring the original creations of a popular Japanese's video game artist. She frequently draws stories with these character in various sexual situations and they have no concrete lore. They're just OCs she uses a random. I greatly desired to write a story involving them, one involving a husband and wife couple, the wife enjoying watching her husband have encounters with other women. Some anonymous users of another forum I frequent brought up the idea of commissioning art for the story and releasing it. So I decided to shoot my shot and sent off a request for art from the artist herself, despite her commissions being closed, or the permission to have art commissioned. I honestly did not expect a reply, but she replied the very next morning, which was around 11PM Japan time, and not only did she give me the go-ahead to use her characters, she also wants to read the finished work. So now I've been consuming various youtubes videos on proper writing and I spent the 24 hours eagerly awaiting mod approval to request pointers here. My request is simple, I'd like a crash course on 1st person writing and a few recommendations on stories if possible. I've never been this nervous, it's like meeting an idol and I really don't want to let them down.

 

[iwatchus]

This thread ran a little over a month ago where many writers made suggestions: writing advice

 

[EmilyMiller]

Notwithstanding what @iwatchus says, I’m not sure a crash course in writing exists, unless what you want is a car crash as a result. If this story is important to you, then maybe try to write a few others as practice first. That’s the only sort of crash course that I think will be productive.

 

[ElectricBlue]

What advice can one give? You become the narrator of the story and describe the events as if they were happening to you. I did this, she did that, and they did sexy things to each other.

Probably more important is to determine whether you write in present tense (not really recommended for a novice writer, as it can become clumsy really quickly, and it becomes exhausting to read because it's all now, now, now). Better to write in past tense, because you can slow down, take time to breath.

You've certainly given yourself a challenge. I'd have got a few stories under my belt first, then approached the illustrator. Doing it the other way around puts you under more pressure, because you'll need to not only get the basics right, find your own natural voice as a writer, learn how to edit etc, but also to come up with a story worth illustrating. Good luck!

 

[Rob_Royale]

As writers we learn by reading, and then by doing.
My advice is to leave the big project alone for a while and write something simpler.
Write about the last conversation you had with your significant other. Describe the location, the mood, how you felt during the talk, and of course the dialog. Then add the sex.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

You could write up to three paragraphs and post them here for comments. (The forum rules don't allow posting longer story pieces here, because that would be a way to dodge moderation for full stories.)

I thought, going into fiction writing, that I'd be a third-person-only plotter. Turns out I'm about 60% a first-person pantser. Who knew?

--Annie

 

[liclaclalaclilaclalac]

Hey thanks for the post so far. I'll check out that thread. Any recommended first person erotica? I'll be real here, I've not used a real forum in a decade, so I've forgotten how these things work.

I honestly did not think in a million years the artist would even respond to me, so I dug my own grave by shooting my shot, I was blown away she had time in her busy schedule to respond to an absolute nobody like me.

I'll admit as well, I flunked English twice. Selfishly, I am happy there is a language difference between the artist and I, so I can worry a little less. I'm "cleaning" up my rough rough draft and I'll post the first paragraph here in a bit for harsh judgment. The artist is likely going to machine translate to Japanese, So I am debating how complex I should word things.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Any recommended first person erotica?

You’ll need to be more specific about genre.

 

[liclaclalaclilaclalac]

You’ll need to be more specific about genre.

Literally anything erotic from an FPV. I am brand new to this.

 

[Jonnymc]

Well cheating mild story is a great idea, everyone has a fantastic fantasy to the idea everyone will relate and I will say the mind is easy to write a storyline for the topic cause it's very erotic

 

[Jonnymc]

What advice can one give? You become the narrator of the story and describe the events as if they were happening to you. I did this, she did that, and they did sexy things to each other.

Probably more important is to determine whether you write in present tense (not really recommended for a novice writer, as it can become clumsy really quickly, and it becomes exhausting to read because it's all now, now, now). Better to write in past tense, because you can slow down, take time to breath.

You've certainly given yourself a challenge. I'd have got a few stories under my belt first, then approached the illustrator. Doing it the other way around puts you under more pressure, because you'll need to not only get the basics right, find your own natural voice as a writer, learn how to edit etc, but also to come up with a story worth illustrating. Good luck!

That's great advice , wow sounds like you have fun with your writing skills

 

[Cagivagurl]

Creating a story from nothing but thoughts is amazingly fulfilling, but!!!!!!
I'm not sure there is a plug in... No download on becoming a literary genius.
You learn by doing. It's like learning guitar. You can't learn until you pick it up and start playing.
Yes, there are lessons in tuning, and chord progressions... The truth is, you learn as you go.
My advice is... Start... There's plenty of adages about the first step being the hardest...
You will very quickly find out if you like it... If you don't like it, you're in trouble...
I'm no expert, but I do think you need to at least dip your toe in the water...

Cagivagurl

 

[iwatchus]

Literally anything erotic from an FPV. I am brand new to this.

I think the first 39 stories of mine are all FPV, covering ten categories, so there is a range. I am not sure how good they all are, but some are not terrible.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Hey thanks for the post so far. I'll check out that thread. Any recommended first person erotica?

My story "Pranked"!

Mostly because it was my first long story and I was very much still learning. (Still am!). It has lots of flaws. You can see where I did stupid things and avoid them in your own work. I switch between three viewpoints, four if you count me speaking as myself at the end.

Sequel is done. I'm in the final review, should be submitted this week.

--Annie