God it's Hard

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[flavortang]

It is, but can be very rewarding. It's a very cathartic process. Stay with it!

 

[Angelique_Coquine]

I forgot how difficult it is to write this stuff.
The ideas, the grand plans - they're so abundant.
And I swear (love to know why it happens this way), last night I looked over what I had so far, read it over top to bottom several times, touched up here and there, but overall felt it read pretty smooth. Even thought of submitting it then and there.

But then I get up today, look it over again... this paragraph sucks, that one sucks, the whole thing looks like one big mess. Little gremlins or something must've snuck in while I slept, messed everything up... I didn't write that sentence!

Erotica's hard to write.
Very hard.

Thanks for listening.

I totally agree with you. Had the same thing happen last night. Thought the second chapter that I've been working on for months was finally ready. I'd drawn a complete blank for months on how to write the most important sex scene in the story, finally got it written and now... UGH. It needs to be revamped.

 

[flavortang]

It happens to everyone. You're looking through a very narrow tunnel when you're writing the first draft. Once you pull back, look at the bigger picture of what you've written, you can be objective and know what needs to be fixed.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I forgot how difficult it is to write this stuff.
The ideas, the grand plans - they're so abundant.
And I swear (love to know why it happens this way), last night I looked over what I had so far, read it over top to bottom several times, touched up here and there, but overall felt it read pretty smooth. Even thought of submitting it then and there.

But then I get up today, look it over again... this paragraph sucks, that one sucks, the whole thing looks like one big mess. Little gremlins or something must've snuck in while I slept, messed everything up... I didn't write that sentence!

Erotica's hard to write.
Very hard.

Thanks for listening.

There was a time when I could simply sit down and the stories would spill out. Ten years later, I look them over and they're pretty sound little strokers.

Now, I want more out of what I'm doing. I can't even write a simple blowjob any longer without trying to drive subtext into it.

Lobotomy?

 

[rgraham666]

There was a time when I could simply sit down and the stories would spill out. Ten years later, I look them over and they're pretty sound little strokers.

Now, I want more out of what I'm doing. I can't even write a simple blowjob any longer without trying to drive subtext into it.

Lobotomy?

The only time I tried to put subtext in a story everybody missed it.

Now I just write the stuff and giggle at the subtext people discover.

 

[tickledkitty]

Maybe it really is good, but you're too close to it to see that right now.

 

[CeriseNoire]

The only time I tried to put subtext in a story everybody missed it.

Now I just write the stuff and giggle at the subtext people discover.

Maybe that's the way to go. If I try to put in subtext, it does indeed always turn out to be way too obscure.
On the other hand, I wrote a 40k story for my honors project as an undergrad. It was just so strange to have the members of the panel discuss all the symbolism I'd apparently written in.

ETA: On topic, it usually helps me to let things sit for a while. However, if I'm really bothered, I edit what bugs me and keep the original file in case I suddenly realize that was actually the best version.

 

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[The_Fool]

There was a time when I could simply sit down and the stories would spill out. Ten years later, I look them over and they're pretty sound little strokers.

Now, I want more out of what I'm doing. I can't even write a simple blowjob any longer without trying to drive subtext into it.

Lobotomy?

Nope, more lubrication....KY for the mind.

 

[starrkers]

I think I've reached a point where I care too much about a particular story. The first half I rattled off and submitted, didn't even get SO to proof read it first.
I'm halfway through the second half. Have been for weeks. I know where it's going, I just can't get it there. I keep second guessing whether it works or should I add more substance and less sex. Will readers like where I'm taking the characters...
It's driving me nuts!!

 

[rgraham666]

Centipede's Dilemma. When you think about what you're doing, it becomes near impossible to do it.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Nope, more lubrication....KY for the mind.

I need something to make that subtext more slippery, huh? A dry mind-fuck is no fun, that's for sure...

 

[flavortang]

I need something to make that subtext more slippery, huh? A dry mind-fuck is no fun, that's for sure...

It chaffs... the mind. lol

 

[marifree]

The only time I tried to put subtext in a story everybody missed it.

Now I just write the stuff and giggle at the subtext people discover.

I've had this happen... cracks me up what people will read into something simple. Sometimes the rock is a rock, is a rock.

I once got comments on a story that was high praise for the comedy... Comedy? Opps.

 

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[Diamond_Girl]

I've got one I started over a year ago, and I kept getting blocked on the sex scene. I finally got to it and nearly through it, but now I'm stuck again, so I put it aside.

I'm working on one currently. I'm a little surprised to discover myself at 3,000 with no sex scene, yet, and I'm honestly trying to decide if my characters actually WILL have sex or not (they do in other stories in the series - hot, wild, kinky sex), but I haven't commited to it, yet. Problem is, I'm a ratings slut, and stories sans sex don't rate well.

 

[flavortang]

I've got one I started over a year ago, and I kept getting blocked on the sex scene. I finally got to it and nearly through it, but now I'm stuck again, so I put it aside.

I'm working on one currently. I'm a little surprised to discover myself at 3,000 with no sex scene, yet, and I'm honestly trying to decide if my characters actually WILL have sex or not (they do in other stories in the series - hot, wild, kinky sex), but I haven't commited to it, yet. Problem is, I'm a ratings slut, and stories sans sex don't rate well.

That's the cool thing about writing. The stories sometimes drive themselves instead of you driving them. Why not just let it play out in your mind how it is and see where it goes?

 

[Diamond_Girl]

That's the cool thing about writing. The stories sometimes drive themselves instead of you driving them. Why not just let it play out in your mind how it is and see where it goes?

That's what I'm doing. I'd hoped to have this posted to our thread (the link's the dancing graphic in my sig - enjoy, if you can endure Jimmy's unedited stuff) by the end of the weekend, but here it is Tuesday, and well... However, given a choice, I'd rather miss my self-imposed deadline and enjoy the writing process, as well as the results. So far, I'm very pleased. It's like I'll decide to brush this layer of personality on him while taking a shower, or I'll decide to make her bolder while I'm washing dishes. It'll be interesting to see what happens to Jimmy and Arane.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

That's the cool thing about writing. The stories sometimes drive themselves instead of you driving them. Why not just let it play out in your mind how it is and see where it goes?

My over the Sink story is trying to just be "Sex, Sex, Sex," in part four. I don't want it to move so quickly though. I think I need to rewrite part three entirely to get it to where I want it to be in part four though.

sigh...

 

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[Edward Teach]

The only time I tried to put subtext in a story everybody missed it.

Now I just write the stuff and giggle at the subtext people discover.

I think that's part of the creative process, Rob. The sub-conscious or little fairy muses or whatever put the stuff in without you having to think about it.

Others may notice or you may discover it during edits. Regardless, it didn't get on the paper by itself, you wrote it.