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[Weirdnessome]

Like many of you I've been a reader for years and always wanted to try my hand at it. But never know where to begin. Anyone would like to give me some pointers. BTW my reading pleasure is incest, I like stories that develop.

Please and thank you,
Weirdnessome

 

[Djmac1031]

The best place to begin is, well, the beginning.

Not trying to be an asshole here. But the only way to do it is just do it.

Pick a story. Start writing.

Incest should be pretty easy, you've got a built in premise.

Also: read stories, find ones you like, get ideas from them. See what other writers write and how.

There's lots of discussion threads here, plenty on writing tips.

Read those. Ask questions.

Good luck.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Think of the hot bit. Write it.
Who are these people?
How did they get to where they are?
Write those bits.
What are they thinking and saying while doing the good stuff? Write that.
Does the whole thing make sense? If not, add bits of explanation until it does.

Leave for a couple days or years, re-read, edit, submit.

 

[SamScribble]

Write something, anything, and then ask yourself: What happens next? And write that. And then keep doing the same thing, over and over.

When you have about a thousand words, go back and read it from the beginning. Ask yourself: Did I really want to know what happens next? Because, if you didn't, your reader probably won't either. You need to go back and start making tweaks.

Once you have those first thousand or so words sorted, you're on your way.

Keep on going until you reach an end. And then stop.

As Kumquatqueen says, put what you have written to one side. Leave it for a couple of days or a couple of weeks. Does each sentence make you want to read the next sentence? If it doesn't, you still have work to do.

Good luck.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Start small and easy. No kinks, no incest. No big back story. Just two people enter a room. Whoever you want. They have been eyeing one another over the dinner table all evening. Describe them as the scene unfolds, what do they say to each other? Who touches first? And why? By compressing it into a single scene, you gain focus. You can add detail and dialog so that we and more importantly you, know them. You don't even have to add sex yet, maybe just up to a passionate kiss. Think of it as a writing exercise. You starting out running by stretching out first.

After you have it done, share it with someone here. Lots of fine writers and good people here.

 

[Z33B]

Find a mentor! Find a co-author that's open to your experience, wants to help, and has interest in your idea. I love doing that but co-authoring isn't for everyone. I've been a long time reader and even longer hobby-writer, but never did I bother to even post the scraps I'd done over the years.

Start writing your ideas down. NEVER stop doing this. Even if its just memos. They build up over time! You'll see threads connecting the notes after a time, or even whole inspirations that pop into your head from places like movies, dreams, images, and other written stories. I love to look about at various smut (admittedly I'm of a furry lean) for ideas. When I find something I can't help but go 'OOoooooh' over, I'm now taking the time to put down some notes.

Also, invest in a writing program. I recently paid for a year on grammarly. I've used it before, they are always making improvements, and it's an IMMENSE help if you do not want to reach out to an editor.

Maybe I can help ya! Hit me up!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Like many of you I've been a reader for years and always wanted to try my hand at it. But never know where to begin. Anyone would like to give me some pointers. BTW my reading pleasure is incest, I like stories that develop.

Please and thank you,
Weirdnessome

I wrote my first story in the middle of last year. I hadn’t written anything since college. There is an element of just writing. Writing something, anything. Not sure there is any formula beyond just making a start. Different things work for different people. Just try something.

Em

 

[SimonDoom]

I would go at it more or less this way, especially if it's based on incest:

Figure out your two main characters and their backgrounds and personalities.

With incest, the key question is, what brings them together? That's what makes the story unique. So give some thought to that.

What elements will make the story sexy and erotic to you?

Once those things are done, you can either just start writing, or if you're like me, do a little more outlining.

Then just write, and I recommend trying to jump into the story with an action or a conversation rather than a long information dump.

Everybody's different. The one thing we share is a need at some point to just write.

 

[WyreBendr0417]

First of all, congratulations on the decision to start writing. I started much the same way. A long time reader, always wanting to try it myself. There's a lot of good advice to be had in this forum from the many fine authors here. I've learned quite a bit here in the relatively short time I've been writing.

Like Z33B said, write down any ideas or thoughts that pop into mind, no matter how slight. They may become something great later on. I use a program called Standard Notes just for this purpose. The free version has worked well for me.

What has helped me in writing incest stories has been to look at how I would want it to play out if it were a part of my life. What caused the characters to gravitate to each other sexually. What's their backstory, their history?

One of the best pieces of advice that runs throughout this forum is to just write. Write, write, write as much as you can, as often as you can. If you hit a wall at some point, take the time to go back review what you already have, then tweak and edit whatever doesn't feel or sound right to you. A lot of times for me, that will break down that wall, and I find my direction again to continue developing the story I want to write.

WB

 

[Trionyx]

I hadn’t written anything since college.

Weirdnessome, Before you think this is an amazing accomplishment, please be advised she has recently admitted to being 26, so maybe four or five years at most. But she has a sharp wit that makes up for all those many, many years since college.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Weirdnessome, Before you think this is an amazing accomplishment, please be advised she has recently admitted to being 26, so maybe four or five years at most. But she has a sharp wit that makes up for all those many, many years since college.

Not sure that I admitted to being 26. It’s been in my profile (or at least a range around 26, which is how they do it) since I set it up.

https://imgur.com/a/vJK63nX

Anyway, it’s not like it’s a crime is it? Maybe in Arkansas .

Em

 

[HordHolm]

If it helps I often like to think of the central moment of something I am trying to write, and then let the time, place and people flow backwards and forwards from that event. So, how did the characters get to the central moment, how will they go forward from it, how did it affect them, and how did they affect it (the central moment).

 

[Trionyx]

Not sure that I admitted to being 26. It’s been in my profile (or at least a range around 26, which is how they do it) since I set it up.

https://imgur.com/a/vJK63nX

Anyway, it’s not like it’s a crime is it? Maybe in Arkansas .

Em

We’ll, not exactly admitted, but strongly implied. To wit:

Is 26 counted as young? [please say yes - please say yes - please say yes ] Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

We’ll, not exactly admitted, but strongly implied. To wit:

Is 26 counted as young? [please say yes - please say yes - please say yes ] Em

Stated, maybe .

Em

 

[Tayloroc]

Very!

 

[Trionyx]

Stated, maybe .

I started at 25.

Em

Hmm. Started in 2022, now one year later. 25 + 1 = 26. I believe the preponderance of evidence continues to point to a current age of 26.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Hmm. Started in 2022, now one year later. 25 + 1 = 26. I believe the preponderance of evidence continues to point to a current age of 26.

As does my passport. Which I am using tomorrow.

Em

 

[Booleanean]

The hardest part for me is getting the first two paragraphs down. Usually I'll have a decent idea of what I want to write, a situation I want my characters to be in down the line, who they are, what they'll do once the garments start flying (or whatever happens when things get frisky between a nudist couple), but finding that way into the story that makes sense is very hard.

Sometimes, the characters just wake up. Depending on your preferred POV it gives you an excuse to talk about what they're planning to do that day, write some inner monologue, and even make some observations about their appearance or situation ("she brushed her hair and plucked out a gray one from among the auburn ones", "he adjusted himself as he pulled up his underwear, settling his massive cock in a comfortable position", "As she opened the curtains, her partner made hissing noises from the bed. 'Come on, Nosferatu, it's 10am.'").

Other times, it can be fun to dump them straight into the situation you want them in. My first published story on here, the MC is getting her ear talked off by a boring guy in a bar, the one I'm working on has the MC wake up in a camp site two days hike out from civilization, with her partner's dried cum still on her stomach from the quiet quicky before sleep they thought they hid from their fellow campers.

The biggest tip I can give really, is to just write. it doesn't matter if it's trash. Pick a name, pick a location, and write that down.

"Lisa sat down at the bar and ordered a drink."

"Mark walked through the park, enjoying the warm weather."

"Mary stretched and snuggled closer to Liam, pulling the covers closer."

"The moonlight shining on the water glinted off the wake Jonah's row boat made."

You probably already have an image for all four of those. You said your primary interest is incest, but there's a lot of situations that could flow from here.

Lisa's probably in a crowded bar, maybe someone bumps into her, or the bar tender is incredibly cute in her crop top? Maybe her brother went to the same bar solo, and they flirt innocently because that's hilarious, and by the time they're on their fourth drink, "innocently" goes away.

Mark could spot someone he knows, or think about the date he has planned for his wife, or be fantasizing about his cousin that's coming to visit.

Liam could be Mary's husband, or her secret lover staying over while her husband is on a business trip, or locked in a cage under the bed. Maybe he's her widowed grandfather. Maybe it's not even Liam (who actually is her husband), but her brother who was (innocently) keeping her company while Liam was visiting his family. They got drunk, ended up in bed together, and now you get to write the delicious bits of the realization of what she's done (slept with her brother, cheated on Liam) while her brother is still asleep, how they talk about it, how she keeps thinking back on how good he was with his fingers, how strong his arms were, how Liam had secretly confessed he had an incest-based-cuckoldry-fetish, or maybe she realizes that Liam's an ass and she needs to divorce him to start a bed and breakfast with her real true loves, her two older brothers.

Jonah might be a bit harder, but maybe he'd planned a romantic trip for his spouse, but she bailed last minute and now he's going with his brother. They end up fucking in the boat, and vow to never speak of it again. They see each other every weekend to watch football with friends, but one time everyone else can't make it, and then Jonah's spouse catches him with his brother's cock down his throat and everything turns into a threesome.

The point is, you can just throw darts at a board and pick a situation, getting past that initial hurdle and letting the characters take control for a bit, can really help write that short story. Once you've done a couple of those, you can start worrying about plot and direction and outlines and all that.

 

[Weirdnessome]

The best place to begin is, well, the beginning.

Not trying to be an asshole here. But the only way to do it is just do it.

Pick a story. Start writing.

Incest should be pretty easy, you've got a built in premise.

Also: read stories, find ones you like, get ideas from them. See what other writers write and how.

There's lots of discussion threads here, plenty on writing tips.

Read those. Ask questions.

Good luck.

No worries, not offended. Thanks for the pointers

 

[Weirdnessome]

I wrote my first story in the middle of last year. I hadn’t written anything since college. There is an element of just writing. Writing something, anything. Not sure there is any formula beyond just making a start. Different things work for different people. Just try something.

Em

Yah, just beginning it has been the most difficult. Thanks you the help

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Some people can think and then write fully-formed stories. Me, I've learned to accept that my first drafts are always shit.

Then I take that draft, go through and change most of the sentences. Delete some, add more. Then usually I can see what the key themes are and build on those. Then prune. Maybe repeat a couple more times.

But without the first crap explosion of text, there's nothing.

 

[TxRad]

How to start writing? The way too simple answer is to put one word in front of another. That is the easy part once you've had some practice and you have your idea firmly in mind. Ideas. They are a dime a dozen for some people and slippery tenuous creatures for others. Do you have a favorite fantasy? Does it play like a movie in your mind? If so, you have a start. Put it down on paper. Don't get fancy to start, just get it down with as much detail as possible.

That is how I started my first story. A memory about something that happened to me a long time before. After a lot of timer, starts and stops, rereads, rewrites, and all that stuff, I had 237 word pages crammed with words. Now you stuff it in a drawer and come back to it a few weeks later and start reading at the top. Does any of it make sense? Does it go anywhere near what you had in mind?

Like someone said abovbe. Now is when you do the weeding and trimming to make it into something that looks like what you saw in your mind. After a while your mind will learn to do the weeding and trimming as you go to some extent. When that happens, now you are writing.

Bottom line. Write and then write more and so on and so forth.

 

[Duleigh]

But never know where to begin. Anyone would like to give me some pointers

Duleigh's Demandment #1 - Write what you know.

You've probably been somewhere, done something that you can feature in a story, start there. Your readers will see that you're in your comfort zone and score your stories nicely. When you get comfortable and you get over the jitters of clicking "submit" when the story is done, then start branching out, but nothing works if you ignore:

Duleigh's Demandment #2 - Write what you love.

If you don't like it but you're writing it anyway to see if you can do it, your readers will figure that out and your scores will suck.

 

[Weirdnessome]

Duleigh's Demandment #1 - Write what you know.

You've probably been somewhere, done something that you can feature in a story, start there. Your readers will see that you're in your comfort zone and score your stories nicely. When you get comfortable and you get over the jitters of clicking "submit" when the story is done, then start branching out, but nothing works if you ignore:

Duleigh's Demandment #2 - Write what you love.

If you don't like it but you're writing it anyway to see if you can do it, your readers will figure that out and your scores will suck.

 

[Trionyx]

As does my passport. Which I am using tomorrow.

Em

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