How can you write about it if you don't like it?

[cheerful_deviant]

I've had a couple of ideas for stories kicking aroung in my little tiny brain for a while. The ideas are for Erotic Horror, which is a genre that does not really intrest me all that much. I have read several stories in that catagory and some were very good, but it's just not my thing. But the plot ideas keep running around in my brain screaming to be let out, so I may have to let them.

I'm thinking of trying to write at least one of them but I am uncertain of what the end result would be. What will probablly happen, will be the skeleton of a story, that will never be acceptably fleshed out because I won't be able to get into it enough to fill in the details. Just another half baked story that will sleep forever on my hard drive.

Does anyone else ever write in genres that really don't interest them? Do you have any trouble with it?

 

[English Lady]

I have written stories i've been paid for that have included whole chunks of stuff that had no interest for me whatsoever.

For me I just delved into the character and saw it from that level. I didn't enjoy riting it and it might not be my best work but i did it.Do a little research if you can and well just write it. If the idea is there I am sure the details would come as you go along....

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I've had a couple of ideas for stories kicking aroung in my little tiny brain for a while. The ideas are for Erotic Horror, which is a genre that does not really intrest me all that much. I have read several stories in that catagory and some were very good, but it's just not my thing. But the plot ideas keep running around in my brain screaming to be let out, so I may have to let them.

I'm thinking of trying to write at least one of them but I am uncertain of what the end result would be. What will probablly happen, will be the skeleton of a story, that will never be acceptably fleshed out because I won't be able to get into it enough to fill in the details. Just another half baked story that will sleep forever on my hard drive.

Does anyone else ever write in genres that really don't interest them? Do you have any trouble with it?

Adapt Cd.

My first stab at Erotic horror was not the best piece I ever wrote, but when a story demands to be told, you just have to tell it. Write it, as best you can, then read it a few days later with a critical eye.

Ask for help. Lou is the expert on the genre. I am sure she could provide help if you need it.

*HUGS*

 

[rgraham666]

I'm going to find out. My next piece is going to be a political allegory dressed up as a BDSM piece.

I'm going to have to access a piece of my soul I would like to stay quiet. But If I do it right, it's going to be a very good story.

 

[steve w]

Cheerful,

Maybe the fact that it isn't your kind of thing, is precisely the reason you SHOULD write it. Perhaps that's a good way to stretch and improve as a writer.

I have a similar problem with characters. I don't really like writing characters that I don't like, or can't identify with, or wouldn't want to share a beer with.

However, writing them and making them convincing and interesting makes me, hopefully, a better writer overall.

Give it a try and see what happens. As it's a new genre for you, maybe having a Litster feed back on a draft might give you some for confidence.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

The ideas won't go away so I think I'll have to ate least make the attempt. Wether or not it will be any good is another matter.

EL: What you suggest about seeing it thru the characters eyes is usually what I try to do when writing. Hopefully I can make it work here to. Time will tell.

Colly: I fear I am not as versatile a writer as you are, but you are right that when the story need to be told, you must tell it. I'm sure Lou will be sick of hearing from me by the time I'm done.

RG: Good luck. I think we'll both need it.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Cheerful,

Maybe the fact that it isn't your kind of thing, is precisely the reason you SHOULD write it. Perhaps that's a good way to stretch and improve as a writer.

I have a similar problem with characters. I don't really like writing characters that I don't like, or can't identify with, or wouldn't want to share a beer with.

However, writing them and making them convincing and interesting makes me, hopefully, a better writer overall.

Give it a try and see what happens. As it's a new genre for you, maybe having a Litster feed back on a draft might give you some for confidence.

I'm the same way with writing characteres I don't like, but I keep trying to change them to make them more likeable. But that kindof defeats the purpose.

Some of the regulars in the AH will deninitly get first crack at it if and when it gets done so I can get feedback and make any changes that need to be made before it gets posted.

 

[English Lady]

CD...I reckon if you have the idea you may find it easier to write than you anticipate. give it a go and see.

 

[cloudy]

CD, you may find it easier to write than you think. My Halloween story was erotic horror, and until then, I'd had no interest in writing in that genre. Oddly enough, I think it's the best written story I have on Lit - you just never know. Stretch your wings a litte, you may be very pleased with the result.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I don't know if I necessarily have to like what I write about. I'm just not sure that's the right word. Empathize is maybe more like it. I have to be able to make some emotional connection, otherwise I feel like I really have nothing to say about the matter.

For instance, I don't like incest and have never written an incest story, but I'll bet I could write one. I don't like the subject and find it basically anti-erotic personally, but I think I know what appeals to people about it, and I could get into it.

It's hard for me to imagine what it would be like to write a story about something that doesn't involve me in some way. It would really justbe faking it, and I think it would show.

---dr.M.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I guess I'm gonna have to try it now.

It'll be my next one as soon as I finish my current story. Which by the way, will be the first story I've finished since my 2nd daughter was born, 6 monts ago! Not that I haven't started several...

Stories started in the last 6 months = 6

Stories finished in the last 6 months = 0

 

[Guest]

I believe the saying, "Write what you know" is true. Don't know if that applies to "Write what you like". I doubt it very much, cos I've never cared much for biting guy's dicks off.

BUT, seriously, if you never try to broaden your horizons and try out new things, you'll never know if it might've worked.

You say you've read a few stories in the Erotic Horror category, CD? If that's the case, then you do have a passing interest in the genre.

Just go for it. What have you got to lose? (Apart from your mind.)

Lou

 

[Remec]

The ideas won't go away so I think I'll have to ate least make the attempt. Wether or not it will be any good is another matter.

Colly: I fear I am not as versatile a writer as you are, but you are right that when the story need to be told, you must tell it. I'm sure Lou will be sick of hearing from me by the time I'm done.

And...if you find you simply cannot write it up to your satisfaction, perhaps take it off into Story Ideas and see who might take it and run with it? We all get creative impulses from all sorts of places, but that doesn't mean we're always the right person to do anything with them.

Does that make sense?

 

[pop_54]

I've had a couple of ideas for stories kicking aroung in my little tiny brain for a while. The ideas are for Erotic Horror, which is a genre that does not really intrest me all that much. I have read several stories in that catagory and some were very good, but it's just not my thing. But the plot ideas keep running around in my brain screaming to be let out, so I may have to let them.

I'm thinking of trying to write at least one of them but I am uncertain of what the end result would be. What will probablly happen, will be the skeleton of a story, that will never be acceptably fleshed out because I won't be able to get into it enough to fill in the details. Just another half baked story that will sleep forever on my hard drive.

Does anyone else ever write in genres that really don't interest them? Do you have any trouble with it?

In the correct order... 'Yes'!... And 'sometimes'! I write about stuff I wouldn't do, or even contemplate doing, but then I have a very over active imagination and manage to put myselt into a mood to write about such things... I wrote one rape story, but I've never raped anyone and wouldn't dream of doing so, managed to get well into it though, even gave myself a bone-on one time, which was a bit disturbing.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I believe the saying, "Write what you know" is true. Don't know if that applies to "Write what you like". I doubt it very much, cos I've never cared much for biting guy's dicks off.

BUT, seriously, if you never try to broaden your horizons and try out new things, you'll never know if it might've worked.

You say you've read a few stories in the Erotic Horror category, CD? If that's the case, then you do have a passing interest in the genre.

Just go for it. What have you got to lose? (Apart from your mind.)

Lou

I have what I would believe to be a small passing interest in the genre, but it is there, which is probablly how the ideas got started in the first place. (I've been sitting on them so long, I don't even remember how/when they started) I guess this will be a good test of my skills.

You up for giving me pointers if I need them?

P.S. My mind is already long gone.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

And...if you find you simply cannot write it up to your satisfaction, perhaps take it off into Story Ideas and see who might take it and run with it? We all get creative impulses from all sorts of places, but that doesn't mean we're always the right person to do anything with them.

Does that make sense?

I think I've been talked into trying it myself. We'll have to see how it turns out.

 

[oggbashan]

I keep trying to be different and write stories in genres that don't personally appeal. I think it is very unwise to try to work out what authors would actually have as preferred RL sexual encounters from their published work. What might have been attractive at the time of writing could pall.

Conan Doyle hated Sherlock Holmes when he wrote the stories after the Reichenbach Falls. Freddie Mercury of Queen wouldn't discuss 'Bohemian Rhapsody' because that work was his past. He had moved on even if his fans hadn't.

Even if authors seem to enjoy writing a particular genre it doesn't necessarily follow that they did or do. Some stories are written as personal exorcisms - to get past something you hate. They might be good stories but the author wants to forget them. Some are written as answers to challenges - 'Could I write about that and make it seem realistic?' Some are written for the Literotica competitions and the annual competition requires stories in most genres. The power of the imagination cannot be underestimated. There is nothing to prevent a heterosexual writing good homosexual sex or vice versa if some effort is put into research.

My list of stories includes genres I don't personally like, for example:

My first forays into Erotic Horror were disasters. Now the category is established I have a better idea of what is acceptable.

Incest was an eye-opener for the number of views and votes yet what is it really? A 'normal' sex story but the protagonists are brother and sister and they have some guilt trips...

I still have to tackle the ultimate challenge 'Kerala Women's sweaty and hairy armpits' - that apparently is a popular erotic image with a significant minority of men on the Indian sub-continent. It doesn't work for me. Writing a story that would work for the intended audience is a really difficult exercise.

Maybe I'll manage to produce the ultimate Kerala Women Armpit story. Not sure it would be popular on Literotica. I suppose it would be in the 'Fetish' category.

Og

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I keep trying to be different and write stories in genres that don't personally appeal. I think it is very unwise to try to work out what authors would actually have as preferred RL sexual encounters from their published work. What might have been attractive at the time of writing could pall.

Conan Doyle hated Sherlock Holmes when he wrote the stories after the Reichenbach Falls. Freddie Mercury of Queen wouldn't discuss 'Bohemian Rhapsody' because that work was his past. He had moved on even if his fans hadn't.

Even if authors seem to enjoy writing a particular genre it doesn't necessarily follow that they did or do. Some stories are written as personal exorcisms - to get past something you hate. They might be good stories but the author wants to forget them. Some are written as answers to challenges - 'Could I write about that and make it seem realistic?' Some are written for the Literotica competitions and the annual competition requires stories in most genres. The power of the imagination cannot be underestimated. There is nothing to prevent a heterosexual writing good homosexual sex or vice versa if some effort is put into research.

My list of stories includes genres I don't personally like, for example:

My first forays into Erotic Horror were disasters. Now the category is established I have a better idea of what is acceptable.

Incest was an eye-opener for the number of views and votes yet what is it really? A 'normal' sex story but the protagonists are brother and sister and they have some guilt trips...

I still have to tackle the ultimate challenge 'Kerala Women's sweaty and hairy armpits' - that apparently is a popular erotic image with a significant minority of men on the Indian sub-continent. It doesn't work for me. Writing a story that would work for the intended audience is a really difficult exercise.

Maybe I'll manage to produce the ultimate Kerala Women Armpit story. Not sure it would be popular on Literotica. I suppose it would be in the 'Fetish' category.

Og

It is very true that a story can give little or no indication of how the writer feels in real life. I personally only (so far) have written Lesbian stories and I certainly will not be doing any of those things any time soon.

I'm a little conserned that my first foray into another genre will also be a disaster, but hopefully the other authors in the AH can keep me out of trouble.

I don't know if I could ever write something like "Hairy Armpits". The idea is so unapealing to me that I know I could never get into it and as Doc M suggested, I would feel like the end product would just show that I was faking it. I think I'll start my experiment with something I'm at least marginally interested in.

 

[oggbashan]

I don't know if I could ever write something like "Hairy Armpits". The idea is so unappealing to me that I know I could never get into it and as Doc M suggested, I would feel like the end product would just show that I was faking it...

That is the essence of its challenge to me. IF I, despite being not exactly enamoured of sweaty hairy armpits, could write a story on that fetish so that the aficionados like what I have written then I think I could attempt almost anything.

My first and second attempts are still languishing in a folder on my hard drive.

Og

 

[Anopheles]

I've had a couple of ideas for stories kicking aroung in my little tiny brain for a while. The ideas are for Erotic Horror, which is a genre that does not really intrest me all that much. I have read several stories in that catagory and some were very good, but it's just not my thing. But the plot ideas keep running around in my brain screaming to be let out, so I may have to let them.

I'm thinking of trying to write at least one of them but I am uncertain of what the end result would be. What will probablly happen, will be the skeleton of a story, that will never be acceptably fleshed out because I won't be able to get into it enough to fill in the details. Just another half baked story that will sleep forever on my hard drive.

Does anyone else ever write in genres that really don't interest them? Do you have any trouble with it?

I've written a couple of incest stories, which turned about to be some of my better ones, even though I have no particular 'boner' for that genre at all. For me, I have to have insight into what it is i'm writing about if I haven't experienced it personally, so I just read a bunch of stories about it. I'd suggest that, and I think you'll find it useful.

The ultimate challenge as a writer would be to write something not that you were just not interested in, but perhaps found distasteful or offensive!

 

[cantdog]

Horizons. I did S & M, and I'm going to do other weirdness. The S & M one rated pretty poorly, but what of that?

I mean the worst that could happen is you'd suck at it!

 

[Guest]

I have what I would believe to be a small passing interest in the genre, but it is there, which is probablly how the ideas got started in the first place. (I've been sitting on them so long, I don't even remember how/when they started) I guess this will be a good test of my skills.

You up for giving me pointers if I need them?

P.S. My mind is already long gone.

Yep, sure thing. Give me a shout, if you need to. Otherwise, I look forward to reading them.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Yep, sure thing. Give me a shout, if you need to. Otherwise, I look forward to reading them.

Given how long this last story took me, you should see something in 2008 or so.

 

[LadyJeanne]

I wrote one story at someone's request, and it was the hardest thing to do even though I really wanted to write it for him.

Usually my stories sort of write themselves, often turning into something I hadn't expected. With that one though, I had to outline the whole thing first and then fill in the details in the outline before I could begin to write it so I could keep track of where I was going with it. It helped to ask a lot of questions to understand the "why's" of what made it erotic for my reader.

That foray into the unknown was a terrific exercise, and frankly surprised me, as it's my highest rated story, most number of votes, twice the views of my other stories combined, and generated some very touching PM's.

I say go for it - you could really end up surprising yourself!

 

[Guest]

I wrote one story at someone's request, and it was the hardest thing to do even though I really wanted to write it for him.

That is quite tough to do, isn't it?

I've done that a couple of times in the past. Was fun, though, and well worth it!