How did you guys find your genre or niche or any topic at all....

[LiterallyLiterate]

I write based on my own fantasies, the impossible ones for now, but will soon branch out to E/V, bdsm and incest (strictly siblings, no cross-generation). Most of this comes from either pure fantasy or a certain what-if, based on own experiences.

A few years ago, I witnessed a ‘marilyn monroe moment’, where a young student’s dress got caught in the wind and have me a full view of her bottom half, navel to sandals. Sadly, there were white cotton panties present too, but I can still see them if I close my eyes. What if… and so on.
I think I could write a few chapters on my various what

 

[ICantLeafYou]

I mostly write scenes that are personal fantasies of mine. I have a brief, hot idea and decide to flesh it out and put it into writing.

I have aphantasia, at the very severe end. Can't see anything in my mind's eye, I have no visual imagination at all. Writing out my fantasies helps me develop them into a full scene that I can finally "see" while reading the words I've put down. Apparently it churns out some good stuff because I get good comments on all my work.

 

[AG31]

Interesting. I too, have pretty extreme aphantasia and my stories are also recordings of my fantasies. What you suggest is behind this rings true.

 

[JennyCapricorn]

I'm genuinely curious to hear how others found their way into writing the kinds of stories they write. Share your stories! Please!

Melissa, I never imagined that being a Lit author would happen to me. I was never the fiction writer in the family a hubby had some stories on here but I never thought I had the knack.

Then @genzsub and I started playing in the messages here. I had played with a lot of men and women on chat and enjoyed it but on chat nothing stays. And here I was writing longer bits and she was writing back, paragraphs of trading narrative control in a very natural D/s story. Another thing I never expected.

And it had a beginning, middle, and end. (And many climaxes!) And Genzsub was already an established writer here and knew how to edit it and clean it up and post it. Which was so exciting!

Now we have two collaborations up under her name and are <ahem> beavering away on a third. And people seem to like them! Amazing

So I found my niche by finding the right writing partner. Not sure I’ll ever write anything else or with someone other than her but I’m loving the act of creation with her.

 

[liftmykilt]

So I found my niche by finding the right writing partner. Not sure I’ll ever write anything else or with someone other than her but I’m loving the act of creation with her.

I've thought recently that this might be a fun idea. So many different writing styles and approaches to scene building, I'm realizing it will be harder than I initially thought.

 

[JennyCapricorn]

I've thought recently that this might be a fun idea. So many different writing styles and approaches to scene building, I'm realizing it will be harder than I initially thought.

Well, you need to find the right partner… unless you plan to write both sides in different styles?

 

[liftmykilt]

Well, you need to find the right partner… unless you plan to write both sides in different styles?

That's an intriguing thought. I've done a few stories where I took someone else's and rewrote it from the other person's point of view (not on here). I still need to work on consistency with different voices. It could be something like two accounts of the same experience through an interview process, like part of couples therapy.