How do you write?

[JasonClearwater]

If work is fun, go for it. Don't suffer for it. Unless you must.

If you don't suffer for your art, is it really art?

I always make sure to schedule in an hour's suffering a day, between entertaining the crippling alcohol dependence and the chain smoking that define me as a true writer.

 

[nosebone]

If you don't suffer for your art, is it really art?

I always make sure to schedule in an hour's suffering a day, between entertaining the crippling alcohol dependence and the chain smoking that define me as a true writer.

I took up writing to account for the alcohol dependence.

I do write best in a 1-3 glasses of wine window. This is where I produce my best stuff.

 

[Hypoxia]

If you don't suffer for your art, is it really art?

Felix Mendelssohn led a charmed life filled with love and success with barely a moment of suffering. He, with his sister, sure wrote some fine music. Antonio Vivaldi had a lifelong gig writing music for and leading the orchestra of a girl's college; I doubt he suffered much. Did Herman Melville or Emily Dickenson suffer to make their writing real? Did Andy Warhol suffer? (Yes, Andy was a gifted portraitist.)

If sex is a pain in the ass, you're doing it wrong. If art is suffering, you're living wrong. Except Thomas Kinkade. He deserved what he got.

 

[JasonClearwater]

Felix Mendelssohn led a charmed life filled with love and success with barely a moment of suffering. He, with his sister, sure wrote some fine music. Antonio Vivaldi had a lifelong gig writing music for and leading the orchestra of a girl's college; I doubt he suffered much. Did Herman Melville or Emily Dickenson suffer to make their writing real? Did Andy Warhol suffer? (Yes, Andy was a gifted portraitist.)

If sex is a pain in the ass, you're doing it wrong. If art is suffering, you're living wrong. Except Thomas Kinkade. He deserved what he got.

If sex is a pain in the arse, you're doing it wrong. Weeellll, I'm not sure that's true. Some pain can't be avoided, unless you want to wait for optimal conditions, but generally it's more fun than pain. At least, you'd hope so.

As to art and suffering - wasn't Emily Dickenson's writing characterised by the exploration of suffering and growth? Vivaldi was weak and sickly as a child, and suffered ill health throughout his life. Melville was physically and mentally ill. Warhol was a drug addict who killed himself with speed. I'm sure Mendelssohn had bad days. I'm not suggesting you should suffer for the sake of it, but knowing what's on the dark side of the light's helpful for writing with balance.

That said, honestly, my only addiction is to expensive teas, and the only suffering is when I can't write.

 

[Captainnumnuts]

Today, I take a break. Even if it kills me.

 

[Gentleman_G]

If sex is a pain in the ass, you're doing it wrong.

Nothing a little lube won't fix ...
Writing's kind of the same. If it doesn't come out, just write something else until it does come out.

 

[TxRad]

How do I write? One word at a time is the obvious answer. My mind works much faster than my fingers.

And yes, there is a major difference in the approach to writing for fun and pay. For fun, I write when I feel like it. For pay, you have a deadline so you divide the hoped for length by the number of days and try to keep a schedule. For fun, you set the story. For pay, the publisher sets what they want or need.

Since the publisher sets what they want, you have to submit something to show you understand that. An outline, an arc, a list of points. These are more or less fiction themselves to start and everyone knows it.

Keeping things and characters straight. On the page down from where I'm writing is a set of notes on key things and on the characters. It moves along as you type and you can add to it as needed. Keeps things neat and at hand.

Coffee, breakfast and writing five mornings a week. Set a schedule and try and keep it. Your mind and body will get used to it in time. I usually read back a few pages and then dive back in. When things slow down, read back and do it again. Don't forget to update the notes and characters.

Having an interesting idea helps.

How I do things is how I do things. How you do things is something you will have to work out. My style evolved over twenty years so there is always hope for new writers.

 

[BiscuitHammer]

Tolth be trued...

I'm usually most inspired after sex, even for non-erotic writing. Once I'm sitting down, there's mood music (based on the story-type), and Guinness or absinthe.

Sounds silly, but sometimes, a good bout of RTS gaming can also get me in the mood. I guess pretending I'm Alexander the Great has a positive effect on my writing.

Light sparring, too, now that I think of it.

But mostly getting my fraggle rocked. ^^v

 

[SamScribble]

Since the publisher sets what they want, you have to submit something to show you understand that. An outline, an arc, a list of points. These are more or less fiction themselves to start and everyone knows it.

And yet ... they still want it and we still provide it.

 

[TxRad]

And yet ... they still want it and we still provide it.

And the end product usually comes out better than the original idea.

 

[Kantarii]

And the end product usually comes out better than the original idea.

So if the end product came out worst than the original idea —Then there may be flaws/holes in the imagination that need filling - or something to that effect
Kant

 

[TxRad]

So if the end product came out worst than the original idea —Then there may be flaws/holes in the imagination that need filling - or something to that effect
Kant

Then it gets rejected and game over, usually.

 

[UghOkay]

I have to be in the mood to write. If I'm feeling really inspired, I can come up with series and write the first chapter all in one day. That's how Tropes happened. I woke up one Saturday morning and the idea came to me. The first chapter was written and submitted that day.

Writing sex scenes is the hardest part. I really have to push myself. Sometimes I put on the Wonder Woman theme from Batman v Superman to psych myself up. Writing witty dialogue is the easy part.

 

[JasonClearwater]

I have to be in the mood to write. If I'm feeling really inspired, I can come up with series and write the first chapter all in one day. That's how Tropes happened. I woke up one Saturday morning and the idea came to me. The first chapter was written and submitted that day.

Writing sex scenes is the hardest part. I really have to push myself. Sometimes I put on the Wonder Woman theme from Batman v Superman to psych myself up. Writing witty dialogue is the easy part.

I fucking love your Tropes series.

 

[UghOkay]

I fucking love your Tropes series.

Thanks! That means a lot.

 

[mboy69]

Hi there! My process is similar to your second option I guess. Only, I write while shagging.
Sometimes I don't even finish the story before I orgasm. then I pause, because after an orgasm, i just don't feel aroused by ur story anymore. I wait a while, do something else, then when im horny again, I continue the story. sometimes, I just start a new story, and wait till I finish it to shag.

 

[mboy69]

I have to be in the mood to write. If I'm feeling really inspired, I can come up with series and write the first chapter all in one day. That's how Tropes happened. I woke up one Saturday morning and the idea came to me. The first chapter was written and submitted that day.

Writing sex scenes is the hardest part. I really have to push myself. Sometimes I put on the Wonder Woman theme from Batman v Superman to psych myself up. Writing witty dialogue is the easy part.

Mine are kinda like verbal masturbation, but I work very hard on constructing stimulating scenes...only possible when im horny af. I think being horny makes me really creative. if you're interested, do give my profile a watch. im new here, and super excited to be part of this family!!
https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=4180027&page=submissions

 

[mboy69]

If you don't suffer for your art, is it really art?

I always make sure to schedule in an hour's suffering a day, between entertaining the crippling alcohol dependence and the chain smoking that define me as a true writer.

Altho, I think I write the best when im smoking grass. marijuana being an aphrodisiac, really gets me all inspired, and in the right writing mood. Would love to collaborate sometime, bruh

 

[JasonClearwater]

Altho, I think I write the best when im smoking grass. marijuana being an aphrodisiac, really gets me all inspired, and in the right writing mood. Would love to collaborate sometime, bruh

You're quite stoned right now, aren't you, bruv?

Drugs kill my creativity. I'm jealous of anyone who can get stoned or have a beer and write.

 

[BiscuitHammer]

You're quite stoned right now, aren't you, bruv?

Drugs kill my creativity. I'm jealous of anyone who can get stoned or have a beer and write.

For me, it's absinthe. Hemingway was onto something there...

 

[JasonClearwater]

For me, it's absinthe. Hemingway was onto something there...

Not for you a side helping of laudanum and opium?

 

[BiscuitHammer]

Not for you a side helping of laudanum and opium?

I'd say I'm plenty weird without delving into those alterants.

 

[JasonClearwater]

I'd say I'm plenty weird without delving into those alterants.

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[BiscuitHammer]

I miss that show...

And you make it sound like a bad thing, sirrah. /

 

[JasonClearwater]

I miss that show...

And you make it sound like a bad thing, sirrah. /

Bisc, don't be exactly half of an eleven-pound black forest ham.