How important is cock description?

[Sneakingsuspicion]

I'm writing a piece from a male POV, and in doing so I overlooked something females might have interest in. So, to-the-point, how thoroughly should a guy's member be detailed? Maybe not every vein, but do you women need to hear the number of inches or can you just go on saying that it's 'thick, hard, and pulsing' and move past it?

It feels so... quantified. "John has a 7" cock." Some people might say "so what?" Some others might roll their eyes and say "Yeah, right, of course he does." In my personal experience these little details can turn off someone from the story entirely or at least pull them out momentarily. I know I've closed off a few stories when a bunch of dudes who all just so happen to have 12" dicks show up at the scene.

Is it alright to just be more subtle than that? To say it's thick or large and leave it there?

 

[sdnt]

I'm writing a piece from a male POV, and in doing so I overlooked something females might have interest in. So, to-the-point, how thoroughly should a guy's member be detailed? Maybe not every vein, but do you women need to hear the number of inches or can you just go on saying that it's 'thick, hard, and pulsing' and move past it?

It feels so... quantified. "John has a 7" cock." Some people might say "so what?" Some others might roll their eyes and say "Yeah, right, of course he does." In my personal experience these little details can turn off someone from the story entirely or at least pull them out momentarily. I know I've closed off a few stories when a bunch of dudes who all just so happen to have 12" dicks show up at the scene.

Is it alright to just be more subtle than that? To say it's thick or large and leave it there?

I suppose as people of sensuality and physicality, we want the best we can get. We want the full knowledge of a subject, an clear understanding. No fact undiscovered, no corner dusted for clues! But being subtle with erotica, I guess, less is more. I don't know?

Agree? Disagree?

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm writing a piece from a male POV, and in doing so I overlooked something females might have interest in. So, to-the-point, how thoroughly should a guy's member be detailed? Maybe not every vein, but do you women need to hear the number of inches or can you just go on saying that it's 'thick, hard, and pulsing' and move past it?

It feels so... quantified. "John has a 7" cock." Some people might say "so what?" Some others might roll their eyes and say "Yeah, right, of course he does." In my personal experience these little details can turn off someone from the story entirely or at least pull them out momentarily. I know I've closed off a few stories when a bunch of dudes who all just so happen to have 12" dicks show up at the scene.

Is it alright to just be more subtle than that? To say it's thick or large and leave it there?

I think you should avoid inches for a cock description just as you should never mention bra or cup sizes for a woman.

Large, sizable, thick, even a word like "impressive" can work because it allowa the woman (or man) reading to decide in their mind what "large" is.

For some women a cock not much larger than avergage is just fine and that's what they will envision if there are any size queens out there, they will fill in the blank of Large meaning 9"+

 

[jomar]

Depends on what you're trying to do and how well you can do it. The latest David Baldacchi best seller gives height/weight stats....seen it a lot lately for some reason.

But you can always go with something like "as she took his head into her soft mouth both hands encircled him and she was amazed she couldn't meet finger to thumb..."

"He unzipped his pants and pulled out a water bottle..."


Clumsy off the top, but you get the idea...

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Do what makes you feel comfortable. Some people actually like reading laundry lists. Some people like as little description as possible, so that they can imagine the cock of their dreams. Others want every vein, bump, and smooth part described in full detail so that they know exactly what cock you had in mind when you wrote this.

Go down the path that you think fits the story best.

 

[PennLady]

TheeGoatPig has the answer, and so many times the answer is: it depends on the story, and the characters. If a character is very tactile or something, then it might pay to describe how a cock looks and feels.

Personally, specific description doesn't do it for me. I prefer more general stuff and then have what I want in my head. I suppose it's because a lot of what is described is either unusual or close to impossible. When I read about a cock that's 9-12" long and round as a soda can, I just think, "Yeah, right."

 

[dr_mabeuse]

How important is it to you to know a woman's cup size and chest measurement in a story?

Same principle applies.

 

[PossibleSlut]

It all depends on what you mean by 'male POV.' If you're doing it in first person as the guy getting blown, don't brag about your cock size. As a woman, I'd prefer to read what's going through your mind as to how it feels rather than, "I put that bitch in her place with my 12-incher."

If it's from the perspective of another guy who's in the room and is maybe jealous of the other dude's dick, then maybe a little more description fits.

Again, as a woman, reading about a man who is being made to feel good and a woman who feels good doing it is a lot sexier, no matter how many visible veins there are bulging from the guy's cock.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

TheeGoatPig has the answer, and so many times the answer is: it depends on the story, and the characters. If a character is very tactile or something, then it might pay to describe how a cock looks and feels.

Personally, specific description doesn't do it for me. I prefer more general stuff and then have what I want in my head. I suppose it's because a lot of what is described is either unusual or close to impossible. When I read about a cock that's 9-12" long and round as a soda can, I just think, "Yeah, right."

There is a story in the incest category where the cock is 8" long until you get to the mushroom tip that is the size of a tennis ball (or was it softball sized?). It was ridiculous.

I have also read impossible woman dimensions too though. 6'-4" tall, 120 pounds, 32GG breasts... Does this person have any idea how actual people look, or how mass in a body that size actually works? Of course not, why bother asking Goat Pig?

 

[PennLady]

There is a story in the incest category where the cock is 8" long until you get to the mushroom tip that is the size of a tennis ball (or was it softball sized?). It was ridiculous.

I have also read impossible woman dimensions too though. 6'-4" tall, 120 pounds, 32GG breasts... Does this person have any idea how actual people look, or how mass in a body that size actually works? Of course not, why bother asking Goat Pig?

Oh absolutely. I've long said one of my pet peeves in stories is a 6'6" guy with a 12" cock paired with a barely-5' woman who has DDs or EEs and miles-long legs (sounds like she has no torso). And yes, tall women who have the wrong weight just make me shake my head.

I just read a series of four books, one for each of four brothers, and I will skip the background but not only were all of them tall and eye-rollingly endowed, they had not just control to hold back an orgasm, but were immediately ready to go again after coming. Once in a while something like that is fine, but -- too much.

A year or so ago, I saw this sex Q&A show on HBO and the question of can a 12" cock fit came up. The woman used a diagram to show that no, it pretty much can't, not all of it, and now all I can think of when I see those dimensions in a story is that animated diagram, and it cracks me up.

 

[jake34]

I think that in real life, some women just like the visual of a large one.

Just how guys like visuals.

But knowing how to use it is important also.

In a story, it is probably best to be descriptive.

But the build up/action probably arouses more than the endowments.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Oh absolutely. I've long said one of my pet peeves in stories is a 6'6" guy with a 12" cock paired with a barely-5' woman who has DDs or EEs and miles-long legs (sounds like she has no torso). And yes, tall women who have the wrong weight just make me shake my head.

I just read a series of four books, one for each of four brothers, and I will skip the background but not only were all of them tall and eye-rollingly endowed, they had not just control to hold back an orgasm, but were immediately ready to go again after coming. Once in a while something like that is fine, but -- too much.

A year or so ago, I saw this sex Q&A show on HBO and the question of can a 12" cock fit came up. The woman used a diagram to show that no, it pretty much can't, not all of it, and now all I can think of when I see those dimensions in a story is that animated diagram, and it cracks me up.

I'm the 6'-4" guy that looks for the 5'-4" or shorter women...

Also, I am barely 7" on a good day when I am as hard as I have ever been, and my first girlfriend (a 5'-3" asian) said I was a bit much. I couldn't imagine her taking anything bigger.

Then again, the other woman I was with was about the same height, but I wasn't sure if I was inside her or not. So who the hell am I to ask about that sort of thing?

 

[sr71plt]

I think you can manage to convey size without directly referring to it at all. I've written a couple of stories purposely doing that. In my "Long John Silverman" story, for instance, the focal point of the story is the size of a cock, but I don't directly refer to it at all.

 

[mynameisben]

When I read about a cock that's 9-12" long and round as a soda can, I just think, "Yeah, right."

I would think, what kind of soda? Diet ginger ale? And, why did the author specify a "soda" can in the first place? The allusions one makes in writing are so important. I can't stress that enough. If I were to liken my own cock to a canned beverage, I'd have chosen a beer can. It wouldn't be one of those piss weak American pilsner beers, either. I'd have a cock as long and round as a can of Guinness Extra Stout, a man's beer, acclaimed the world over for its distinctive rich and tangy flavor and for its extra creamy head.

http://www.finewines.ie/product_images/finewines.ie/5011046007583_L.jpg

Stay thirsty, my friends.

 

[SweetMaj]

I would think, what kind of soda? Diet ginger ale? And, why did the author specify a "soda" can in the first place? The allusions one makes in writing are so important. I can't stress that enough. If I were to liken my own cock to a canned beverage, I'd have chosen a beer can. It wouldn't be one of those piss weak American pilsner beers, either. I'd have a cock as long and round as a can of Guinness Extra Stout, a man's beer, acclaimed the world over for its distinctive rich and tangy flavor and for its extra creamy head.

http://www.finewines.ie/product_images/finewines.ie/5011046007583_L.jpg

Stay thirsty, my friends.

 

[PennLady]

I would think, what kind of soda? Diet ginger ale? And, why did the author specify a "soda" can in the first place? The allusions one makes in writing are so important. I can't stress that enough. If I were to liken my own cock to a canned beverage, I'd have chosen a beer can. It wouldn't be one of those piss weak American pilsner beers, either. I'd have a cock as long and round as a can of Guinness Extra Stout, a man's beer, acclaimed the world over for its distinctive rich and tangy flavor and for its extra creamy head.

http://www.finewines.ie/product_images/finewines.ie/5011046007583_L.jpg

Stay thirsty, my friends.

LOL

Actually, I read a story on Lit that used the (generic) soda can comparison. I don't remember enough about it to find it again. I think it was interracial, with a black woman and a white guy, but I can't be sure.

Great description, ben, but the problem is... I don't like beer.

 

[mynameisben]

LOL

Actually, I read a story on Lit that used the (generic) soda can comparison. I don't remember enough about it to find it again. I think it was interracial, with a black woman and a white guy, but I can't be sure.

Oh, yeah. I think I read that story, too. The white guy had six-pack abs and a cock like a can of soda. The black woman was attracted to him because she made her living recycling aluminum cans.

 

[3113]

I'm writing a piece from a male POV

I think this is the key here. Women will stand naked in front of a mirror and say, "my breasts are too small..." or "my nipples have an odd color..." But--and correct me if I'm wrong guys--I don't think guys usually look down while taking a piss and think: "Gosh, I'm a big one!" or "look at how flared and handsome is my mushroom head!"

A man would, however, certainly be interested in watching what a woman was doing to his dick, and that's when you can give the reader a description of it. Like "his mushroom head had gone from pale pink to hot red with excitement" Or "she ran her tongue up the slender length of his cock..." The man's POV is rightly focused on the woman's arousing lick, but that lick allows us to see the dick (long and slender).

Yes?

 

[sr71plt]

I sorta think they do.

 

[mynameisben]

I think this is the key here. Women will stand naked in front of a mirror and say, "my breasts are too small..." or "my nipples have an odd color..." But--and correct me if I'm wrong guys--I don't think guys usually look down while taking a piss and think: "Gosh, I'm a big one!" or "look at how flared and handsome is my mushroom head!"

Yes?

I'm usually thinking, "Oh, man! That's way too much yellow. I need to drink more water." Or, if I'm in a public restroom, it's usually along the lines of, "I'm totally going to drill holes through this urinal cake. There it goes.... yeahhhh, baby!!! "

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I think this is the key here. Women will stand naked in front of a mirror and say, "my breasts are too small..." or "my nipples have an odd color..." But--and correct me if I'm wrong guys--I don't think guys usually look down while taking a piss and think: "Gosh, I'm a big one!" or "look at how flared and handsome is my mushroom head!"

A man would, however, certainly be interested in watching what a woman was doing to his dick, and that's when you can give the reader a description of it. Like "his mushroom head had gone from pale pink to hot red with excitement" Or "she ran her tongue up the slender length of his cock..." The man's POV is rightly focused on the woman's arousing lick, but that lick allows us to see the dick (long and slender).

Yes?

I have admired my dick while peeing with morning wood. The last time I did it was a few years ago, but I have done it.

I have also had the though while stroking off in the dark, "Am I really as large and hard as I feel like I am?"

 

[Stella_Omega]

I read a ton of M/M, and when there's a detailed physical description of a penis, I can often guess whether it's been written by a man or a woman.

Men tend to just describe the visual image. Women tend to include the feelings of the person looking at the dick.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I have admired my dick while peeing with morning wood. The last time I did it was a few years ago, but I have done it.

I have also had the though while stroking off in the dark, "Am I really as large and hard as I feel like I am?"

And, most of the time when I am looking at it and have any kind of thought on size and shape, it's more along the lines of, "It's a lot larger when I'm erect..."

 

[Stella_Omega]

And, most of the time when I am looking at it and have any kind of thought on size and shape, it's more along the lines of, "It's a lot larger when I'm erect..."

You're a grower.

 

[Sneakingsuspicion]

Thanks for the entertaining feedback everyone.