I feel like I should submit a story

[JamesSD]

I haven't submitted a new story since August '06, and that was a middle-of-the road effort that I gave up on, said "it's as good as it's going to get" and sent off. I know some of you around here are saying "5 months! That's nothing!" but for me it's a long break.

Reasons for my lack of production:

1) Longer works/Higher standards
I have done some writing, but most of it has been on a couple of longer works that I have no desire to start submitting until the story is mostly done. Unfortunately given how long I expect them to end up, they won't be done for months, if not years.

2) Trouble writing good sex scenes
When I first started writing sex stories I was all about the sex scenes. I scoffed at those who talked about how frustrating it was as an author to be forced by the genre to work sex scenes in. I have several stories I'm pretty happy with that the set-up and dialog are mostly written, but still need a good hot sex scene to finish them, but I haven't really felt like finishing. Maybe part of the reason is...

3) My Satisfying sex life
Frankly, the most productive period of my life in writing erotica came when I was between girlfriends and having sex sporatically. Getting laid (aka "making love") 3-4 times a week really dulls my desire to write hot, sweaty sex scenes. And honestly, there's also...

4) Porn
I've been watching porn most nights I haven't been with my girlfriend. As a male, if I've gotten off that evening I'm not as interested in erotica anymore. Again, not so bad for the non-sex parts of a story, but I have to be at least somewhat aroused to write good sex scenes.

5) Time constraints
My work has been more demanding in the past 6 months, and I've been making an effort to excercise more, which takes time. But another huge time draw has honestly been...

6) Online poker
I typically play an hour or two of online poker a night while doing other things. There's a lot of things I can do at the same time as I play poker, but write erotica is not one of them. I've cut back on that a lot lately, mostly due to the fact that it's become much harder to move money around.

I know I shouldn't worry about it, but posting a new story has become an addiction I need to feed. Really, I should just take some time this weekend to finish one of the mostly completed stories sitting on my hard drive.

I apologize for this completely self-centered thread. Feel free to post your own reasons for not writing, or why you ARE inspired to write, or just ignore and move on

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

James, Non-Erotic and Romance category stories with low-intensity sex are not literary, or even Literotica, crimes. Go with the flow and write what you feel most comfortable with.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[SimonBrooke]

I haven't submitted a new story since August '06, and that was a middle-of-the road effort that I gave up on, said "it's as good as it's going to get" and sent off. I know some of you around here are saying "5 months! That's nothing!" but for me it's a long break.

Reasons for my lack of production:

1) Longer works/Higher standards
I have done some writing, but most of it has been on a couple of longer works that I have no desire to start submitting until the story is mostly done. Unfortunately given how long I expect them to end up, they won't be done for months, if not years.

I wouldn't worry about that. Frankly most of my writing effort these days is going into a couple of novels, which, though they are about sexuality, are intended to be mainstream - and which I do hope to get published.

3) My Satisfying sex life
Frankly, the most productive period of my life in writing erotica came when I was between girlfriends and having sex sporatically. Getting laid (aka "making love") 3-4 times a week really dulls my desire to write hot, sweaty sex scenes. And honestly, there's also...

Oh, so true! All my best stroke stories have been written during periods of relationship breakup, or else between relationships - and I really don't want to go back there just for the sake of my art!

 

[Guest]

I'm there, James.

Busy demands of new job this past year, children with increasingly demanding activities, the urge to play on Lit rather than produce . . .

*sigh*

I want to write something worthwhile.

 

[oggbashan]

...I want to write something worthwhile.

It will come.

But in the meantime, write some mindless rubbish and post it.

It will divert the trolls and remind you that any story gets views and votes.

Sometimes the stories thrown off in the spur of the moment do better than those we agonise over for weeks.

Og (sometime purveyor of crap stories)

 

[Guest]

It will come.

But in the meantime, write some mindless rubbish and post it.

It will divert the trolls and remind you that any story gets views and votes.

Sometimes the stories thrown off in the spur of the moment do better than those we agonise over for weeks.

Og (sometime purveyor of crap stories)

That actually eases my mind just a bit, you know, relieves that guilt for nearly abandoning writing?

Just write a decent stroke tale, get it posted, get the juices flowing again.

So to speak.


(Thank you, dear Og.)

 

[oggbashan]

Just write a decent stroke tale, get it posted, get the juices flowing again.

So to speak.


(Thank you, dear Og.)

An INdecent stroke tale might be better.

Og

 

[Guest]

An INdecent stroke tale might be better.

Og

Of course.