Incest Story Dos and Donts

[NoJo]

I've had a story brewing which is about mother/son incest, which I'm planning to submit -it will be the first incest category story I've submitted. Because it's somewhat out of my comfort zone, I'd really appreciate some "do and don't" advice from authors here who've posted particularly well-received, or poorly-received incest stories, as to the kind of thing that turns incest readers here on or off.

 

[oggbashan]

Mother/son is good. The closer the relationship the better the readers seem to like it.

What they also seem to like is frequent mentions of 'This is wrong!'; 'We shouldn't be doing this!'; and reluctance - but they enjoy it...

 

[KindofHere]

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[NotWise]

I/T readers like tense, romantic relationships. You can make them very imaginative--even fantastic.

 

[SimonDoom]

The incest audience is simpler than some and knows what it wants. Some thoughts:

Put mom or mother in the title.

Make sure you have at least some buildup that establishes the it characters, the situation that leads to their erotic encounter, and includes reluctance. There must be some resistance because of the taboo.

Length can vary but incest probably is a more "stroke" oriented audience than some. Two pages or a little more is all that's needed for this element.

Pay attention to dialogue between mom and son. That's key to both resistance and seduction.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Too many authors have a ton of buildup and the rush through the sex scene. A lot of these stories end right after that. But sometimes the second or third encounters can be even better than the first. Just because the initial seduction has concluded doesn't mean that the story is over.

Remind the audience of the relation every now and then. "Stop that! I am your mother," is a favorite line of mine.

And please don't include any violence. That is an instant turn off for me.

 

[SimonDoom]

Too many authors have a ton of buildup and the rush through the sex scene. A lot of these stories end right after that. But sometimes the second or third encounters can be even better than the first. Just because the initial seduction has concluded doesn't mean that the story is over.

Remind the audience of the relation every now and then. "Stop that! I am your mother," is a favorite line of mine.

And please don't include any violence. That is an instant turn off for me.

This is excellent advice in this category, assuming the reader cares about appealing to the audience as opposed to merely writing for his/her own satisfaction.

Readers in this category like buildup but also want the climax, so to speak. Don't skimp on either.

Readers in this category also can be squicky about other fetishes and kinks: anything anal, anything gay. If you want to maximize scores and readers keep it pure I/T. I like including elements of exhibitionism and voyeurism, and I've even had readers of stories in this category say they got bored with that.

The advice above about dialogue, about repeating the words "mom" and "son," is dead on.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I have seen backlash for gay, but not anal, or the one time I included bondage (I think most of my unfinished stories have anal and bondage...). I love a story where a mother gets seduced by one son, and then another, and then one day she gets caught by one with the other and they double up on her.

I say add as many fetishes as you want, but that might just be me

 

[NotWise]

Write incest like a mother fucker is lovecraft68's guide to writing incest.

 

[SimonDoom]

I say add as many fetishes as you want, but that might just be me

I agree that this is the right approach for an author in general, but be prepared to get some adverse reaction if you do this.

 

[8letters]

I agree that this is the right approach for an author in general, but be prepared to get some adverse reaction if you do this.

Words on Skin is the second most favorited story on this site and is many, many people's favorite incest story. It's all about anal sex. I think it's the only type of sex in the story. So stories with anal sex can do very, very well in I/T.

I don't think there's anything that's a true "Don't" for I/T. If you've got a hot, compelling incest story to tell, it'll do well. I have lots of guidelines for how to write a great I/T story, but there are lots of I/T stories that don't follow them and have done extremely well.

Edit: I've never seen a gay male story do well in I/T so I'd say that's the only "Don't" for I/T. My understanding is that gay male incest stories are in a no man's land as I/T readers hammer them because they don't like gay male sex and GM readers hammer them as they don't like incest.

 

[SimonDoom]

Words on Skin is the second most favorited story on this site and is many, many people's favorite incest story. It's all about anal sex. I think it's the only type of sex in the story. So stories with anal sex can do very, very well in I/T.

I don't think there's anything that's a true "Don't" for I/T. If you've got a hot, compelling incest story to tell, it'll do well. I have lots of guidelines for how to write a great I/T story, but there are lots of I/T stories that don't follow them and have done extremely well.

I didn't know that, because I haven't read that story. But I will.

And you are right that there are successful and high-rated stories in every category that flout all the usual rules, even in Loving Wives.

 

[NoJo]

Thanks for the responses so far! - I'm reading the advice in the posts and the links, trying to fit it around my story idea.

As someone who has never harboured incestuous feelings (I have a lot of other guilty fetishes, which are plainly visible in my posted stories here), I was a little concerned that realism (i.e. depicting a real sexual mother/son relationship, not just a wank-fantasy dalliance), would be uninteresting to readers, but, on the contrary, it seems that incest readers demand a little depth - and the guilt and sense of taboo not just adds spice to the story, but is a vital ingredient: Personally if I'd had sex with my mother I'd feel damned guilty about it, thrill or not, and so I would have found it hard not to to put that emotion front and center in the story.

And I'm glad that love is considered an important ingredient.

 

[NoJo]

Words on Skin is the second most favorited story on this site and is many, many people's favorite incest story. It's all about anal sex. I think it's the only type of sex in the story. So stories with anal sex can do very, very well in I/T.

Thanks for that link. I read the story and didn't like it all, probably because I don't have a sister. Also it had way too much explicit action and not enough character and dramatic tension for me, but most stuff here is like that.

 

[Carnevil9]

Another don't: Don't wuss out and use stepmothers, stepsons, step-siblings. That's considered "incest lite" by Lit denizens. Make sure to use full-on relatives.

 

[8letters]

Thanks for that link. I read the story and didn't like it all, probably because I don't have a sister. Also it had way too much explicit action and not enough character and dramatic tension for me, but most stuff here is like that.

Which is fine. I too am not a big "Words On Skin" fan - I was just saying many, many I/T readers are. Readership in any category is not monolithic, so there's no I/T story that everyone likes.

Similarly, it's pointless to say "Do this" or "Don't do that" when I/T stories that break any give guideline can do very well. Several times, people have said on these forums "This type of story won't do well in I/T" and my "My European Summer Vacation" (in my sig) is that type of story and it's been very successful for me. Family Night Ch. 01 is probably my favorite mother-son story but it breaks lots of guidelines I'd offer to people.

Edit:

Another don't: Don't wuss out and use stepmothers, stepsons, step-siblings. That's considered "incest lite" by Lit denizens. Make sure to use full-on relatives.

And here's an example of someone saying "This type of story won't do well in I/T" and "My European Summer Vacation" is that type of story

 

[NoJo]

Which is fine. I too am not a big "Words On Skin" fan - I was just saying many, many I/T readers are. Readership in any category is not monolithic, so there's no I/T story that everyone likes.

Similarly, it's pointless to say "Do this" or "Don't do that" when I/T stories that break any give guideline can do very well. Several times, people have said on these forums "This type story won't do well in I/T" and my "My European Summer Vacation" (in my sig) is that type of story and it's been very successful for me. Family Night Ch. 01 is probably my favorite mother-son story but it breaks lots of guidelines I'd offer to people.

Yeah, and that's what I was asking about - so I was interested to read that story -- I'd never be able to write something like that without faking it.

The best mother/son incest story I've ever encountered was Le Souffle Au Coeur, a movie from 1971 by Louie Malle. In spite of it being a mainstream movie, out on general release almost 50 years ago, it still shocks. Check out this tender love scene: (Hope I'm not breaking forum rules by posting a link to it)


https://ok.ru/video/35968191091?fromTime=6555

 

[lovecraft68]

You can give this a read.

https://www.literotica.com/s/write-incest-like-a-mother-fucker

I wrote it in a tongue and cheek style because to me the incest category is a bit satirical anyway in the sense the abnormal easily becomes the norm.

But I do go through what I've found to be successful elements to stories and also some things that turn the readers off. All of it is based on my own stories and how they're received.

 

[NoJo]

You can give this a read.

https://www.literotica.com/s/write-incest-like-a-mother-fucker

I wrote it in a tongue and cheek style because to me the incest category is a bit satirical anyway in the sense the abnormal easily becomes the norm.

But I do go through what I've found to be successful elements to stories and also some things that turn the readers off. All of it is based on my own stories and how they're received.

Yes I read it, it was linked above. Good read!

 

[SimonDoom]

You can give this a read.

https://www.literotica.com/s/write-incest-like-a-mother-fucker

I wrote it in a tongue and cheek style because to me the incest category is a bit satirical anyway in the sense the abnormal easily becomes the norm.

But I do go through what I've found to be successful elements to stories and also some things that turn the readers off. All of it is based on my own stories and how they're received.

It's a great article. I read it before I wrote any stories in this category. I feel the same way about these stories, and my story-writing experience supports the advice given in it.

 

[lovecraft68]

Yes I read it, it was linked above. Good read!

Doh! Guess I should read through threads. This is what happens when you take a few months off. Hope you got something useful out of it.

 

[NotWise]

You can give this a read.

https://www.literotica.com/s/write-incest-like-a-mother-fucker

I wrote it in a tongue and cheek style because to me the incest category is a bit satirical anyway in the sense the abnormal easily becomes the norm.

But I do go through what I've found to be successful elements to stories and also some things that turn the readers off. All of it is based on my own stories and how they're received.

Wow! Look who popped in! Pull up a chair and stay awhile.

 

[lovecraft68]

Wow! Look who popped in! Pull up a chair and stay awhile.

On vacation until after New years and just finished a massive writing project. I figure I could allow myself the indulgence of wasting some time here

 

[lovecraft68]

One thing to keep in mind which goes for any genre here. Readers have pet peeves and if you happen to hit one of them they're going to let you know, regardless of what they thought of the rest of the story.

The below comment was left on the second part of a two chapter story. All told the reader had read-and seemed to enjoy-14 lit pages of material until I apparently committed a cardinal sin:

by Anonymous
12/02/17
What a shame
You had me until you had the son shove his finger up his mother's ass and start playing there. That was a complete turnoff. I don't understand why some writers have to ruin their stories like that. It happens way too often on this site.
The old guy

I treat I/T in two ways. Mostly the aforementioned satirical you can't take this topic too seriously manner, but sometimes I write dark train wrecks with real life repercussions or issues when I feel like giving them some depth.

That comment is what inspires the first method....so let me see. Mom can fuck her son, she can blow him. He can fuck her, go down on her, talk dirty to her, paint her face like she's some porn star wannabe, but under no circumstances can you put a finger in her ass.....that is just absurd!

 

[lovecraft68]

It's a great article. I read it before I wrote any stories in this category. I feel the same way about these stories, and my story-writing experience supports the advice given in it.

Its the same for any genre. Find the sweet spots and keep hitting them and they'll love it. Its when you go the path of something different they tend to react poorly. Putting peanut butter in their chocolate and all.