Black Tulip
Not so delicate flower
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Hellooo, anybody out there to help me? 
After reading al the How To's and lots of threads all over the Discussion Board, I still have questions without answers.
I started writing about two years ago, because I suddenly had this sf-story inside my head. Something like an infection. I had no idea where it came from but it was growing fast and in no time at all it was eating up all my attention. But still just a new hobby, for me alone and nobody else.
Searching for help when I got stuck, I ended up at Literotica and after reading a lot of stories and the HT's, I kind of dared myself to write something erotic. I never thought to become a real writer, I just did it for fun and kicks.
To my immense surprise (and delight) my story was accepted right away and even had that cute red H beside it. For a while that is. That's when I started thinking again. Maybe I really could do this. So then I needed to look at it more seriously. And that's where my problems started.
I got good advice from readers/authors and tried to edit my story. But I think my main problem is: show not tell.
English is not my own language and in my country writing is treated as [color=royal blue]ART[/color].
Certainly not something you can learn or train for/in.
I'm sure my writing could use an editor with regard to grammar, choice of words maybe, looking for inconsistencies and the likes. But: can you ask an editor to spot show/tell?
I know there is a workshop, but that requires my reviewing somebody else's work. Talk about presumptuous.
And writing classes do not exist in my own swamp by the sea, at least not that I know of.
Dear Abby, what can I do?
After reading al the How To's and lots of threads all over the Discussion Board, I still have questions without answers.
I started writing about two years ago, because I suddenly had this sf-story inside my head. Something like an infection. I had no idea where it came from but it was growing fast and in no time at all it was eating up all my attention. But still just a new hobby, for me alone and nobody else.
Searching for help when I got stuck, I ended up at Literotica and after reading a lot of stories and the HT's, I kind of dared myself to write something erotic. I never thought to become a real writer, I just did it for fun and kicks.
To my immense surprise (and delight) my story was accepted right away and even had that cute red H beside it. For a while that is. That's when I started thinking again. Maybe I really could do this. So then I needed to look at it more seriously. And that's where my problems started.
I got good advice from readers/authors and tried to edit my story. But I think my main problem is: show not tell.
English is not my own language and in my country writing is treated as [color=royal blue]ART[/color].
Certainly not something you can learn or train for/in.
I'm sure my writing could use an editor with regard to grammar, choice of words maybe, looking for inconsistencies and the likes. But: can you ask an editor to spot show/tell?
I know there is a workshop, but that requires my reviewing somebody else's work. Talk about presumptuous.
And writing classes do not exist in my own swamp by the sea, at least not that I know of.
Dear Abby, what can I do?
