Namaste`

[Jenny_Jackson]

Experimentation and we watch a lot of porn. How do you think?

 

[3113]

In order to write gay male stuff, I watch a lot of gay porn. *sigh* Somebody has to do the research.

Very conscientious of you! You inspire me to do such arduous research myself

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Very conscientious of you! You inspire me to do such arduous research myself

Thanks! It's always been my goal to be an inspiration in the realm of...um, being a perv.

 

[rgraham666]

I'm just here to admire MissScarlett's (or is it Mrs. ), uhm, accouterments.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I'm just here to admire MissScarlett's (or is it Mrs. ), uhm, accouterments.

Looking at boobies totally counts as research!

 

[christabelll]

Greetings and welcome to AH.... You have gotten some great answers....
Writing, for me, is about creating as vividly as I can what rolls around in my head...
Humans are innately sexual creatures in spite of societies demands that we curb and control to the point of ossification our sexuality. We as writers of erotica, take it out of the realms of imagination and create in the written word what most of us think about any way.

As for writing from a different sexes perspective, I did so with amazing results heheheh 13 hours is one such story. I wasnt sure I could pull it off but I did and according to the readers quite well.

I have had bi lovers in the past and learned greatly from them the extent of arousal when not truly "attracted" to the same sex.... thats not to say there arent a few choice women out there I wouldn't give it the ole' heroes try with!

I think as creative founts, we are responsible to make things we would never consider for ourselves as real possible for our readers... this of course, as stated by others, requires research, whether in reading examples of such or watching via films, and or conducting personal experiments ourselves.

They say "write what you know" for that is your strongest sphere of influence.
I think you can elaborate on that and say "write what you know, imagine the rest, and whole worlds will follow."

Good Luck, welcome aboard, and happy reading!

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

We use our imagination.

And we read what has already been shown to be popular in that category.

Og

Hmm...creativity and consensus, perfect ingredients to good erotica!

Thanks

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Welcome to the AH

I tend to stick to my own orientation but have penned a Lesbian story without 'anyone noticing'. Good Luck with the writing.

Thank you for the welcome...

Ahh but I dont think I can write. With me, the stories can only flow in one direction

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

What ogg and neon said.

Welcome to the AH.

Thank you..and I love the Librarian serise

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

I've just finished writing a lesbian encounter, but I'm not gay. I think I try to put myself in the character's shoes. I know what feels good, and I know what turns me on. It would probably be the same, or at least very similar, whoever was doing it to me. At least, that's what I think, and that's how I approach it.

I think about smells and how things feel against my skin. Men seem to have a sort of musky scent that can be arousing. So, women? Perfume, the scent of their aroused pussy...I just twist it to fit the situation. Everybody's skin tastes kind of salty-sweet and has a similar feel against your own. Men are generally more hairy and rough. Women are more smooth and soft. Nipples tend to react similarly to sexual stimulation on both men and women. I'm generalizing here, but I hope you get the idea.

This is the second lesbian piece I've written, and I had no complaints on the first one. People seemed to like it fine. We'll see how the current one goes once it's posted. I also wrote a story from a man's point of view, but I haven't submitted it yet. One thing I'll probably never try is gay male because it's just too foreign to me. You never know though...

Thank you for the reply

so some things CAN be too foreign to us depending on our orientation, I would agree...!

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

It's pretty much like writing anything else I don't have a clue about. How would I know what it feels like to be bitten by a vampire? Or to have a broken arm? I've never experienced any of those things, yet I've written about them.

I wrote my first erotic stories long before I ever had sex. They're horrible, but... still.

Thank you for the reply...

Ahh so you wrote about it before you actually had it! did that make the actual sex any better ?

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

I had lots of help with my lesbian story from a couple of wonderful lesbian authors.

Thank you..

The more the merrier, Im sure you got some great results !

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Welcome to the madhouse we lovingly call the AH.

I have age on my side, which has given me plenty of time to observe people and how they react in situations. The rest is all out of my imagination. I write stories from both points of view, male and female. Obviously only one is my real sex.

As for gay, I've tried lesbian stories and don't have a problem with them. I haven't yet tried the other half of that coin. That'll be another step outside my comfortable box.

Writers stretch themselves as they venture into unknown waters. Science fiction and period stories are another stretch. We all live in a narrow scope of the present. None of us have lived in the far past or even the near future. Imagination can take you anywhere.

Thank you Sir, some very elightening points !

I guess we all have our imaginations and our "comfort boxes"...and as writers one has to judge the right distance imagination should take one from "the comfort box"...

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

What they said.

And welcome to the AH Intrepid.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Imagination, trained research technique, and broad reading interests. I might be helped by being bi.

Thanks for the reply

I would imagine bisexuals do get some help from having a confluence of views available to them...

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Research. *nods*

Thank you

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Post a thread, let some research come to you.

Not that I would know, I'm not an author. Just an avid fan of what I've read on here.

The avatars aren't too shabby either I might add, as I tip toe outta here.

Thanks , yeah I admit some great AVs here...!

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

A welcome for the little newbie from the good little witch.

Thank you

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Greetings back to India! You are most gracious with your kind words about the authors here. Welcome indeed.

Thank you..! its a great place with some great people indeed!

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

In addition to what everyone else has said, I'd suggest that you don't have to BE gay to have a same-sex experience... If nothing else, your own reactions (positive and/or negative) might well provide the stuff of half a dozen stories.

Just a thought.

Can't remember who wrote it, but, "If I do it once I'm a philosopher. If I do it twice, I'm a pervert."

(Guess which one I am!) :caning:

Thanks

Yeah I guess we would have reactions to every experience, which is a genuine input for a story...

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Welcome to AH, Intrepid!

As for writing from a sexual orientation or POV that is not yours, I think Ogg said it best.

I've written 3 gay male stories (well, 2 GM and one group sex that became pretty gay towards the end)--that and the First Time story I submitted for the Winter Holiday contest make 4 stories I've written from a male POV, and people seemed to like them. Wait, I was forgetting the Fetish story I wrote. That makes five.

Lord knows, if we had to limit ourselves strictly to our own experience to write anything, precious little would get written.

Lord knows, if we had to limit ourselves strictly to our own experience to write anything, precious little would get written.

Thank you , very well said, an inspiration for anyone to explore the unfamiliar...and not just in writing...

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

It's never too soon to ask questions Intrepid.

Hello and welcome to the AH.

If you consider that most stories on Lit are about people and what they like to do then it's not really so far removed from the old saying "write what you know." What subject can anyone be more knowledgeable about than what they like?

So unless you're gong to make things up about what knots to use in a BDSM scene then 'what you know' is about all you can write about.

You know how skin feels, you know what orgasms are like, so what you know is what everyone else knows. You just have to find a way to connect your writing with the reader.

Thanks...

Yes, I guess one's best writing would be from one's own experiences of what what one likes to do...

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Greetings back! It's wonderful to hear from satisfied readers and writers from around the globe.

I'm female and the first erotic stories I ever wrote were gay male--which I consider to be half-beyond my experience. As a heterosexual female, I know what it's like to have sex with a guy. So I'm half there. I just don't know what it's like to be a guy having sex with a guy (I'm half there for a lesbian story, come to that--I know what it's like as a female to enjoy sex). And, yes, I did do research, extensive research as well as reading a lot of the gay erotica already written up here.

But here's the interesting thing...when you start to examine, really examine the human body, you learn that men and women aren't so far apart as we think. The clitoris and penis are, for all intents and purposes, the same organ. Here's some anatomical info I got from one site:
In other words, a man can think on how it feels to have his own penis stimulated to imagine how it must feel for a woman to have her clit stimulated, and vice versa, because when all is said and done, the two aren't that dissimilar. We can close our eyes and imagine how we feel, and use that feeling for the opposite sex...and be at least partially correct.

Which is not to say that a writer can ignore the research. There *are* differences; testosterone does not feel the same as estrogen, and there are different rules for what attracts and lures one sex to another. There's differences in the build of the body down to our center of gravity and body strength. If you're a woman writing as or about a man, you might want to find out what it's like to adjust testicles in one's shorts, and if you're a man writing as or about a woman, you might want to find out what it's like to adjust breasts in a bra

Writers are notoriously curious and, on this forum, rarely afraid to ask question about anything. But the nitty-gritty moment of sexual stimulation isn't too far apart between men and woman, and isn't that difficult to imagine, if one wants to imagine it how it feels for the other sex.

Thank you..

Thats an amazing concept and such a novel way to look at it...you describe it wonderfully...!

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Welcome to the AH Intrepid.

I have written to many different cats. on Lit with varying degrees of success.

My Lesbian stories have been well received--and I am a straight Male.

I have included Gay Male encounters in some stories---but have not written for the cat. as yet.

The fact remains that we are dealing in fantasies here--If you have a fair grasp of the subject matter--then add some sex and viola--a story emerges.

It's a bit more complicated than that of course--but you get the drift.

Good luck with your story writing.

Thank

Yes I do get the drift

I think Ill need a fair bit of reading before I venture into the actual writing...Thanks anyway

 

[Intrepid_Arjuna]

Greetings and welcome to AH.... You have gotten some great answers....
Writing, for me, is about creating as vividly as I can what rolls around in my head...
Humans are innately sexual creatures in spite of societies demands that we curb and control to the point of ossification our sexuality. We as writers of erotica, take it out of the realms of imagination and create in the written word what most of us think about any way.

As for writing from a different sexes perspective, I did so with amazing results heheheh 13 hours is one such story. I wasnt sure I could pull it off but I did and according to the readers quite well.

I have had bi lovers in the past and learned greatly from them the extent of arousal when not truly "attracted" to the same sex.... thats not to say there arent a few choice women out there I wouldn't give it the ole' heroes try with!

I think as creative founts, we are responsible to make things we would never consider for ourselves as real possible for our readers... this of course, as stated by others, requires research, whether in reading examples of such or watching via films, and or conducting personal experiments ourselves.

They say "write what you know" for that is your strongest sphere of influence.
I think you can elaborate on that and say "write what you know, imagine the rest, and whole worlds will follow."

Good Luck, welcome aboard, and happy reading!

thanks a lot...

that sums it up for me...