Newbie Writer needs tips

[Reynorx28]

Hiya, I'm interested in the writer biz and thinking of doing the Celebrity section i'm a fairly good writer and need tips for the erotic side im down with terminoligy but what makes the story???

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Well, punctuation always helps.

---dr.M.

 

[Reynorx28]

I am actually quite versed in the arts of punctuation and grammer, however, I was simply writing as I would speak. I myself being very quick in speach and as my thoughts, my word tumble seemingly haphazard from my lips. LOL

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Okay, that was snide. But you won't inspire much confidence in your ability as a writer when you post stuff like that.

Most people write the kind of story they'd like to read, so your best bet is writing what appeals to you. Some people like nothing but sex, some people like long, involved storylines, and the rest are in the middle. No one can tell you what makes a story sepcially hot or compelling. If there were a formula, everyone would use it.

That being said, you should pay attention to your story's setting and provide some atmosphere or mood. Make your characters interesting and believable. Let us in on their internal life, what they're thinking and feeling, not just what they're doing. Make them act out their feelings, don't just tell us what they are. Use lots of concrete sensual detail in the important scenes. Make your language flow and keep your images fresh. Make your readers experience what your characters experience but leave some parts of the story untold so they have to figure things out for themselves.

That's a start. You'll learn as you go along.

---dr.M.

 

[minsue]

Listen to the good doctor.

Snide is yet another underused word. Thanks, doc.

 

[Guest]

R28, you need tips on communicating. We don't know you at all, and you haphazardly spew a couple lines asking what to do?

What have you done so far? Have you read a lot of porn and erotica? Are you an ardent reader in general? If so, then you should have more specific and substantial questions.

The writing "biz"? Are you serious?

Perdita

 

[Reynorx28]

Thank you very much for the input and also for the snide remark, it reminded me to always write as if I was writing for the crowd I wanted to attract. I know if I am reading erotica I always enjoy as much story as "action" as it were. I've had several people remark on my character building and I'll definitely use your suggestion in my works to come.

 

[cantdog]

Well, cool ass, Reynorx.

Wifty talkin at ya. Later dude.

cantdog


So here we are. Do you hear it, the gentle slosh, the singing of the shrouds?

 

[Reynorx28]

Ah....Don't be to harsh I thought "biz" was cheeky and fun, but I always come across as a bit of a rube and first. As you have so astutely pointed out I am quite new here and I had hoped to find a more open and receptionate crowd, however, I hold naught against anyone. As I did pop in out of the blue and ask a question of those whom I had no idea to the degree in which I would be recieved. I apolize profusely.

 

[cloudy]

Ah....Don't be to harsh I thought "biz" was cheeky and fun, but I always come across as a bit of a rube and first. As you have so astutely pointed out I am quite new here and I had hoped to find a more open and receptionate crowd, however, I hold naught against anyone. As I did pop in out of the blue and ask a question of those whom I had no idea to the degree in which I would be recieved. I apolize profusely.

You are welcome...by me, anyway.

Everyone here is very willing to help, I promise. Dr. Mab's suggestions are right on the mark, always.

My suggestions would be to read, read, read...and then write what you like.

There's a volunteer editor program that's great, if you need that.

Specific questions would probably make it a little easier for someone here to help you.

 

[minsue]

Ah....Don't be to harsh I thought "biz" was cheeky and fun, but I always come across as a bit of a rube and first. As you have so astutely pointed out I am quite new here and I had hoped to find a more open and receptionate crowd, however, I hold naught against anyone. As I did pop in out of the blue and ask a question of those whom I had no idea to the degree in which I would be recieved. I apolize profusely.

Aw, Renorx, have a flower.

And stick around. We don't bite all the time.

 

[Reynorx28]

Thank you its nice to have support when you're starting out, and I love your first quote.

 

[cloudy]

Thank you its nice to have support when you're starting out, and I love your first quote.

Mine, or Min's (otherwise known as "the gosling)?

 

[Reynorx28]

I don't know about everybody else, but when I write, I put the title on paper and work from there. Just curious how do you guys formulate your ideas? Brainstorm...Webplots....People Watch, let me in on your methods. I might learn something....I AM just out Highschool you know lol.

 

[Reynorx28]

Yours Cloudy lol. Its funny.

 

[cloudy]

I don't know about everybody else, but when I write, I put the title on paper and work from there. Just curious how do you guys formulate your ideas? Brainstorm...Webplots....People Watch, let me in on your methods. I might learn something....I AM just out Highschool you know lol.

Ideas? Hmmmm....

Mine seems to come out of nowhere, out of leftfield, sometimes. Most of the time I don't have a title at all until it's finished.

The Story Ideas forum is a good place to start and gather ideas from a lot of different people.

Sometimes some of us are just goofing off here, and an idea hits - that's how the chain story "the Literotica Olympics" got started (thanks to Lou) - now there's, I think, 30 differents stories in the chain due.

What turns you on? That's probably the best place to start, because ultimately you're writing for yourself, not anyone else.

Oh, and thanks for the compliment on the quote. I can't remember where I got it, but I can't claim credit for it.

 

[Reynorx28]

Maybe then it would be more appropriate for me to write the fetish type stories, because I have a huge turn on from the female foot, but........thats just me

 

[KarenAM]

There's really only one tip you need as a newbie, Reynorx28:

Write, and then write some more.

As to inspiration, my muse whips me until it comes, and then she whips me again until I write it down. It's not a method I recommend unless you're into that sort of thing.

And who is "lol"?

 

[Guest]

Welcome (finally ) from me, Rey. A writer always needs a bit of humility, including this one. No profuseness necessary though, glad you rose to the challenge.

I just write a quick first draft then go from there taking great pleasure in the craft and language. If for Lit., I often have to remember to expand the sex bits.

best, Perdita

 

[destinie21]

Thank you very much for the input and also for the snide remark, it reminded me to always write as if I was writing for the crowd I wanted to attract. I know if I am reading erotica I always enjoy as much story as "action" as it were. I've had several people remark on my character building and I'll definitely use your suggestion in my works to come.

actually I think you should write for yourself because trying to write for the crowd rarely works only because the tastes of many vary vastly. In any case what you may want to do is try doing an actual erotic story then going over it as you would go over another persons work. Believe me the vast majority of us here can tell you that theres been times when we've written absolute garbage but for me at least each horrible story has been a lesson in what not to do. I tend to ramble so I'll hush now. Welcome btw

 

[Reynorx28]

Thank you perdita. I wonder where do the bulk of your stories reside, so that I might peruse and learn from the masters




Every man dies, but not every man truely lives - Mel Gibson as taken from Braveheart

 

[cloudy]

Thank you perdita. I wonder where do the bulk of your stories reside, so that I might peruse and learn from the masters




Every man dies, but not every man truely lives - Mel Gibson as taken from Braveheart

psst....most of us have links to our stories in our siglines. Perdita's says "stories", mine says "Cloud 9", etc.

 

[Reynorx28]

Pardon the cliche, but if I may DOH!

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I don't know about everybody else, but when I write, I put the title on paper and work from there. Just curious how do you guys formulate your ideas? Brainstorm...Webplots....People Watch, let me in on your methods. I might learn something....I AM just out Highschool you know lol.

We've talked about this before, but it's always interesting. Some people can't start writing until they have the entire story doped out. Some people even use outlines. Others just wing it.

I usually start with a specific scene or situation in mind. Most of my stories aren't very complicated, and a lot are just sex scenes. I'll have the scene in mind, and then I'll figure out what I have to do to get my characters there and start writing. In the course of telling the story the characters come alive or I notice something and the story takes on a certain subtlety or depth, but generally my plots are very simple.

I do most of my thinking while I'm writing. Sometimes I walk around the neighborhood telling the story to myself, but most of the time my insights and ideas come while I'm doing the actual writing.

---dr.M.

 

[cantdog]

Wo. Ideas.

I never run short of ideas; it's always in the execution where the leghold traps are found.

People's minds are so totally different, one from another. I worked an ambulance, I saw slices of life. People live their lives on their own individual plane, a lot of times. The houses, the neighborhoods that you go by on the street-- they look much like each other, but you would simply never credit the strangeness behind the doors.

So it is with trying to communicate. The simplest thing is often misunderstood and apprehended by another human in a way no one could possibly foresee. So the "read, read, read" dicta you got here, from three people already, if you count me, as you should. Read, say I.

You will find a lot of stories, especially, I believe, from beginners, which explain too much and bog down in their own minutiae. I never continue with a story which feels obligated to tell me the size of a character's brassiere, to name one example.

You will find others that you wish had explained a little more, because the head space in the story is weird indeed.

Reading what is on the site a little will ground you in the vernacular of the smut tale, aquaint you with the natural limits of length and sex, plot element and dialogue, which are effective in the slightly anomalous format of a literotica posting.

Also:

I think, and I invite the rest of the contributors here to correct me if I have hold of the wrong end of it, I think nearly everyone can benefit from an editor. Our volunteer editor program is the best thing since sliced bread. A second pair of eyes will spot things you miss. A person acquainted with the ordinary expectations of the readership here can help you hone your craft, if she'll take the time.

Send it to one of the editors before you post, in other words. When you get it back from that person, consider, with your mind open, what the editor has changed and why.

Read. Then cast your bread upon the waters.

cantdog