Okay, so...

[sachirin]

I love English Literature, and I'm a creep. One night armed with google and a craving for erotic fiction, I ended up here. It seems anti climatic to compare this site to the truly beautiful works of fiction out there, but...
There's some really great stories on here.

I want to write too.

English isn't my native language. I came from Japan to study Eng Lit in the UK. There are lots of reasons why I'd rather read English than Japanese. My main concern is A) the cultural differences and influences my writing would take, and B) because my English isn't perfect. I study English, I don't write it.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Lost_Yonder]

As for the language part, there are people on here who actually volunteer to help edit your writing! You can solicite their assistance.

As for the cultural differences - I think it would add tremendously to the array of stories on here. Too often they are bogged down into similar casts, even though there is such a rich diversity of stories and levels of competance of writers. I for one, like cultural nuances as expressed from a different perspective - rather than me writing about a different culture or character based on my own highly stereotyped ideas...

Go for it! write some stories! Share!

 

[Euphony]

I love English Literature, and I'm a creep. One night armed with google and a craving for erotic fiction, I ended up here. It seems anti climatic to compare this site to the truly beautiful works of fiction out there, but...
There's some really great stories on here.

I want to write too.

English isn't my native language. I came from Japan to study Eng Lit in the UK. There are lots of reasons why I'd rather read English than Japanese. My main concern is A) the cultural differences and influences my writing would take, and B) because my English isn't perfect. I study English, I don't write it.

Thank you for your time.

I barely know you but I already like you.

Reading your post I think you have all the tools you need. Had you not told me, I wouldnt have assumed you to be a non native speaker. Probably in longer fiction though, yes, I would have caught on. But if its at all like above, I wouldnt have minded in the least.

Culture differences rock. You have a whole new area to explore that most dont. Use that because its interesting AND what you know.

I will say some people can be unforgiving here but take note that it will almost always be their own issue, not yours (so youre writing is fine). Im amazed at how some of the best works here get middling scores. (Ive read breathtaking stuff that was barely 4.5 and abused in the comments).

Write for yourself. Write what you know. Write what you love. Share that with us.

Not prying but did you have a category in mind? Theres some that are just more harshly judged than others so youd probably want to know that going in.

And focus on well thought out comments, good or bad. Not so much scores.

Did I mention you should share with us? Seriously. Do it. Write. You know you want to.

Good luck and welcome.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I love English Literature, and I'm a creep. One night armed with google and a craving for erotic fiction, I ended up here. It seems anti climatic to compare this site to the truly beautiful works of fiction out there, but...
There's some really great stories on here.

I want to write too.

English isn't my native language. I came from Japan to study Eng Lit in the UK. There are lots of reasons why I'd rather read English than Japanese. My main concern is A) the cultural differences and influences my writing would take, and B) because my English isn't perfect. I study English, I don't write it.

Thank you for your time.

Your English is pretty good already. "Anti climatic" should be "anti-climactic" and "google" should be capitalised, but I've seen much worse from native speakers who've already had the benefit of a volunteer editor.

Re. cultural differences: when I started writing here, I was worried that US readers would have problems with my stories because I use Australian English and the story has an Australian setting. But as far as I can tell from my feedback, the US readers don't mind and Australian readers are pleasantly surprised to see something familiar. A lot of people like to read something that's a bit different from usual.

 

[sachirin]

Thanks for the advice, I didn't expect it to be so positive.

I will try my best

 

[i_would]

I A) the cultural differences and influences my writing would take

Don't underestimate the cultural differences between English speaking countries.

For example every time I see something coming out of the US referring to under-age drinking I've to actively remember that they often don't talk about children, but young adults (under 21) that are plenty old enough to fully legally have had sex, gotten married, drive a car, and have kids.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

Don't underestimate the cultural differences between English speaking countries. ...

I second that resoundingly.

Another point that always trips me is the numbering of the floors in a building. In the USA they call the ground floor the "first" floor, whereas many other countries call it the ground floor or the rez-de chausee. Many hotels have floors called reception, restaurant, lounge, mezzanine, piatzine*, and other even more obscure names and then have floor number 1 which is the lowest floor with letting rooms on it, and numbers the rooms from 101 to 1nn; above that the next is called 2 with rooms 201 to 2nn and so forth.

There are of course difficult phrases, like "shoot off" which only means "depart in a hurry" in the UK; "knock up" which is ambiguous in the UK and can mean just "wake me by knocking on the door (or window, which was the origin of the phrase)"; and many others.

* Hence the famous advice, "You don't wanna go to L, lady; you wanna go to P."

 

[Hotcappucino]

I love English Literature, and I'm a creep. One night armed with google and a craving for erotic fiction, I ended up here. It seems anti climatic to compare this site to the truly beautiful works of fiction out there, but...
There's some really great stories on here.

I want to write too.

English isn't my native language. I came from Japan to study Eng Lit in the UK. There are lots of reasons why I'd rather read English than Japanese. My main concern is A) the cultural differences and influences my writing would take, and B) because my English isn't perfect. I study English, I don't write it.

Thank you for your time.

Just from your post, I can tell you write better than 70% of the authors on Lit.

A) You can use those cultural differences to an advantage. Writing a story with a Japanese setting or a Japanese character, you can use your own insight into the attitudes, personalities, and culture to make the story very authentic. As someone wrote earlier, write what you know.

B) The more you write, the better you become, as long as you get feedback on your work. You can ask readers to review your work on the Story Feedback section of the forum, or you can also ask for a Volunteer Editor to help you go over your work. There are lots of writing resources available on the internet, as well as on the Writers Resource page, which has articles about plot and character development, issues especially pertinent to writing erotica, and guidelines on submitting stories to Literotica.

Good luck, and I hope you find pleasure in your story writing.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

... you can also ask for a Volunteer Editor to help you go over your work. ...

A word of warning: the Volunteer Editor scheme is broken, or at least badly bent. There is no way of removing anyone from that list, so many of the entries are no longer active. For example: I used to be called Snooper and you will find my entry there, but it points to an invalid e-mail address (my fault, but the site won't fix it), so communications will go into the net and just disappear for ever.

The best way of finding a Volunteer Editor is to go to the Editor's Forum and look in the sticky at the top of the forum listing editors available this month.