Question for the authors:

[DAD68]

I'm just curious as to when you use certain words at certain times?
Do you find there a time when the word "tits" is better than the word "breasts" or "boobs" is better than "hooters"?
Things of that nature...

Are there things you would have to watch for when writing so that the right word is used at the right time (other than overuse of the word).

 

[entitled]

I'm just curious as to when you use certain words at certain times?
Do you find there a time when the word "tits" is better than the word "breasts" or "boobs" is better than "hooters"?
Things of that nature...

Are there things you would have to watch for when writing so that the right word is used at the right time (other than overuse of the word).

It would all depend on the tone of the story, who's point of view is being used, etc. Lots of variables in there.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Dad, I'm afraid there's no hard-and-fast rule. It all depends on the circumstance. If the story is in first person "I looked out the window" then the type of character doing the narration will dictate the vocabulary. A street punk and a college professor probably wouldn't sound alike.

If the the story is thrid person, "He looked out the window" then the writer has more flexibility (and decisions to make). I try to keep the "non-spoken" terms (those used in the narrative) simple and let the characters use more colorful language. For instance:

His rough hands fondled her large breasts. "Gal, you have hooters to die for."

Rumple Foreskin

 

[3113]

I think everyone's pretty much going to say the same thing. If the story is from the point of view of a scientist, then you might use more clinical words like "penis" and "breasts," if it from the point of view of guy on the street, then you'd go for words like "cock" and "tits."

Is the story mean to be rough and dirty (cunt and pisshole), or are you writing poetry (her rosy flower, his ivory rod)? Is in the present (dick) or past (manhood)? Is the main character blunt (pussy) or shy (her most intimate place)?

You use the words that best serve the story and its characters.

 

[Weird Harold]

I'm just curious as to when you use certain words at certain times?
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Are there things you would have to watch for when writing so that the right word is used at the right time (other than overuse of the word).

For me, there are two considerations at work in word choices like this:

1: the general tone of the story -- is it raunchy or romantic? Harsh souding words like Tit, Cunt, Cock, etc are more suited to raunchy stories than softer or more euphemisitic terms.

2: The Character of the POV. Every person has a "prefered term" for any given body part so I try to show that in a character's thoughts and dialogue. A female character will tend to think in softer, more romantic terms whle a male character will tend to think in the more raunchy, "locker-room" terms.

One thing I do try to do is to stay consistent within the character -- If a character starts out thinking in terms of "tits cunt and cock," he's going to continue to think in those terms unless there is a reason for him to change his thinking -- i.e "sisters have breasts, girlfriends have tits."

 

[gauchecritic]

There is also pace to consider. At the height of rapture just before orgasm it is jarring (for me) to hear the protag. declame "you have a wonderfully tight vagina."

As most seem to agree it is dependant on the pov and the character themselves but assuming for the moment that the character has a full and rich vocabulary then as a rule of thumb a character tends to become dirtier the closer they get to orgasm.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

"you have a wonderfully tight vagina."

*SPEW*!!!!

godDAMNit!

*cleaning monitor off*

Good thing it was diet.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Mixing & Matching

When writing, you don't want to write, or for that matter read "He adored her breasts. He reached for her breasts. He kissed her breasts."

The previous sentence has multiple problems, but for demonstration purposes I use it. So instead of "breast" you use different variations, such as "swells", "mounds", "boobs", "globes" etc. I've never used "titty" except when a character that I envisioned was a little less mature.

I encourage writers to use an on-line or off-line thesaurus. Yet I still wonder, what's another word for Thesaurus?

 

[McKenna]

I'm just curious as to when you use certain words at certain times?
Do you find there a time when the word "tits" is better than the word "breasts" or "boobs" is better than "hooters"?
Things of that nature...

Are there things you would have to watch for when writing so that the right word is used at the right time (other than overuse of the word).

It has taken me forever to write the word "cock" without cringing with a combination of embarrassment and fear of being crude. I don't like to use it (or words like it) too often, but I do use them. I like to build up to it; I'll use less direct words in a slow but definite word foreplay until that precise moment when nothing but "cock" will do.

*shrug*

Personal choice I guess, go with your own flow.

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Now if I could just get to the point where I can say "cock" without blushing. *ahem*

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I'm just curious as to when you use certain words at certain times?
Do you find there a time when the word "tits" is better than the word "breasts" or "boobs" is better than "hooters"?
Things of that nature...

Are there things you would have to watch for when writing so that the right word is used at the right time (other than overuse of the word).

Depends on circumstance, author, tone, POV. I write third person, so I use breasts most often in the narratives. But I also tie my POV closely to a character, so the narrative voice very often is flavored by the character's perceptions. So occasionally tits is more in line with the character. Boobs and hooters are two that I would probably only use in dialogue, and then only if they fit the specific character's spech patterns and vocabulary.