State of mind

[antirip]

To other writers/authors, what is your state of mind when writing erotic fiction?

I start "normal" but plenty of times I ended up getting aroused by what I'm writing that I either have to do something else to calm down or "release my urges". Either way I'm no longer in the creative groove afterwards.

Any tips to avoid getting carried away?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Stress relief, then carry on.

Double proof read in the morning - your typo and grammatical error rate will be much higher, guaranteed. Also guaranteed - a pretty hot scene. I mean, if you're getting yourself off, that's a pretty good sign of quality, yeah? Unless you come at the sight of a Barbie Doll box, then it might need some more work .

 

[SimonDoom]

Ride the wave, I say.

I find if I'm getting turned on by what I'm writing, it's a good thing. Sometimes the writing flows faster and better that way. I don't get turned on to the point of needing relief, however, so that's not an issue for me.

 

[NotWise]

To other writers/authors, what is your state of mind when writing erotic fiction?

Just the sex scene? Drafting the scene is usually arousing. I know I'm onto something when editing it is more exciting than drafting it.

I'm usually mentally 'locked in' while writing action sequences and imagery. They usually go quickly and I often feel exhausted when they're done.

Conflict and the buildup to sex are often emotional chess games. I write them slowly, often rewrite them to get the characters and their reactions right, and if I've done it well then the mental stress of writing gives way to satisfaction when it's done.

 

[antirip]

I mostly lose it on the set-up. The location,what my characters are wearing, the circumstances, stuff like that. Sometimes also on the actual sex scenes but I usually get engrossed trying to perfectly described the scene.

I tried drinking coffee or hot-chocolate but does not always work and I just end up with a wasted and cold mug of coffee/chocolate.

 

[NotWise]

I tried drinking coffee or hot-chocolate but does not always work and I just end up with a wasted and cold mug of coffee/chocolate.

Those are both stimulants. If you drink a stimulant to calm yourself down then you're probably not bound for success. Maybe eating something would work better.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Writing is like life - one can get pushed through it, dragged through it or follow one's feet. The important thing is to enjoy the process.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

Personally, I don't write 'erotic fiction.' I just write in a modern vogue and I don't know how it is possible to imagine adult interactions without modern styles of sexuality at play there.

At the same time however, I doubt there are so many real people out there who actually LIVE what they imagine is in this world they suppose to be permissive and also possibly rather promiscuous. When I was younger I went out of my way to try and find 'experts in sex,' or sexual people and be in sexual places... And I did find a lot of different, interesting people. I 'pitch' the angle of the (my) stories to those people that I either DO know, or have encountered as their shooting stars traversed though my skies. And so - as is my own real life anyway - my stories are somewhat at a distance from the crush of the broader public, and in the same way, my 'state of mind' becomes extremely detached from daily life as it might be experienced by most 'normal' people.

I don't remember anything about what I write/wrote, even though these were always based on real events and real people - I am kind of in a trance when I actually place words on paper or in a computer.

The odd thing is in fact, the words themselves - sometimes I find I'm pinned to the floor, asleep or half-asleep, on a bed, in a hammock, lost, totally lost. And it is only after I awaken and start to type words, all of a sudden the language and the phrases come out; sure they are ABOUT what did happen somewhere, sometime, but the words themselves are from somewhere - I don't know where at all. They just appear at the end of my hands.

Sometimes when I read back the words, I go 'who the hell wrote that?!'

...Once I had a dream and saw myself, what I really looked like. We are a fusion of things we don't understand as 'in the daylight' 'ordinary' people. And there are layers which hide people from themselves. You have to peel these back to get to what is real and to what endures. Writing is a form of enduring. What is superficial is not real. The world is mostly superficial.

In terms of 'state of mind' I find there is a definite sense of 'rhythm' or a 'beat' going on, a kind of pacing of things, including words and how they will flow, once I'm in that 'zone.'

 

[SolarRay]

The formula I've settled on, that I think gives the best work for me, is to A) maximize writing new content while aroused and B) minimize arousal as much as possible when editing.

I think the situation there is that I apply myself most creatively to erotic writing when I'm aroused by what I'm doing - i.e. if I'm giving myself a fantasy and just writing it down as I follow along (and frankly, if I don't get there, I'm likely to put the idea aside). So I try to allow myself to enter a frenzied state as I go. However, when I'm editing I try to keep a clearer head that can decipher how much of the madness is worth keeping and how much of it needs to be brought back down to Earth or cut completely.

 

[Kantarii]

Suggestion, jerk off before you start typing. Oh, that won’t work.. the inspiration is gone. Since when is a hard on inspiration? Dunno. It sounded good, though

 

[ThatsTheGuy]

Someone made a funny. *wipes off keyboard*. Some times I keel me.

Break is over. Back to work.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Since when is a hard on inspiration?

Since when is it not?