This may or may not have already been asked...

[AuroraDreams]

But seeing as I'm just getting started here, and in my writing, I want to know. Therefore I will just ask.

I have lots of ideas for great erotic stories,
how do I develop them.
This is a problem I have, filling it all in.

 

[AuroraDreams]

Bumping with the knowledge that this move could forever damage my rep as non pathetic. But ah well.
I'm shameless, and so is this bump

 

[damppanties]

Hmmm... well, I don't know. If you have an idea, just imagine it, with each minute detail and then write it down. Then cut off all those insignificant things. Then whip the text into submission - edit for grammar and spelling - and then send it to an editor. Then when it comes back, post. Then you get all those emails and if yo're lucky, a PC from Laura & Lisa.

I have no idea what the question was... it's kind of vague. What's the problem exactly?

 

[damppanties]

deleted.

 

[AuroraDreams]

I think you did a good job of answering a question you found vague.
I am wanting to take my ideas, further than the idea stage, mostly I believe my problem is I procrastinate. Or tell myself that what I've wrote is crap and I should just give up.
I want to get past this phase.

 

[damppanties]

Ok. That sounds like a nice problem.

I suffer from it from time to time.

Well, there are a number of stories on this site which are totally crap, so even if yours is, it doens't matter much. You need to ask yourself why you're writing. If you have this incurable urge to write, then it doesn't matter if the first few stories you write are crap. You'll learn if you have enough interest. The first thing to do is get your story out there and then ask for opinions on what works and what doesn't from people you admire. Maybe on the Story Feedback Forum.

Take the leap and get it out there if you're really serious. If you're not, then don't really bother about it so much.

Good luck.

 

[AuroraDreams]

Thankyou.

I write because I want to live, writing gives me the oportunity to do just that. It makes one savor little moments in time. Appreciate them, and put even the littlest thing to use.

 

[BohemianEcstasy]

Not to hyperqualify (or disqualify, for that matter) what I'm about to say, but you should probably know that this is coming from a MAJOR amateur in the erotica department. I have one story on lit. However, I used to be a short-story author and editor, and I've read a ton, so I know what I like. Having said that, my advice:

You've already isolated the underlying problems behind your current writing issue--you need to write for your own enjoyment and not for the sake of it being awesome from Draft 1. You need to be more confident about what you're doing and point out what has gone well in the past and what can go better in the future, and how to get to that point. It's not constructive to sit and berate yourself for not being as good as the writers who've gone before you on this particular journey.

As far as developing the ideas, go ahead and brainstorm or check out some other stories (not for plagiarism, of course, but for ideas.) Once you pick exactly your plot and know your characters as well as you know your best friend, you can go ahead and start laying some things down. Keep in mind a few questions: Could this actually happen? Is this totally out of character? Is this physically possible? And when it comes to prose development, go ahead and spend some time on it; get some feedback before you submit it, if possible, via editors and such. It's a matter of mentioning the little sensory/emotional details that take a reader from "meh" to "Oh, my gawd, that was mindblowing, please let me read another."

 

[damppanties]

Great. Then write and post... this place is great for learning. Believe me.

 

[AuroraDreams]

Right on.
I shall.
Now, to tend to my kids bfast and all that jazz

 

[minsue]

Well, there are a number of stories on this site which are totally crap, so even if yours is, it doens't matter much.

You really know how to encourage the new authors, Dampy!

 

[damppanties]

You really know how to encourage the new authors, Dampy!

When are you going to start writing goosey?

 

[minsue]

When are you going to start writing goosey?

As soon as I soak up some talent through cyber-osmosis.

Nice try, though!

 

[damppanties]

As soon as I soak up some talent through cyber-osmosis.

Nice try, though!

Hey! You can't have my err... talent. What will I do? I don't have enough to share...

And you can't fool me. I know you can. So there!

edit: I meant you can WRITE.

 

[gauchecritic]

Here's one method.

Idea: A boy and girl meet at the swimming pool (the boy/girl part is definitely alterable)

They are put in competition against each other. (final decider head to head?)

One of them wins and lords it over the other

The winner then slips and breaks ankle.

The loser administers first aid.

They get to know each other

The rest is history.

There's your pretty poor excuse of an outline. Why would anyone want to read it? They don't know these people. Swimming competitions are dull. Obviously the boy wins. It's not realistic for the loser to administer first aid when there are lifeguards and such. and anyway the loser would just laugh all the way to the podium.

Actually, it's not the story that matters (although it's useful) what matters is the people. How do they feel? How do they react? Why do they compete? What is it like to swim faster than anyone you know?

After 3 months of ice cold lake swimming in order to 'toughen' her up, Helen luxuriated in the warmth of the chlorinated pool water. The muscles sliding beneath the brown skin of her arms were more supple than they had a right to feel under the tension she was exerting, as her powerful thighs strained in anticipation of the gun. But still her concentration was difficult to maintain as the ripples lapped and carressed her backside, bringing memories of Mikki where she had no right to be.

So without actually saying anything we can see that she has a name, is athletically strong, a swimmer and has an ambiguous sex life. And we haven't even introduced the boy (or girl). It really is, all in the detail.

Another way is to write the sex scene first and then write everything that leads them there.

Another way is to sit down and start writing and see where it goes.

Gauche

P.S An editor is a must.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Just popped on to say "HI" dampy. Glad you're perking up the gosling.

~A~

 

[damppanties]

Just popped on to say "HI" dampy. Glad you're perking up the gosling.

~A~

Hi and join me. I need all the help I can get.

 

[minsue]

Here's one method.


Gauche

Listen to this man, Aurora. He is an amazing writer.

 

[minsue]

Hi and join me. I need all the help I can get.

LOL I need no perking, guys. Happy lil gosling over here.

Thanks, though!

 

[Guest]

Minge, I hope the gos is not dressed as a Texas Ranger. P.

 

[minsue]

Minge, I hope the gos is not dressed as a Texas Ranger. P.

Nope, no worries, 'Dita. He works in Tombstone. Stands in the middle of the street shooting a cap gun every hour.

(How do people live there??? I'd go mad.)

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Or tell myself that what I've wrote is crap and I should just give up.
I want to get past this phase.

I was in that phase for a very long time.

What you have to do is forget about being good and concentrate on telling a story well. Take care of the latter and the former will take care of itself.

---dr.M.

 

[herecomestherain]

AuroraDreams the talented Ms Damppanties has an article on writing that I've found very encouraging and helpful.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=111663

 

[Lukie]

the saying...

I once heard the saying...sing like no one is listening...love like you have never been hurt...dance like no one is watching....
so, as for your question....
write like no one is reading.....then you will feel like you have nothing to lose! And the important thing is...you are doing it for yourself!