yowser
xpressive
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While I have certainly written some tales close to real life situations (often elaborated, or otherwise modified for story-telling benefits) the vast proportion of my output involve an element of transgression, one way or another.
Of course transgression adds a level of excitement or suspense to almost any kind of story, erotic or not, as there is always another level of tension built in. Will the protagonist(s) be caught out? Seen? Discovered? Their private actions revealed? Have they done something illegal, immoral, or somehow damaging or unseemly?
This effectively means I have written all manner of stories involving activities I have never done, nor would contemplate doing, in real life. I suspect I am not alone.
On the other hand, there are stories/activities 180 degrees opposite to my 'morals' however you want to construe them (or at least my stance on erotic matters) that I will never approach. (I did a thread once on how far a writer could go in creating characters 'different' or opposite to themselves.)
How do you handle transgression as a theme in your stories? Does this element figure throughout your catalogue? Can you give an example of how it worked in one of your stories? Where removal of the transgressive element would have made for a far blander tale? How you milked it for effect?
For me, I think since my very first conscious thoughts, there's always been an allure for the forbidden.
Of course transgression adds a level of excitement or suspense to almost any kind of story, erotic or not, as there is always another level of tension built in. Will the protagonist(s) be caught out? Seen? Discovered? Their private actions revealed? Have they done something illegal, immoral, or somehow damaging or unseemly?
This effectively means I have written all manner of stories involving activities I have never done, nor would contemplate doing, in real life. I suspect I am not alone.
On the other hand, there are stories/activities 180 degrees opposite to my 'morals' however you want to construe them (or at least my stance on erotic matters) that I will never approach. (I did a thread once on how far a writer could go in creating characters 'different' or opposite to themselves.)
How do you handle transgression as a theme in your stories? Does this element figure throughout your catalogue? Can you give an example of how it worked in one of your stories? Where removal of the transgressive element would have made for a far blander tale? How you milked it for effect?
For me, I think since my very first conscious thoughts, there's always been an allure for the forbidden.