Type of Erotic Stories Readers Want

[Rumple Foreskin]

I copied this from the XXX Stories forum of a site called pornBB.org - This link is to the thread http://www.pornbb.org/viewtopic.php?t=27121

Nothing particularly surprising. Just thought I'd pass it along FWIW because it's a reader's poll and over 900 of 'em voted.

Rumple Foreskin

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what kind of erotic stories do you want to read?

anal - nothing but BUTTs
6% [ 59 ]

bdsm - bondage, d/s and power games like mind control
6% [ 62 ]

sci fi AND celebrities - parodies and fan fiction about your favorite stars
5% [ 50 ]

romance, first timers AND wild one-on-one consensual sex
16% [ 153 ]

exhibitionist & voyeur
5% [ 47 ]

fetish - feet, panties, and other kinky things.
5% [ 46 ]

group sex - orgies, swingers
7% [ 71 ]

interracial - white, asian, black, all sort of colors/races
3% [ 32 ]

how to guides/humor and satire
2% [ 24 ]

incest/taboo - family bonding
40% [ 367 ]

Total Votes : 911

 

[Vermilion]

Two most popular categories romance and incest - whilst unsurprised I find the combination rather amusing set out like that.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Two most popular categories romance and incest - whilst unsurprised I find the combination rather amusing set out like that.

Strangely, good incest stories are primarily romance. Sounds bizarre, but it's psychologically true.

 

[gauchecritic]

Strangely, good incest stories are primarily romance. Sounds bizarre, but it's psychologically true.

plus they have built in conflict, a must for any author.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Incest definitely turns me off but I guess that means to concentrate on Romance if you want readership? I wonder how much you can fudge the Romance category . . .

 

[jomar]

Did scouries vote?

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Did scouries vote?

Obviously several times.

 

[Safe_Bet]

Obviously several times.

Only 367 times though...

 

[DeeZire]

As usual, my favorite category - catfighting with makeup sex - wasn't even listed. What a bunch of prudes. I didn't see sorority initiations either. Lame!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

As usual, my favorite category - catfighting with makeup sex - wasn't even listed. What a bunch of prudes. I didn't see sorority initiations either. Lame!

Sorority . . . initiations. Hmmmm . . . Possibilities, that man, many possibilities.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Sorority . . . initiations. Hmmmm . . . Possibilities, that man, many possibilities.

One of these days I'll finish my "Sybian Sorority" story...

 

[cloudy]

God, if y'all only knew how boring sorority initiations really are...

 

[scouries]

are you back on the weed again?

obviously several times – my gawd, is this coming from the greatest vote rigger in LITEROTICA history?

Anyway, ignoring the stomach for a minute, to make these figures comparable to LITEROTICA categories the combined ones listed (bdsm + mc; sci-fi + celeb; romance + 1st + ec; etc.) would have to be broken up – perhaps as below.

Of course LOVING WIVES and the GAY Lit categories aren’t listed in the poll.

However the poll simply confirms what we all know (whether it pleases us or not) – for some reason INCEST stories are the most popular ones on porn/erotic story sites by a huge margin.

Anal 6% [ 59 ]

Bdsm 3%
Mind Control 3%
[ 62 ]

Sci fi 2.5%
Celebrities 2.5%
[ 50 ]

Romance 6%
First timers 5%
Erotic Couplings 5%
[ 153 ]

Exhibitionist & voyeur 5% [ 47 ]

Fetish 5% [ 46 ]

Group Sex 7% [ 71 ]

Interracial 3% [ 32 ]

How to 1%
Humor and satire 1%
[ 24 ]

Incest/taboo 40% [ 367 ]

Total Votes : 911

I’m james r scouries and unlike other favorites ( ) I’ve never been jailed…

[size=+2]Panthers have Puck Luck …[/size]

 

[voluptuary_manque]

God, if y'all only knew how boring sorority initiations really are...

Who cares about real sororities? The fantasy one I have in mind was expelled from the national organization back in the '20's!

 

[michchick98]

However the poll simply confirms what we all know (whether it pleases us or not) – for some reason INCEST stories are the most popular ones on porn/erotic story sites by a huge margin.

Hence why you write exclusively in that category. If you even attempted to write a non incest story, it'd tank....badly.

And Selena? Well yeah, she's on the TOP of the favorites list because she CAN write in more than one category, and no matter which category it is, she writes well.

I'd like to see the HONEST feedback you'd get if you wrote a story not involving sex with ANY family member.....sex with PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT RELATED IN ANY WAY to one another.

You couldn't do it because as any decent writer knows, much of what you write comes from personal experience. Would that explain why you are the way you are? Is your sister really your mother, scouries?

 

[Wildcard Ky]

I may be different, but I don't write for the readers.

I get something in my head that I LIKE, and I write it. Once it's written, I share what I HAVE written. If others like it, they like it. And if not, oh well.

That's just me though............

 

[TE999]

I may be different, but I don't write for the readers.

I get something in my head that I LIKE, and I write it. Once it's written, I share what I HAVE written. If others like it, they like it. And if not, oh well.

That's just me though............

You've summed up my philosophy in re: writing, Wildcard.

I've scored well in virtually all cats I've written in...except Romance...grrrr.

I wonder what a similar poll of Lit's readership would reveal?

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

It would have been interesting to know the gender break-out on that poll. I have a hunch Incest has more appeal for male readers than female.

Most erotic e-publishers won't touch incest, lumping it in with other no-no categories such as beastiality and snuff. If there's any validity to this poll, the wisdom of that policy would seem to be, at best, debatable.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Boxlicker101]

It would have been interesting to know the gender break-out on that poll. I have a hunch Incest has more appeal for male readers than female.

Most erotic e-publishers won't touch incest, lumping it in with other no-no categories such as beastiality and snuff. If there's any validity to this poll, the wisdom of that policy would seem to be, at best, debatable.

Rumple Foreskin

That's probably because they are turned off by the thought of Daddy sneaking into his eight year daughter's bed in the middle of the night. The incest stories on Lit. are just E/C involving relatives. That's not a complaint, BTW.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

What would a poll of writers show?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

DOC

Last night I read Richard Matheson's HELL HOUSE. Some people dismiss it as a blend of cheap thrills & cheesy porn, but I find parts of it very effective at expressing horror & erotica together. Hell House being a den of iniquity, where guests check in but dont check out.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

It would have been interesting to know the gender break-out on that poll. I have a hunch Incest has more appeal for male readers than female.

Most erotic e-publishers won't touch incest, lumping it in with other no-no categories such as beastiality and snuff. If there's any validity to this poll, the wisdom of that policy would seem to be, at best, debatable.

Most erotic epubs are run by women (the entire industry is dominated by both women and romance) AND they have a CYA policy in place. As with underage, bestiality, snuff, etc, they don't want to get taken to court. Incest, I think, and nonconsent in general, are the two places an epub COULD push the boundaries. If they wanted to.

But the other issue is their readers. They will alienate many many romance readers (read: majority women) if they also publish incest stories.

But incest is growing out there in the epub world. I read romance blogs that cringe, and say, "I'm sure there's a market for it, but keep it out of MY backyard!" Hell, a lot of folks on Lit feel that way, too. *shrug*


Oh, and JBJ... you're going to have a hell of a time finding a good market (or even good readers ) for erotic horror...

 

[snar]

I pretty much just read realistic (meaning not horror, not sci-fi) snuff stories and didn't see that category (maybe they figure it's under BDSM? ).

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

SELENA

We must be speaking of two different things because erotic-horror is pretty popular, especially with women.

 

[cloudy]

I pretty much just read realistic (meaning not horror, not sci-fi) snuff stories and didn't see that category (maybe they figure it's under BDSM? ).

Snuff generally isn't accepted here.