Wanted: Humour in stories.

[Octavian]

During the past 30 months that I have been reading the stories on this site, I have found very little, if indeed any humour, other than in the ‘Humour and Satire’ category, where it is of course expected.

Does humour have no place in sex stories? I am not suggesting that sex scenes be deliberately written to make one laugh; there are more than enough people doing just that already, albeit without their meaning to. I just think that some subtle humour makes the characters more rounded, adds interest and provides some contrast to the sex scenes elsewhere.

What do other authors think?

Octavian

 

[Colleen Thomas]

During the past 30 months that I have been reading the stories on this site, I have found very little, if indeed any humour, other than in the ‘Humour and Satire’ category, where it is of course expected.

Does humour have no place in sex stories? I am not suggesting that sex scenes be deliberately written to make one laugh; there are more than enough people doing just that already, albeit without their meaning to. I just think that some subtle humour makes the characters more rounded, adds interest and provides some contrast to the sex scenes elsewhere.

What do other authors think?

Octavian

I like humor. Sex dosen't walways work out perfectly. I've had dildos bend rather than penetrating, a character in a shower scene get soap in her mouth or have her partner shift and get a face full of water.

I don't try to over do humor, it isn't my strong suit, but I try to add a little here or there. For pure funny, the lit olympics chain story isloaded with comedy, all them ore funny because it's about people you know from the Ah

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

During the past 30 months that I have been reading the stories on this site, I have found very little, if indeed any humour, other than in the ‘Humour and Satire’ category, where it is of course expected.

Does humour have no place in sex stories? I am not suggesting that sex scenes be deliberately written to make one laugh; there are more than enough people doing just that already, albeit without their meaning to. I just think that some subtle humour makes the characters more rounded, adds interest and provides some contrast to the sex scenes elsewhere.

What do other authors think?

Octavian

Oh, I agree. I've written quite a few stories that either have funny moments or a bit of comedy in the characters. My Olympics story was almost completely comedy but in chain stories and the Worst Chain Story Ever stories are bloody hilarious and I would reccomend you read them.

I've always been a fan of mixing humour with other styles. I've done it with tenderness and romance in "A Hallow E'en", bitter violence in "Death of the Party", fantasy in "Merry Adventures of Puck", etc...

There are others who have similar views about it and have produced comedic sex masterpieces that are also genre-breaking, I just think you have to track down the particular authors that seem to be doing it.

 

[Guest]

Tooting my own horn just a bit, feedback on my story "She came of age in a sex resort" appreciated my light touch of humor. I mean to get back to the story, but now feel followon stories need the same touch.

The story written for the National Nude Day contest .

 

[English Lady]

of course there is sex in humour..humour in written sex has to be done carefully or it over shadows the horny sexy thing and turns it a bit farcical. I really don't think I have the required light touch to pull the comedy thing off in my work, i use it in the build up quite alot but not during the actual sex (in as far as I can remember*L*)

 

[Alex De Kok]

I think I can write lightly, but lack the skill - or perhaps courage - to deliberately inject humour into a story. I've only tried twice, with reasonable acceptance, but I doubt if there were any guffaws.

Alex

 

[MagicaPractica]

my favorite author

My favorite stories here so far are by Markyoni. Melody's Bad Day Fairy is wonderfully funny but I don't believe its categorized under comedy.

 

[Liar]

Deliberate humor is a bit of a tricky one. I write alot of comedy, but mostly for a swedish audience, who I know will appriciate my style of fun.

But I enjoy, and think I'm pretty good at writing wit. That, and mild irony is something I often use to give a story a lighter touch, some distance from the heavy duty erotica or tragedy or whatever I try to convey. I mean, there are not comic elements to the story itself per se, no whoopie cushions or mis-aiming cocks, or whatever. But a few humourous dialouge lines, and maybe an entertaining narrator voice, goes a long way in making a story and it's characters beliveable.

You gotta have a good mix, you know. A little bit of serious, and a little bit of humor, in all that you write, is my motto. I think that a dramatic story will get more effective if it is not 100% drama in every syllable. The same way, pure humor is best when there is some darkness at the heart of it.

#L

 

[Goldie Munro]

Isnt there a cat for humour?

 

[gauchecritic]

You may find my Rainy Day challenge story humourous. I did. Thunder Follows Lightning. Not belly laugh but it made me smile and still does.

Gauche

 

[Guest]

I try to put at least a little humor in all of my stories. "The Boat" is a good example. Romantic day on a boat for a fairly witty couple. I think a little humor make even a serious story a little better. Keeps the mood from becoming stagnant.

 

[Goldie Munro]

Isnt there a cat for humour?

Yes of course there is and if you had read the original post properly you would have known that!! Jeez!

I suppose it really depends - a lot of my stories are done kind of tongue in cheek anyway - yeah I like a bit of humour

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

I Am Superman is comedic. Its one of my favorite stories.

 

[Guest]

Humor?

I usually try to write erotica in a relaxed, light-hearted manner. I truly hope it reads that way.

My How-To story Anal Sex (Gasp!): A Hands-On Manual covers a serious topic in researched detail -

- but with a tongue-in-cheek feel.



(sorry - just couldn't resist)

 

[Guest]

Re: Humor?

(sorry - just couldn't resist)

Of course you couldn't (wouldn't be sss otherwise). P.

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Humor?

Of course you couldn't (wouldn't be sss otherwise). P.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Most of my stories are just smut, good natured but not funny. However, in my stories of Zuzie, I have a certain amount of humor, especially in the sequel one.

 

[Weird Harold]

Does humour have no place in sex stories? I am not suggesting that sex scenes be deliberately written to make one laugh; there are more than enough people doing just that already, albeit without their meaning to. I just think that some subtle humour makes the characters more rounded, adds interest and provides some contrast to the sex scenes elsewhere.

Yes, there is a place for humor in sex stories.

It doesn't even have to be subtle -- slapstick humor works just fine to lighten the mood; or, more importantly, give your characters some depth.

Two of my stories are basd on absurd assumptions. One is one of the first stories to "Humor and Satire" when the category was created (partly as the result of "Two Bags For The Bride" being posted) and one is a romance. The following is the scene that the whole story startd from (it's a first person POV flashback told as a "bar tale" in the final version.)

I don't know if this is tekind of humor you're looking for, but it's the kind of humor I include in almost everything I write..

From "How I Met My Wife" By Dirty Old Man (AKA me):
I started to work my way to the railing of the pier as best as I could. I discovered that I could still do some girl watching as I moved through the crowd. I actually had more fun than earlier, because I was forced to use the Braille method.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that several women also used the Braille method to check me out. It didn't feel like big hairy hands anyway. If any guys groped me, they had small soft hands.

The darkness was so complete that only one slap landed anywhere near my face. The one slap that landed is what led to a fateful meeting. It knocked me over the railing!

It actually wasn't that hard a slap, just well placed. Stepping back from the impact, I tripped over the chain guarding an access ladder to the beach, which sent me tumbling to the sand below. I landed flat on my back in soft sand. Except for having the wind knocked out of me, I was fine.

Naked, but fine.

The chain I tripped over had snagged on my swimsuit and ripped it off me as I fell.

I got up, muttering every curse I had ever heard and making up a few new ones. I brushed the sand off and tried to figure out how to get home without making a detour to jail. Suddenly, I heard a shriek above me. I instinctively looked towards the sound.

The next thing I knew, I found myself back on the sand, pinned by a body. I quickly determined it was a petite female body. An easy determination, since she landed in the perfect position for a sixty-nine.

Apparently, the chain I tripped over was collecting shorts that evening. At least I assumed that's where hers were. They certainly weren't covering her cunt! The only thing covering her cunt was my mouth. Or was that the other way around?

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I have to have humor in my stories or at least irony. My humor/satire story was absolutly silly, but funny.

If I didn't have humor in my life I would curl up and die, like a spider when you smack it.

 

[Guest]

for me, it seems like i write either humor or sex... or a little sex with humor, but honestly i find all my stories sadly funny.

she had had enough is my only humorous story to date though ive had one in the works for a squillion years about a transgendered garbage collector who falls in love with a closet castrati... *le sigh* one day... ive had alot of input and help from others on the AH, couldnt have done it without my sicko friends.

 

[cantdog]

You may find my Rainy Day challenge story humourous. I did. Thunder Follows Lightning. Not belly laugh but it made me smile and still does.

Gauche

Tongue in cheek, subtle. You should be delighted with it. Wit is rare and precious.

 

[cantdog]

I looked back over the oeuvre, y'know. I left humor out of the ones I was doing for super-short, fuck-vignettes. Almost. Even the Camel Toe Incest had some, though. Mostly the revelation that the characters don't know themselves very well, and betray that ignorance unconsciously.

My "Hottest" story, by the scores used here, is humorous throughout, as a man tells a woman about an early sex experience while she interrupts to point out how venal he was to lie to the girl to get into her pants.

The scene with the fire pole which introduces the main character in that story is just nothing but comedy.

But I agree, it can be overdone. I wrote my first story so very tongue-in-cheek that the whole thing became farce and the characters devolved into cutouts playing farce roles. I resolved to get that under control a little better thereafter, and I haven't done too awfully badly at it.

I think you're just reading the wrong authors if you don't see humour here in the non-humour categories.

But I notice that if any of us begin to write about a particular fetish we have, the writing all of a sudden gets rapt and intense, almost worshipful, and loses that light touch altogether.

cantdog

 

[Huckleman2000]

For humor, I heartily recommend GingerV's stories. Also, 100 Angry Bananas' Melvin's Magic Love Juice is written with a light touch. It made me think of the musical, "A Little Shop of Horrors" for some reason.

 

[herecomestherain]

I love to read stories that have elements of humour in them. I think that witty repartee and dialogue between characters makes them even sexier, that's what I find sexy in real life I suppose. Moments of humour seem to make acts of passion even more delightful and piquant, the playfulness even in edgier scenes provides contrast and usually endears me to the character. Once I'm endeared, I care more about what happens to them.

 

[Wholemanz]

Humor?

Ah, most of my stories are funny...

I recieved this comment from a reader:

i still say tanks for the mammaries is
the best. in fact i downloaded and put it into doc form so i could read it whenever.

it is the first erotic fiction i have read, that made me laugh and cry and cum in my jockeys.

thank you so much for the story.

i hope you have the time and energy and imagination to write some more stories of that quality.

thank you again.

Enough said?