Why do you write erotic fiction and post here?

[Thenaughtypen]

Hi,

I ask this because I am a new contributor here and I know why I did. I love to write and I have written lots (non sexual) and been published for some serious non fiction stuff.

This excites me though. I massively love the idea that people read my words and are aroused. If writing isn't about emotion, then what is the point? Moreover, isn't sexual arousal the most potent emotion?

There is a mass of work here and I would genuinely love to know the reasons for rother contributors. I also have no idea if views means people have read my work, if my rating is good, or how much is written my males, read by females, written by females, read by males, male, male and female, female.

Massively curious about any views on the above.

Thank you for reading.

 

[KeithD]

Initially, I posted here to have someplace to store the stories other than in my computer. Then it became a numbers issue, I guess. Also, I was getting significantly more views here than sales in the marketplace and it's nice to think that thousands are reading the stories. Makes it more worthwhile to be writing them.

 

[NotWise]

I came to Lit to get experience writing fiction. They say that erotica is the low hanging fruit, as fiction goes. It's easy to get readers. Then the readers came by the thousands, and I was hooked.

"Views" is the number of times someone has opened the first page of your story. It doesn't mean they've read it.

It's hard to tell anything about the gender of the readers or the writers here. People with accounts (including all writers) have a profile page, and they may choose a gender for their profile, but that doesn't mean it's right. I've seen some stats that say that most visitors to Literotica are male. I think most Literotica writers are also male, but there's a strong contingent of female writers in the crowd here.

 

[SimonDoom]

I had been reading erotic stories on the Internet and in particular at Literotica for perhaps 15 years and finally decided, "I'd like to try doing that." Literotica seemed like the best place, by far, to publish an erotic story because of the size of the audience. It's been fun, and I feel I've learned a lot about writing.

 

[PennameWombat]

I had a long interest in writing creatively but didn't do much about it beyond having a raft of stories rattle about my brain for decades. Finally, I was in a professional and personal transition period with time on my hands with no day job. So I finally signed up for an intense six-week creative writing workshop given by a professional SF&F author.

That taught me lots of basics around building characters and worlds and plots and more and how to think through the story ideas I'd had for years.

But as the instructor pointed out, the only way to learn to write is to write.

I found Literotica about the same time a couple of years ago, I'd read plenty of erotica but had never found the combination of high contributor writing skills, erotic content AND this supportive community of authors and contributors. So I bit the bullet and started posting as a way to create my own erotica and to get it seen and get some feeling for whether or not people seem to enjoy it. And to see if I could in any way come close in storytelling to the folks already here.

I've attended some author's groups with very mixed results, in one, trying to workshop a science fiction story amongst people who see it as a 'space squids' genre was a less than useful effort. Here, almost anything goes, so any genre is fair game. I have an idea, I write it up.

 

[yowser]

Good question, complicated answers.

Many of us write because we have to, like breathing, and if our interests bleed over into erotic arenas, well, here is a way to 'publish' and get the visceral thrill of viewings and (sometimes useful) feedback.

Professional careers that call for regular writing are not always receptive to (or appropriate for) erotic creations, so this is a sidelight for many of us, a different challenge, a means of exploration.

My professional published work is all non-fiction, so Literotica exists in my back-pocket (and sometimes acts as a reward – finish that other work piece and allow myself to get back to play with that alluring little tale of wanton dalliance that is clamoring about on the back-burner of my brain...)

Plus, good erotica poses unusual challenges. It is easy to think that those emotion-rich, sensual fantasies shared by most humans past puberty ought to be a snap to narrate – except they are devilishly hard to do authentically and well.

 

[lovecraft68]

Because posting erotic stories around work was frowned upon.

 

[WoodmanStark]

I had a personal fantasy that I decided to write out as a work of fiction. I had no intention of showing it to anyone else, and will certainly never show it to anyone who knows my meatspace identity. But a writer still likes to have an audience so I looked up written erotica sites and ended up here.

 

[Omenainen]

I’ve been reading here for years. I was just the kind of asshole reader most seem to be, I didn’t have an account so I didn’t favorite anything or follow anyone, I would just search for something good enough to masturbate to, do it, then leave. Seldom vote and never comment on anything. Well, what can I say. I had more pressing priorities.

I don’t write professionally but writing is what I’ve always done to deal with myself. I have this story I’m writing, I don’t know why because it’s not for trying to get it published, it just needs to come out of me. It spontaneously spun off erotic stories, like what if I would write out that sex scene in detail, or what would’ve happened to my characters in an alternate universe where things hadn’t gone the way they did in my story. I wrote out a few and was pretty pleased with myself. Then I started to consider publishing them here. English isn’t my language so that complicates it. I read my texts fluently enough but I don’t know if I accomplish what I set out to do, and it’s frustrating. Anyway I published a few of my stories, they were well received, I got encouraged and then I got greedy and now I’m writing stuff specifically to publish here.

For my non erotic stuff I don’t see an audience, I don’t know why that book should be published and who would read it, and it seems like a lot of work for something I have no reason why anyone should read it. But erotica? There is a purpose. I get satisfaction imagining people masturbating to my stuff. View count is what is doable but orgasm count is what would be interesting.

And here on the forum I post because I like to talk about myself. I’m so noble.

 

[Omenainen]

And oh, the gender part. I didn’t include my gender in my profile because I don’t want anyone to read or not read my stories based on that. I don’t write with my genitals and I hope the stories carry themselves. There’s been some commentators trying to guess my gender, so it seems to matter to some.

 

[dontcallme82]

I used to write a bit but never disciplined myself to write regularly or to get into a routine.

I have been stories on this site occasionally for a couple of years.

So when I wanted to start writing this seemed a good place to start. The nature of the story I am writing means I have less restrictions and can just write my story as I see fit.

Plus the community here seems really nice. People have politely and respectfully answered my questions and been really helpful.

I am writing my story in short parts and once the saga is over I will likely put it in a thread here for thoughts and feedback. You don't get that everywhere.

 

[Brutal_One]

I had a personal fantasy that I decided to write out as a work of fiction. I had no intention of showing it to anyone else, and will certainly never show it to anyone who knows my meatspace identity. But a writer still likes to have an audience so I looked up written erotica sites and ended up here.

For me was similar. Writing for years but purely for self with no intention to publish. Quite a lot would be unsuitable for LIT anyway. But I had one series with some original ideas that I could see working with a rewrite in LIT. Had a couple of false starts but this forum in particular very helpful with good advice. My stories do not get massive readers but that was never the point. Most chapters score reasonable with the very few who vote. I have a small no of followers. The rewrite has improved the story and the characters from my own perspective. So LIT has certainly provided me with the right opportunity to publish and share the story. I tend to get an equal amount of enjoyment in both publishing and posting and getting good conversations and insights from the excellent authors that regularly post in this forum. Brutal One

 

[Raazor]

Was in lockdown, got bored and thought I would give it a go.

Never written anything before and finding it a lot of fun.

 

[VerityJane]

I write for my supper. Crime fiction, mostly, and non-fiction. I have a sideline in erotic fiction, usually of a lesbian flavour but I do do non-penetrative hetero erotica, which I write mostly for my own pleasure.

When I found this site I thought it was worth investigating as an outlet to share this aspect of my writing. Like others I've been in strict lockdown for the last few months (I have severe asthma) and got bored so I'm also tentatively exploring the social side. Be aware, though, that I am a single lesbian with a 66th birthday just a couple of weeks away!

VeeJay xx

 

[karaline]

I was a reader for a long time, and then I moved to a rural setting in a foreign country, and suddenly had a lot more free time on my hands -especially in the winter.

One thing I find particularly frustrating about this place, is the vast quantity of unfinished series, so a big factor for me was wanting to contribute stuff that I was determined to finished. I continue to write (despite my circumstances having changed -I'm a lot busier), because in the most part because I want to improve as a writer and the continuing desire to finish stories I start posting is the discipline I need to follow something through and get it finished.

 

[gunhilltrain]

It was close to accidental, I think.

I used to mess around with screenplays about fifteen years ago. Those were always R-rated, at most. But screenplays, while a good way to practice writing dialogue, are not very readable in themselves. (I never tried to sell one.)

In 2017, I was recovering from major surgery, and just to have something to do I began writing down a fantasy I had. It was extremely explicit, but I went with the flow. As I added other events in a time sequence, it seemed I had the makings of a novel going.

I think I found Litererotica when I searched online for a place to publish this. I didn't have the patience perhaps to wait for a year or so to get something published, so I broke down the novel into a series of linked but stand-alone stories. That gave me the flexibility to play around with different timelines. I also had the freedom to write completely different plots (including one non-erotic one so far) and non-fiction essays, which have mostly been about my own life experiences.

I found short stories to be the format that worked for me.

 

[WoodmanStark]

And oh, the gender part. I didn’t include my gender in my profile because I don’t want anyone to read or not read my stories based on that. I don’t write with my genitals and I hope the stories carry themselves.

LOL When I wrote "Sex Goddess" I totally wrote with my dick; it may as well be a pen.

 

[Piscator]

I think it started back in the 90's, interactive posts in Bianca;s Playhouse. some of my stories are derived from that time. I'd occasionally venture in to Literotica to read the stories, and then started submitting.

These days, I am doing less prose and more verse and found some kindred souls in Poetry Feedback and Discussion but still wander through here at times.

 

[Damoiselle]

My partner suggested it as a way to get into practice actually *finishing* stories, as opposed to just collecting sets of characters that I come up with and obsessively worldbuilding.

Little did he know...

 

[Reshbod]

I began writing stories I wanted to read but had little luck finding. Many started out good, but went in directions that took me out of the story.

Also, I wanted the practice and hopefully improve my writing and branch into other genres.

 

[CeeDeeBee]

I’ve self-published non-erotic fiction on Amazon but it’s such a flippin’ palaver to promote it on FaceBook etc (and costly), and I don’t have time with work and family to build up the correct networks to help with advertising. But I love the process of writing, so in the last month or so, thought I’d see how I’d fare on here. It’s a lot cheaper and frankly more enjoyable so far

 

[LKilkenny]

Simple answer. I've always wanted to write. I feel like I have stories to tell. I've been coming here for several years just as a reader. I enjoy the stories and there are some wickedly talented writers here. I started wanting to write and this seemed like a good platform to try it out. The problem is the two halves of my brain. There's the half that enjoys coming here and reading a good erotic story ( I'm an admitted lightweight ), but when I write, I find I can't really get my mind to "go there". If any of you have read any of my three published works, you'll see that I love the story, the character development but when it comes to the erotic, I feel out of my depth I guess you could say.

So as I said, and to answer your question, I just wanted to write, and to have someone read what I wrote to see what the reactions were. So far, it's been encouraging. I'm kind of staying in the kiddie pool, writing for the Romance category, but I'm having a ball.

 

[Ian_Snow]

To reach a wider audience. I've been writing and publishing erotica collections for about three years now over on Amazon. My readership's mostly okay (and don't get me wrong, I appreciate every single one of them), but it could always be wider.

I've been a Literotica reader since... hm, maybe 2005 or so, but I never contributed. So when I had some ideas for short stories, mostly celebrity/comic stuff, that I obviously couldn't write for profit, I decided to put them out here. I've always also enjoyed the contests, and there was one going on at the time, so I decided to throw my hat in the ring.

I hope to contribute more here in the future, not just in terms of stories, but the forums as well. Time doesn't often allow either, but I hope as sales pick up eventually I'll be able to put more effort into side projects like being more active here.

 

[davion2308]

I like sex

I write because I like sex and it's fun to create these ideas and share them with others. Somewhere, someone is enjoying a story I wrote (I hope) and it's a mix of creation, skill of putting words down, and then I sit back and like to think I very, very indirectly gave someone an orgasm.

What can I say, I'm a giver at heart.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I started writing what I would like to read. If others liked them, great. I also used it to fill time when between assignment. I had been a reader here for a long time before I published my first story. It was a hit. Who would have figured?

I keep doing it to fill my time, yet, I have hit a wall for the past couple of months or so and have had a hard time finishing stories. I can start them fine. I can get almost to the end, then bam, that wall slams me in the face.