Why do you write?

[CeasarBoobage]

why do i write?

Many times I get voices and scenes in my head, and they bug the crap out of me if I don't let them flow out of my fingers onto the keyboard. So here on LIt they go!

Getting feedback and ratings is always nice, it really helps to know that other people enjoy the ramblings that my weird mind comes up with. It actually kind of bugs me when people say they never rate or comment on stories; not because I'm an attention hog, but because I really would like to know how the stories affect everyone.

Another big reason is that I like having this little secret. The fact that I write! I know the writing is not really all that good, but it is something that I'm *doing*. Very few people know about this, and it always gives me a little thrill thinking what kind of reaction people would have if they knew about my stories on this site.

 

[loquere]

Many times I get voices and scenes in my head, and they bug the crap out of me if I don't let them flow out of my fingers onto the keyboard. So here on LIt they go!

Getting feedback and ratings is always nice, it really helps to know that other people enjoy the ramblings that my weird mind comes up with. It actually kind of bugs me when people say they never rate or comment on stories; not because I'm an attention hog, but because I really would like to know how the stories affect everyone.

Another big reason is that I like having this little secret. The fact that I write! I know the writing is not really all that good, but it is something that I'm *doing*. Very few people know about this, and it always gives me a little thrill thinking what kind of reaction people would have if they knew about my stories on this site.

The same goes for me!

 

[HeyAll]

-I started writing a few years after I started reading erotic stories. I had a few ideas of my own and decided to give it a try.

-I love the fact that many people out there enjoy reading these stories. Seeing your numbers & votes & favs go up is addicting. I wouldn't bother writing anymore if no one read my stories.

-Writing keeps my brain sharp.

 

[partial2passion]

I write because there are characters and story lines in my mind that I need record of. I'm a very forgetful person...

 

[loquere]

I write because there are characters and story lines in my mind that I need record of. I'm a very forgetful person...

Ahh I see!

 

[partial2passion]

Many times I get voices and scenes in my head, and they bug the crap out of me if I don't let them flow out of my fingers onto the keyboard. So here on LIt they go!

Getting feedback and ratings is always nice, it really helps to know that other people enjoy the ramblings that my weird mind comes up with. It actually kind of bugs me when people say they never rate or comment on stories; not because I'm an attention hog, but because I really would like to know how the stories affect everyone.

Another big reason is that I like having this little secret. The fact that I write! I know the writing is not really all that good, but it is something that I'm *doing*. Very few people know about this, and it always gives me a little thrill thinking what kind of reaction people would have if they knew about my stories on this site.

Holy crap Ceasar you just described me to a T...

 

[RodenAddison]

I can't seem to stop. Everything runs around in my head until it starts to come together then I have to dump it on paper. For me, the initial story idea is about the people and the circumstances they find themselves in, so I can just write that and set it aside. The sex part of the stories, pretty much just repetition, though if there's anywhere the human psyche enjoys repetition, it's in the act of love, or a reasonable facsimile.

There's a thread on hear 'Story ideas' or something like that. From my perspective I have no idea what it's for. I have so many dang bunnies running around I could make a fortune on lucky rabbits feet, though how a severed leg is lucky is also beyond me.

 

[Jett_73]

I started writing to challenge myself. To see if I could write something which would interest and arrest (not literally) readers in genres way outside of my personal experience. How much can imagination and creativity substitute for actual subject matter knowledge? Hmm, should I be confessing this?

I also write as an exercise in self expression. Each of my characters has a little bit of different elements of me in them. I find it interesting - narcissistic as it is - to develop and explore their psychological and emotional responses to situational stimuli.

I also write because I get to let out the naughty Jett, bad Jett and sometimes the plain fucking evil Jett which no one gets to see
Jett in RL is a very nice guy.

Oh, and I write because I like it, it's fun and it's a total buzz when you get a little comment or a PM from someone saying how much they enjoyed a story. Thank you readers of Lit.

 

[feverman]

Whi do I write? Let me count the ways...

I have the essence of a positive, valued, human experience I want to convey to others.

I just love to hear people say, “I loved that story (or character),” or, “I wanted so badly to be ________ (such and such a character),” or, “I’d die to meet ________ in real life (or love, or fuck, or whatever __________.) It is deeply satisfying when my written words evoke such emotional responses in others, such belief.

I enjoy the challenge of perfecting a craft, such as writing. (Please note the phrase “enjoy the challenge.” I ain’t nowheres near perfec; got no illusions about that. I’m pretty sure my first six editors are all in sate mental hospitals, and a couple of my new ones have gone missing. At least they are not talking to me right now.) BTW, God bless editors!

I’m much better at communicating thoughts I want to share via writing. Having the leisure to review, edit, rewrite and make better my statements gives me a richer sense of satisfaction than with most of my verbal communications. When I have one of those, “Damn, I should have said this or that” kinds of thoughts, I just go back and revise my written word and free my mind of the lingering regret.

Writing erotic allows me to put my mind into the point of view of others and gives me a sense of understanding of different people, different lifestyles, the sexual motivations and the sexual needs of others. I enjoy doing that.

Writing erotica arouses me sexually and I often enjoy an intense sexual arousal for long periods, even hours, as I attempt to convey the essence of the sexual pleasure the characters are experiencing in the scene I am telling about.

Writing erotica allow me to indulge my fantasies and fetishes for long periods of time, which apart from writing would appear totally perverse to those around me.

I like the idea of turning people on with my erotic visions reduced to words.

Enough for now… I can always edit or amend later, can't I?

 

[feverman]

Apology to Jett_73

Sorry Jett_73 that it might look (to some extent) like I used your post as a springboard form my comments on why I write. Actually, I didn't. I came to this thread, realized my response was going to require some additional though and was off working in my word processor to draft my comments when you posted. I was totally unaware of your post until after I came back to the open "Reply to Thread" box and posted my response. It does appear to me we have some similar motivations. I look forward to checking out your works.

 

[topace]

Another reason I write is because it helps keep my brain sharp and keeps skills sharpened. If you don't use a skill, it tends to become rusty.

 

[Brunne]

Two questions/answers

Why I started to write? Because I read a lot of stuff and thought, "Even I could do better than that!" (which remains to be seen)

Why I write now? It takes me out of the day-to-day stress and nonsense and lets me be creative for a while. I live in a small flat, so instead of flinging paint at canvases, at the moment I work with words instead. It's much less messy.

 

[Dennis_St_John]

Why do you write? That's a damn good question that I never really thought about before seeing it posted here. In some way, it is a hard question to answer. Having read a lot, and been in positions where I had time on my hands to daydream, it occurred to me one day to sit down at a typewriter and see if I could put what I was thinking (Daydreaming) about on paper.

Thankfully, that bit of idiocy vanished somewhere like the morning mists when the sun comes out, never to be seen by human eyes again, thank goodness. Despite all an English school education could do, I found I still couldn't spell worth a damn, my punctuation was a joke, and my grammar would make a saint cry. Yet, after all that, and the difficulty of using a manual typewriter I had the writing bug.

With no thought of ever being published, or even the prospect of anyone else on this planet ever seeing anything I wrote, I just started writing for myself. Much to my surprise, the words poured out in an endless stream until I had dozens of short stories, several full-length novels, plus four or five ongoing projects.

I discovered that I love to write. It is fun, entertaining, and permits my mind to run free without the need of moral or legal restrictions. I can rob a bank, blow stuff up, seduce women, or murder people I do not like. In the universe of my story, I am god. I can do and say anything I please, break every law of man and nature without fear of retribution. If that sound crazy, think about the storied Steven King writes, or any writer for that matter. Inside his or her mental universe, you are a god, all powerful and all knowing.

Of course, once you get pass the god complex, you discover that what you write has to make sense to the reader. After that, at least for me was the discovery of the power of words and how the interplay of those words can influence a story. The joy in writing is finding the right combination of words to evoke an emotional response in my reader no matter if it is a spy thriller, Sci-Fi, a murder mystery or erotica.

Think of all the great stories you love to read, and how the writer pulled you in and made you a silent participant. You loved the hero or heroine, hated the bad guy, or in some cases loved the bad guy as most did with Jack Sparrow. That is what I want to do, draw the reader in and hold him captive until the end. It's so much fun to craft a story with depth and feeling so it feeds the mind of the reader on many levels. So, that the reason I write.

 

[deilweg]

I write for others - an art is always for others not for the artists is my belief

I also wish to hear from others how they enjoyed it. Sex is as much about enjoying oneself, as it is about finding pleasure in helping your partner finding pleasure. For me, as a writer, I extend that to all audience. There is something very satisfying and pleasurable to see and hear from others as to how much they enjoyed and found pleasure in what I wrote.

 

[sun_sea_sky]

Why do I write? I enjoy creating erotic situations, and can't paint or draw worth a damn.

The nice thing about text is, you don't have to be a great artist to make someone sexy, even something simple like "John thought Marg was the sexiest girl he ever saw" lets the readers substitute their own vision of Marg (and John) in their mind's eye. You can describe sexy situations which are hard to draw or paint. Your characters can be weak/strong, sassy/meek, dominating/submissive, young/old, rich/poor, powerful/weak, same/different age, related/not related.

Your plot can have your lovers agree to fuck, or resist (maybe forever!). You can set up situations which, perhaps, you haven't seen described before. Maybe do something a little unusual, eg. "John had a tiny cock, and fell in love with Meg who had tiny A-cup tits."

Personally I find it arousing to write erotica. I know I have read that you are supposed to be arousing your readers, not yourself, but that is like saying a cook would cook a dish that s/he doesn't like, in the hope that someone else will enjoy it. Surely you are the first person you have to satisfy?

And the feedback is nice too -- at least you have a feeling that somewhere, someone in the world likes what you wrote. Maybe they came when they read it. That would be a compliment. When people write feedback like "I hope that whoring wife gets what she deserves!" then it is like the characters you invented have become real, and they have touched (and perhaps annoyed) someone else.

Oddly enough too, writing helps you appreciate what others have read too. Sometimes I read a story and think "lazy writing, too much repetition, unbelievable plot", but on the other hand sometimes I think "I wish I could invent a plot like that, and describe it so well." And perhaps if I keep doing my own writing, someday I will.

 

[Dennis_St_John]

Sun sea sky […Oddly enough too, writing helps you appreciate what others have read too. Sometimes I read a story and think "lazy writing, too much repetition, unbelievable plot", but on the other hand, sometimes I think, "I wish I could invent a plot like that, and describe it so well." And perhaps if I keep doing my own writing, someday I will…]

I agree with everything you said, especially the last part (above) and it is the one reason I don't like commenting on other writer's efforts. Knowing how hard it is to compose something worth while in the first place (having been there and done that, so to speak) I hate raining on someone else's parade, even if I think the whole story was the worst thing I ever read. To a new writer, his words are like his children on some ways, and for better or worse they believe they have written the 'Great American short story'. I for one don't have the eye to see all my own mistakes, which are many, and yet I still keep writing, each time trying to do a little better than the last time.

Like anything, the more you practice the better (hopefully) you get. Having someone dump on your efforts that you sweated bullets over to complete, even a little, can be soul destroying. On the other hand, when I get reviews and comment that tell me how great the story is, I know I'm on the right track. That only makes me want to do better on my next story.

 

[loquere]

Sun sea sky […Oddly enough too, writing helps you appreciate what others have read too. Sometimes I read a story and think "lazy writing, too much repetition, unbelievable plot", but on the other hand, sometimes I think, "I wish I could invent a plot like that, and describe it so well." And perhaps if I keep doing my own writing, someday I will…]

I agree with everything you said, especially the last part (above) and it is the one reason I don't like commenting on other writer's efforts. Knowing how hard it is to compose something worth while in the first place (having been there and done that, so to speak) I hate raining on someone else's parade, even if I think the whole story was the worst thing I ever read. To a new writer, his words are like his children on some ways, and for better or worse they believe they have written the 'Great American short story'. I for one don't have the eye to see all my own mistakes, which are many, and yet I still keep writing, each time trying to do a little better than the last time.

Like anything, the more you practice the better (hopefully) you get. Having someone dump on your efforts that you sweated bullets over to complete, even a little, can be soul destroying. On the other hand, when I get reviews and comment that tell me how great the story is, I know I'm on the right track. That only makes me want to do better on my next story.

You've said so much of what I've been feeling and thinking!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Sun sea sky […Oddly enough too, writing helps you appreciate what others have read too. Sometimes I read a story and think "lazy writing, too much repetition, unbelievable plot", but on the other hand, sometimes I think, "I wish I could invent a plot like that, and describe it so well." And perhaps if I keep doing my own writing, someday I will…]

I agree with everything you said, especially the last part (above) and it is the one reason I don't like commenting on other writer's efforts. Knowing how hard it is to compose something worth while in the first place (having been there and done that, so to speak) I hate raining on someone else's parade, even if I think the whole story was the worst thing I ever read. To a new writer, his words are like his children on some ways, and for better or worse they believe they have written the 'Great American short story'. I for one don't have the eye to see all my own mistakes, which are many, and yet I still keep writing, each time trying to do a little better than the last time.

Like anything, the more you practice the better (hopefully) you get. Having someone dump on your efforts that you sweated bullets over to complete, even a little, can be soul destroying. On the other hand, when I get reviews and comment that tell me how great the story is, I know I'm on the right track. That only makes me want to do better on my next story.

Yuh gotta welcome both, and you should be your own worst critic. You always wanna be first to catch your defects. But pick something legit when you go harpooning. Your destination is to not need editors and reviewers. And if your stuff is THAT good, youll know it all by yourself.

Back in the 70s I did engineering work, and you always wanted other eyes to find the flaws, cuz others would, and by then the flaws cost lotsa money and trouble to fix.

 

[sun_sea_sky]

Oddly enough too, writing helps you appreciate what others have read too.

Oops, typo. "... what others have written too."

Nice of you all not to pick me up on that.

Reminds me of how I re-read my stories 5 times before trying to upload them, find 3 more mistakes when I check the form before hitting "submit" and then find another mistake or two in the finished product.

 

[TxRad]

Oops, typo. "... what others have written too."

Nice of you all not to pick me up on that.

Reminds me of how I re-read my stories 5 times before trying to upload them, find 3 more mistakes when I check the form before hitting "submit" and then find another mistake or two in the finished product.

Try changing the fort when you reread it. Also try reading it aloud. That will pick up any stumbling points.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Try changing the fort when you reread it. Also try reading it aloud. That will pick up any stumbling points.

It is said that TEX writes because, thoughts feeling uncomfortable and out of place in his head, he releases them like birds from a cage.

 

[mynameisben]

Try changing the fort when you reread it. Also try reading it aloud. That will pick up any stumbling points.

It is said that TEX writes because, thoughts feeling uncomfortable and out of place in his head, he releases them like birds from a cage.

Ah. Two fine examples of writing with stumbling points of their of their own.

Oops. Make that three!

 

[TxRad]

Ah. Two fine examples of writing with stumbling points of their of their own.

Oops. Make that three!

If JBJ ever wrote anything beside posts here on the forum, he might have a leg to stand on.

Please don't feed the troll. He's fat enough already.

 

[loquere]

Well I've kind of taken a personal policy. When a story drops to a certain point I don't put out a second chapter. It's not even that I refuse to write another chapter; it's just that I physically can't be inspired once I know my work was not well taken. For me I have lots of ideas and I can fire away but when that flare is gone even mid story it’s just lost!

From what I’ve read most of you feel the same, right?

 

[honeybeez]

Do you write for the readers, or for yourself?

do you write, with a specific reason or agenda with a higher purpose in mind. Or is it just about the sex?

I think I began writing initially to become someone else; to fight fights more noble than a distant father, a loving, if fragile mother, a perfect brother, and all the angst associated with being neither distant, fragile, or perfect. I think it was a way to live inside someone else's skin when mine didn't fit so well. In most of my young writing I was attempting to save the world, my village, the universe, and the occasional puppy.

When I discovered erotica as a genre for legit writers-instead of guiltily pilfered, poorly written letters in a magazine-it was so much fun to escape into the moment. To write the moment. To immerse myself in sex and sweaty skin and passion that just could not be contained. To revel in a world where sin was sacred and taboo lived and breathed in gasps and sighs. Heady stuff.

Given what I've said, I guess you could say that I write for myself with a rather base purpose. But it is nice when other people like it, too.