Writers & Wannabes - Check This Out

[Laurel]

Once again, Whispersecret has graced us with an on-the-money essay guaranteed to win you the Pulitzer. Okay, no guarantees, but it's damn good. The title: How To Improve Your Writing by Choosing the Right Words. Here's a link to our Writer's Resources, where you'll find the new article and much much more...

http://www.literotica.com/storyxs/writ_stor.shtml

 

[Weird Harold]

A very well written piece. Well done WS!

 

[GuyJD]

"NOT TO TOOT MY OWN HORN (WELL MAYBE)"

The article is very right, Laurel. I am often complimented about the wording of my stories, though not by many of my Literoticans. The reason is that I prefer to use a dictionary and thersaurus whenever I write something like an essay, poem, story, etc. I have read eroticas that looks at though the author ran out of things to say. For example, one book that I once owned had a whole page of the author describing the sex. Pretty soon, you're get bored reading it and end up tossing the book in the fireplace so as to keep the fire going.
I feel that whatever you write, you should always put your heart into it and not just a thought. Keep the readers interested and they will return to you for more.

 

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[ANiceGuy]

Wow thanks for another GREAT resource.

Dear Laurel,

I had a non-adult site for years called The Net WordSmith. I like to write so that words can have more than one meaning, and thus have more meaning. Choosing the right word to write will make or break a story for sure. Here is the intro poem to that site so you can see what I mean. It got me a girl friend (who is still one of my best friends) so it caught the attention it was ment to. Hehehe. I have looked at a couple of stories in the works and I can see exactly what WhisperSecret means. I will write better for reading WhisperSecrets advice I know!!

A NET WORDSMITH

Playing with words is what I do.
Giving them meanings triple and two.
Using the old ways just won't do.
Stretching their use,
worn and tattered turns slick and new.

Sometimes you can feel,
when I massage the language.
Sometimes you wonder,
Why? And twinge in anguish.
Grammar gets slaughtered but doesn't dye.
A different color, just pales and sighs.

Sometimes their's sense and sometimes not.
It looks just wrong, almost non-
But the next line ties it's back again.

Tripped on a tongue,
or a participle hung
Melodies sung
in silent thoughts.
Loudly culminating
in
widely whispered secrets.
Meter swiftly marching off to war
Slushing softly in a piece
Of loves embrace.
Hot race!

Caressing thoughts,
whole formed
"Stunningly!" she said,
in bed!

NOT X-RATED,
Just implicated.
How? Frustrated
Circling back, around in front.
Kiss good buy's
Well?
HELLO!!!

Heal heart!
and never part.
I'm gone,
To play with wards, of Noah Webster's estate. I bid ado, I do

© 1996 by Couch Potato James

 

[Whispersecret]

Oh, pshhaw...

<shuffles her feet> Thanks, all.

Laurel, you didn't have to start a whole thread on the little thing! You already plugged the thing on the greeting area of the site. Silly woman!

(Waitin' for word back on my ideas regarding the newsletter, O Mistress.)

Hope that the essay helps. Not everyone who wants to write erotica has had any real training in writing, unless you count high school English, which was geared more toward expository writing. Since I'm on extended leave from teaching school, this is just my way of keeping my skills sharp, I guess.

 

[GuyJD]

Good piece of work, WS. And thanx for the resource, Laurel

 

[#1derfulGuy]

NOT BAD

Thanks for the advice, Laurel and great piece Whispersecret.

 

[Laurel]

Laurel, you didn't have to start a whole thread on the little thing! You already plugged the thing on the greeting area of the site. Silly woman!

Whenever we post anything noteworthy, I try to make sure everyone's aware of it. These writing essays are extremely important to new writers - if I could make them compulsory reading I would. lol

(Waitin' for word back on my ideas regarding the newsletter, O Mistress.)

Workin' on an email to you, which I probably won't get out till Monday, as I'm waiting for word back from a software person. I have another idea I want to float by you, and I need to know if it's viable first.

 

[ANiceGuy]

Oh yeah another positive this site has no other site does!

Anther great plus this site has no other site I have seen has is the input Laurel gives constantly to us. Just when I think a sexshun of the site is perfect it gets updated. I know I have become a much better writer since I first posted on the site and know I'll continue to improve thanks to this type of interaction!!

Thanks Laurel, Manu, and all the other contributors to the site!!!

Job well done and it shows with increased traffc.