Writing a story - Personal Experience or just fantasy

[kellyhockey]

OK..I have written many storties in the past (all PG13) at other locations.

However, at Literotica there are many terrific authors. I have to ask. How much perosnal experience goes into a story.

The reason I ask is that the story June Gets Even is similar to what happened to my sister. It was 14 months of hell. She made it through some really tough times. She also had the support of our parents and my sister had 3 older brothers that would seriuosly hurt anyone that messed with her. Its scary how one day you can be busting on your kid sister and the next day you are wondering if she is going to a miscarriage.

So I am trying to navigate everything how a the story would change. BTW..I have an email from Charley Ace giving me the OK to try and take a crack at it..

 

[drksideofthemoon]

OK..I have written many storties in the past (all PG13) at other locations.

However, at Literotica there are many terrific authors. I have to ask. How much perosnal experience goes into a story.

The reason I ask is that the story June Gets Even is similar to what happened to my sister. It was 14 months of hell. She made it through some really tough times. She also had the support of our parents and my sister had 3 older brothers that would seriuosly hurt anyone that messed with her. Its scary how one day you can be busting on your kid sister and the next day you are wondering if she is going to a miscarriage.

So I am trying to navigate everything how a the story would change. BTW..I have an email from Charley Ace giving me the OK to try and take a crack at it..

I guess it all depends...on the writer and the story.

 

[_Lynn_]

OK..I have written many storties in the past (all PG13) at other locations.

However, at Literotica there are many terrific authors. I have to ask. How much perosnal experience goes into a story.

The reason I ask is that the story June Gets Even is similar to what happened to my sister. It was 14 months of hell. She made it through some really tough times. She also had the support of our parents and my sister had 3 older brothers that would seriuosly hurt anyone that messed with her. Its scary how one day you can be busting on your kid sister and the next day you are wondering if she is going to a miscarriage.

So I am trying to navigate everything how a the story would change. BTW..I have an email from Charley Ace giving me the OK to try and take a crack at it..

I agree with drk for sure.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

This is FICTION. There is not truth or reality in the stories - especially the ones by newbies that start out, "This is a true story that actually happened to me..." Bullshit!

But on a different plane, you cannot help but put a little bit of YOU in your stories. Did you really have a gang bang with the entire Raiders Football team? Doubtful. Is the "you" in your stories really "you". Mostly likely not. But, there is a little bit of me in all my stories and I suspect you will find a little "you" in yours. One character actually is me in the form of "The insane porn writer, Jenny Jackson" who shows up in most of the Harry Dick series. Is it really me? Yes and no. The flawed, warped sense of humor is me. The stories are still total fiction.

Best answer I can give you.

 

[SpencerAlanMacLeod]

Jenny said it best…so I’ll just embellish it a bit

I tend to write in first person, “I did this, that and the other…”
And I also write of things that I have done.
I simply idealize and “improve” upon them.
For example:

A Femdom Tale
http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=315274
A Maledom Tale
http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=313633
Another Femdom Tale
http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=317085

In my opinion, the actual events these tales are based on are just not interesting enough by themselves, for a good read or even an accident on the keyboard ;-).

I’m going to be posting of things I’d like to do, are capable of doing or might want done.

When I first posted my first story, I was very nervous and it would have taken little to discourage me.
Writing of things I had done, with a literary license of course, made it easier.
It also gave me a template to work from (for that tale or series of tales).

Undoubtedly, as I come across ideas that I’m inspired by, I’ll include them in my future works.

And, by the way, now that I’ve had the nerve to try, I’m all the stronger for it.

Good Luck!

 

[Tribade]

This is FICTION. There is not truth or reality in the stories - especially the ones by newbies that start out, "This is a true story that actually happened to me..." Bullshit!

But on a different plane, you cannot help but put a little bit of YOU in your stories. Did you really have a gang bang with the entire Raiders Football team? Doubtful. Is the "you" in your stories really "you". Mostly likely not. But, there is a little bit of me in all my stories and I suspect you will find a little "you" in yours. One character actually is me in the form of "The insane porn writer, Jenny Jackson" who shows up in most of the Harry Dick series. Is it really me? Yes and no. The flawed, warped sense of humor is me. The stories are still total fiction.

Best answer I can give you is. I guess anyone can take one small incident in their life and expand it into an important part of a story but in most cases it won't work. I'd love to write about how a supermodel dragged me into the back of her limo and had her evil way with me but a. Never happened and b.Who'd believe me?

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

You have to be careful with "reality" stories. The problem is not the reality, but the way you remember the occurance. The best way to think about it is -
Six people witness a murder. The police investigate and interrogate the witnesses. The police get six different discriptions of the perp. It happens all the time. Why? First, because your version of reality is influenced by your own life experiences. Second, because your mind tends to bury and block out bad experiences, even though they remain in your mind. So was the murder really done by the same guy who mugged and beat you last summer? Or was it done by someone else you've never seen before? Or was it...?

Here we had a murder case a few years ago. The head of the Oregon Prison System was murdered. This man was a big guy - X pro football player. He was 6-5, 270. Five people "saw" the murder at night in the dark from 50 to 60 yards away during a rain storm. All of them identified a 98 lb drug dealer and claimed they saw him stab the guy, fight with him, drag him 40 yards across the parking lot, up a flight of stairs and down a hallway, while the victim struggled.

The drug dealer was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Do I believe it? Not really

I do believe the witnesses really believe they saw what they reported, however, what they saw was not what took place.

Your mind plays tricks on you. The best you can do is a version of reality as you recall it. Will it be true? Probably not.