There's always that question of what advice you'd give to your younger self.
Do you have any of that for your erotica writings?
I've been editing a bunch of my old stories and here are my mine:
(no order)
-- Take editing more seriously.
Go through every line thoroughly. In the last few years, I work hard on editing. Back in 2012 when I wrote my first story, I only did a quick glance, thinking everything was okay. There were a lot of comments on typos. When I re-edited in a year later or whatever, I was shocked at how many glaring typos there were.
-- Abuse of the word "had" and "just"
Self-explanatory. I used those words too much.
-- Starting dialogue with "So" or "Well"
They work, but only in small doses. I use to abuse them.
-- During sex scenes I used to be repetitive in what was going on.
Like spoon feeding the reader and constantly reminding what was happening with the action.
-- "Empty carbs"
An editor told me last year that words that end with "y" are like empty carbs and should only be used sometimes. ie "quickly" "immediately" "rapidly" "warily" "excitedly" "nervously." I thought about it and realized that the advice was correct. I toned down those descriptive and it looks better. I've also cut them out of my of old stories when re-editing.
Do you have any of that for your erotica writings?
I've been editing a bunch of my old stories and here are my mine:
(no order)
-- Take editing more seriously.
Go through every line thoroughly. In the last few years, I work hard on editing. Back in 2012 when I wrote my first story, I only did a quick glance, thinking everything was okay. There were a lot of comments on typos. When I re-edited in a year later or whatever, I was shocked at how many glaring typos there were.
-- Abuse of the word "had" and "just"
Self-explanatory. I used those words too much.
-- Starting dialogue with "So" or "Well"
They work, but only in small doses. I use to abuse them.
-- During sex scenes I used to be repetitive in what was going on.
Like spoon feeding the reader and constantly reminding what was happening with the action.
-- "Empty carbs"
An editor told me last year that words that end with "y" are like empty carbs and should only be used sometimes. ie "quickly" "immediately" "rapidly" "warily" "excitedly" "nervously." I thought about it and realized that the advice was correct. I toned down those descriptive and it looks better. I've also cut them out of my of old stories when re-editing.