Writing Erotica
This is how I write erotica.
When I first started writing I wanted to be a mainstream or a literary writer. I wanted to be a respected writer.
As a young writer I read erotica even though I didn’t want to write it. I read The Tropic of Cancer, The Tropic of Capricorn, The Story of O, Lady Chatterley’s Lover and The Adventures of Fanny Hill. All of these books are not only full of sex, but they are considered literature.
I also read books that were full of sex, vulgarities and profanities. No one would consider them literature.
I publish a daily online magazine full of articles and fiction. The fiction is mainstream, literary and erotic. Guess which one consistently gets the highest hits?
So, I feature the erotic fiction. I would be a fool not to.
But I want my erotic writing to be first-class literature, too. So, here are the parameters that I put on myself as a writer writing stories full of sex.
- No profanity
- No use of street terms for sex acts or body parts
- The characters must be as fully developed as possible within the limitations of the length of the piece
- No sexually abusive behavior
- All sex is consensual
- The story line must be realistic so it will be believable
- The stories are really relationship stories that happen to catch the characters in a sexual act or moment
Here are more examples of my parameters in action:
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October 1st, 2010 at 9:44 pm
very interesting, and informative:}
October 1st, 2010 at 9:48 pm
i am glad u r so active at ur age
would u like to publish
some erotic poems
if i wrote decent ones for u?
do msg me
i am being printed
by some authors too
long time no ceeeeeeeee
October 1st, 2010 at 9:54 pm
I admire your attempt at trying to make erotica worthy of literary merit, but I think that you can get too focused on censorship as well. I think the best erotica combines legitimate sensuality with verisimilitude or believability within our modern society. If a lot of people do use street terms when referring to sexuality and have casual encounters, then trying to edit that out and/ or restrict that might damage the writing as well.
Good topic here though.
October 2nd, 2010 at 12:01 am
Lol @ comment. I am glad u r so active at your age. you don’t look that old. good article. After posting on your last erotica poem, the one on dave and the girl, I actually went online to read on how to write one.
October 2nd, 2010 at 12:36 am
Some people seem to have a gift for writing erotica, while others can’t seem to create authentic characters or situations, with or without the use of ’street language’.
October 2nd, 2010 at 12:54 am
A good thing to know about.
October 3rd, 2010 at 8:43 am
Guy, you share the best advice. I will have to go back and read these stories
October 3rd, 2010 at 9:40 am
great article
October 3rd, 2010 at 10:29 am
This shows your experience in writing on any topic! Thanks for sharing..
October 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Excellent share as always. Guy.
October 5th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
The erotic stories on my blog are now being feautured. I’ve even added photos to make the blog as much like Playboy Magazine as possible. I’m trying to combine good writing with sexuality.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
i read it before
but the int server
was down hance
gr888 now
October 16th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Very sweet of you to be ethical even when awakening others’ senses. Keep it up sir
November 9th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
the responsible and sensible way to write erotica!
November 10th, 2010 at 12:47 am
good tips, though i cant see myself as an erotica writer.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I am for some strange reason absolutely filled with trepidation whenever I consider writing erotica, It might be that I don’t want to offend anyone. If there is a tasteful way to write erotica , I am willing to learn