To me, erotica is about feelings. (But first I must care about the people involved). How they perceive the actions is what matters. It’s not the penetration that matters, it’s what it does to the persons involved. I think that Gabriel Garcia Marquez would be the perfect author of smut.
True. If you read Dr J (Donna Jennings) she makes the vital point that, it is the effect it has on people when the clothes go back on that is important.
Okay, fine, I'll say it: The words "pussy" and "cum" are immediately boring, feel lazy, and I've already mentally moved on. 😂 Writers have endless options. Do it in a way I haven’t heard a million times, with words I haven’t thought about before, in relation to the particular move or shift most writers don't bother with. Zoom in on details porn doesn’t notice. Show me beauty and hilarity and stupid, honest connection. I want my sexy to be openly, unapologetically human. Even if the characters aren’t.
I'll admit to using 'pussy' because it just feels so soft and strokable; but then I'll admit it is a bit lazy. 'Cum,' no, but I do have a current infatuation with the rather old fashioned, 'spend'. I have also managed to evict 'moist' from all of my descriptions except when talking about cakes.
Sex is about relationships, the result of desires and motivations which are the crux of a good story rather than the act itself. Writers have access to all the senses, including smells and touch which film does not and, most importantly, to the character's thoughts.
Oo, "spend," that's a good one I'd forgot. And the soft and strokable bit, all right, fair play. 😁 In most uses, "pussy" brings up automatic associations for me that just insta feel like teenage boys snickering over a urinal together practicing their potty mouths. lol. The way you put it there, though, that does sound nice. 👌😉
You should get 100 different answers to this. For me, I tend to get really bored with the ho hum sex, sex, sex, more sex, blah blah yawn. What grabs my attention is something different: you can only get “more taboo”, so I seek out supernatural, spiritual, witch, demon, sacrifice/offering, alters, ritualistic, relational, or gothic stories. Lol, glad I stumbled into your lair Simone!
Welcome to my lair. I really like (and prefer) writing the supernatural stories. It relaxes my brain, and it's fun, to write something like The Car Wash occasionally. I also enjoyed Painted Stripes and The Contract as, although there was a lot of sex, they went quite deeply into changing relationships.
Thanks May. You do it wonderfully as well. It's one of the reasons Nightingales is such fun (and sexy). I'm also enjoying you real life stories on Medium.
I agree. And I think the key word is "natural". Interesting people responding naturally to exceptional situations makes for a good story which is more than porn.
It's the feelings, motivations and reactions that make a story interesting - most people know what happens in the squelchy bits so concentrate on the response rather than the physical actions.
To me, erotica is about feelings. (But first I must care about the people involved). How they perceive the actions is what matters. It’s not the penetration that matters, it’s what it does to the persons involved. I think that Gabriel Garcia Marquez would be the perfect author of smut.
True. If you read Dr J (Donna Jennings) she makes the vital point that, it is the effect it has on people when the clothes go back on that is important.
Okay, fine, I'll say it: The words "pussy" and "cum" are immediately boring, feel lazy, and I've already mentally moved on. 😂 Writers have endless options. Do it in a way I haven’t heard a million times, with words I haven’t thought about before, in relation to the particular move or shift most writers don't bother with. Zoom in on details porn doesn’t notice. Show me beauty and hilarity and stupid, honest connection. I want my sexy to be openly, unapologetically human. Even if the characters aren’t.
I'll admit to using 'pussy' because it just feels so soft and strokable; but then I'll admit it is a bit lazy. 'Cum,' no, but I do have a current infatuation with the rather old fashioned, 'spend'. I have also managed to evict 'moist' from all of my descriptions except when talking about cakes.
Sex is about relationships, the result of desires and motivations which are the crux of a good story rather than the act itself. Writers have access to all the senses, including smells and touch which film does not and, most importantly, to the character's thoughts.
Oo, "spend," that's a good one I'd forgot. And the soft and strokable bit, all right, fair play. 😁 In most uses, "pussy" brings up automatic associations for me that just insta feel like teenage boys snickering over a urinal together practicing their potty mouths. lol. The way you put it there, though, that does sound nice. 👌😉
You should get 100 different answers to this. For me, I tend to get really bored with the ho hum sex, sex, sex, more sex, blah blah yawn. What grabs my attention is something different: you can only get “more taboo”, so I seek out supernatural, spiritual, witch, demon, sacrifice/offering, alters, ritualistic, relational, or gothic stories. Lol, glad I stumbled into your lair Simone!
Welcome to my lair. I really like (and prefer) writing the supernatural stories. It relaxes my brain, and it's fun, to write something like The Car Wash occasionally. I also enjoyed Painted Stripes and The Contract as, although there was a lot of sex, they went quite deeply into changing relationships.
great post - i like 'reality' even when in a sci fi or supernatural genre - if u see what i mean - u do it brilliantly
Thanks May. You do it wonderfully as well. It's one of the reasons Nightingales is such fun (and sexy). I'm also enjoying you real life stories on Medium.
I agree. And I think the key word is "natural". Interesting people responding naturally to exceptional situations makes for a good story which is more than porn.
It's the feelings, motivations and reactions that make a story interesting - most people know what happens in the squelchy bits so concentrate on the response rather than the physical actions.
Exactly. And points for the phrase "squelchy bits."