Erotica with a story behind it or jump into the sex.

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I suspect I am one of the few exceptions here. I get bored by backstory and character motivation and long, linear build-ups. Don't necessarily jump into the sex, but jump into something, whether it's action or dialogue or plot (or sex). Jump into them moment and let the reader figure it out.

I don't really care that before fucking, they had dinner in a nice restaurant and then romantically walked the streets of Paris at sunset.

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*nods* i don't need the sex to grab me and pull me in, but i need something to. wading through too much backstory or descriptions or whatever loses interest after a while - an interesting character or scene, tho, sexless or not, will work for me.

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Coming from you and Verbal, I will take this under advisement. I would love to have both of you as followers of my work. Maybe even help to advise me along the way. You both are exceptional writers and I could use all the help I can get. Thank to both of you for you comments.

Thanks to everyone that posted on here about with opinions about this. I will hopefully continue to grow and have more people enjoying my work.

Quote by NOLAHotGal
An erotic story with a slow build up. Like a stripper taking it all off at the rate of one piece of clothing per song. It's not just a gal thing. Hubbie like it that was too.

Brandie

Quote by GrayGhost
Story with a build up-you must put down a foundation and use above a sixth grade vocab

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I personally lean towards more 'fill' or back story then most others on here. It is however a fine balance and I think on the most part it depends on personal preference. I think some good examples that have struck that perfect chord for me would be, Parisian nights (Liz), Moonlit Maize (daleHwest) Frank Chase private dick skittles (sprite) the blue room (dancing_doll) to name a few. I think these though may lean to a little bit much story though for some, especially moonlit maize. Would be interested in others opinions though to see.


On a side note, strangely most of my favorite pieces lean on the hardcore side of things, though thats not at all my style. I think this is more so indicative of the quality of writing over genre. Rach and Ashleigh, WHEN are you going to give me something thats sweet and gentle and a little less heavy in the bedroom

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You can create a great sexy character without really giving a physical description of them anyhow and that would work better in a story than listing their height, weight, age, hair color, bra-size, etc.

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Learn to master the rules and formulas of writing first. Once you have earned serious recognition for quality, several awards here, change it up. Then go for it.

Please don't start out stories giving the statistics of characters. You can create a great sexy character without really giving a physical description of them anyhow and that would work better in a story than listing their height, weight, age, hair color, bra-size, etc. Please get away from that! Let the reader use their imagination or slowly let the descriptive details come to the surface as you build the story and action.

Once you've built a lot of success and acclaim here, then experiment. Formulas can get boring or predictable but great grammar never does. That doesn't mean your character's dialogue (though the dialogue sentence must be punctuated correctly). Make the dialogue realistic but your prose should be grammatically correct, as well as interesting, and entertaining.

I once got very experimental and began a story in the middle of a sweaty sex scene. Then I went into the story, added background once the story had begun, then proceeded to go back to the sex scene – a very long sex scene that may have been nearly 80% of the wordage. The story is 10,000 words long. It received an Editor's Pick and stands at almost 67,000 views right now. That was one fun story to write. No formula.

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I think of it this way, when I look at a person, do I start estimating their height, weight, etc.? Not generally. I might notice in a general way if they are tall or heavy or large-busted or something, and I certainly might notice hair and eye colour, but I don't go, "Oh, she's about 5'9", 124 lbs, and is a 34C." When you introduce a character, maybe throw out a key feature or two that quickly sets an image and then, as Buz says, add more detail as the story develops.

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I never read stories that jump right into sex. I don't consider them erotic.

On the other hand, I do want the story to be leading somewhere sexy. I want to be invested in the characters and whatever predicament eventually leads them to come together (pun intended). A good story should carry a sense of momentum that makes the coupling seem inevitable (rather than arbitrary). Unfortunately, a lot of story writers get bogged down into too much backstory and character development, or explaining the history of the Irish ship building industry in the early 1900s, or whatever, and their stories stall out in excessive details that don't really move the plot along - and then all of a sudden, without warning, you end up with James Joyce going all dominant over Sam Beckett in a big gay sex scene, and you're wondering what the fuck does any of this have to do with ship building, and why did I have to read all that other bullshit if we're just going to take a random left-turn into a sex scene?

Writing a well-paced erotic story takes talent. It's all about developing the craft.s