I'm beginning to realize some things. Well, I've always known I've been a bit different, I've just now come to the realization that my oddness applies to writing erotica, too.
First, I'm an amateur writer. I doubt I'll ever publish anything I write. Much of my material is autobiographical in nature, some of it is ideas that spring up in my mind.
The trouble is that what I write and what I read in most erotica, or at least most of what I've thus far read, is quite different. I mean, it's the same in that it's sexual in nature, but it's different.
When I write fiction, I tend to put characters in situations that are uncomfortable for them, yet vaguely erotic or sexual, and then see what happens. I've seen how authors categorize their work. My own writing doesn't quite fit. I don't set out to write a m/f or m/m or w/w or whatever. I just write what I feel like writing. I guess what I'm trying to say is that, for me, the story isn't about the act, or whatev, it's about how the characters get there, and what they learn about themselves along the way. Please don't take this as a personal affront if your work follows the similar path as mine. It's just that everything I've read in the genre is like:
Introduce characters.
Slight build up.
Money Shot.
Draw curtain, exit stage right.
Ya know?
When I write from my own experiences, it's usually something terribly awkward or funny, or just different, that also happens to have erotic elements.
Like today, something happened during my yearly hoo-hoo check up that was just that: awkward and kinda sexual. But I didn't have sex with my gynecologist or anything. It's fun to write about, but is it erotica? I dunno.
If I've made any kind of sense at all, please drop me a line and give me some insight, cuz I'm lost.
First, I'm an amateur writer. I doubt I'll ever publish anything I write. Much of my material is autobiographical in nature, some of it is ideas that spring up in my mind.
The trouble is that what I write and what I read in most erotica, or at least most of what I've thus far read, is quite different. I mean, it's the same in that it's sexual in nature, but it's different.
When I write fiction, I tend to put characters in situations that are uncomfortable for them, yet vaguely erotic or sexual, and then see what happens. I've seen how authors categorize their work. My own writing doesn't quite fit. I don't set out to write a m/f or m/m or w/w or whatever. I just write what I feel like writing. I guess what I'm trying to say is that, for me, the story isn't about the act, or whatev, it's about how the characters get there, and what they learn about themselves along the way. Please don't take this as a personal affront if your work follows the similar path as mine. It's just that everything I've read in the genre is like:
Introduce characters.
Slight build up.
Money Shot.
Draw curtain, exit stage right.
Ya know?
When I write from my own experiences, it's usually something terribly awkward or funny, or just different, that also happens to have erotic elements.
Like today, something happened during my yearly hoo-hoo check up that was just that: awkward and kinda sexual. But I didn't have sex with my gynecologist or anything. It's fun to write about, but is it erotica? I dunno.
If I've made any kind of sense at all, please drop me a line and give me some insight, cuz I'm lost.
That was a plus!!