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Hi all! I've been lurking around for a while, but this is the question that's burning my brain and keeping me from moving forward with publication.
In the past I would start many stories or novels but soon tire of the story and never finish. I bet I have a hundred unfinished "books" lying around. Many of those are erotica because as a reader I "fast forward" through books to the good sex scenes. I figure, the more the better.
The one book I've been able to stick with has been an erotic tale of a married couple based largely on my own life, except the characters are prettier, richer, sexier, and way more together than we are, of course. (Even though they play a little dirtier than I do, they're still pretty vanilla.) I find it exhilarating and at the same time therapeutic to write scenes the way I think they should have gone, rather than the less exciting events that play out in real life.
The point is, there is no point...in my book at least. There is no conflict. I've written some steamy sex scenes, but it amounts to two people who get it on a lot. I mean, after a couple of these scenes there has to be something else to drive the story, right?
Or...is this okay for erotica? That's what we read erotica for, isn't it? The good stuff?
Looking at other titles, many include variety of fetishes and niches that mine just doesn't. No supernatural creatures, no BDSM, no same-sex partners. I like reading all that, I just haven't written it. Is the one title I manage to stay interested enough in to finish actually too boring to publish?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm so glad to have found you to help.
In the past I would start many stories or novels but soon tire of the story and never finish. I bet I have a hundred unfinished "books" lying around. Many of those are erotica because as a reader I "fast forward" through books to the good sex scenes. I figure, the more the better.
The one book I've been able to stick with has been an erotic tale of a married couple based largely on my own life, except the characters are prettier, richer, sexier, and way more together than we are, of course. (Even though they play a little dirtier than I do, they're still pretty vanilla.) I find it exhilarating and at the same time therapeutic to write scenes the way I think they should have gone, rather than the less exciting events that play out in real life.
The point is, there is no point...in my book at least. There is no conflict. I've written some steamy sex scenes, but it amounts to two people who get it on a lot. I mean, after a couple of these scenes there has to be something else to drive the story, right?
Or...is this okay for erotica? That's what we read erotica for, isn't it? The good stuff?
Looking at other titles, many include variety of fetishes and niches that mine just doesn't. No supernatural creatures, no BDSM, no same-sex partners. I like reading all that, I just haven't written it. Is the one title I manage to stay interested enough in to finish actually too boring to publish?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm so glad to have found you to help.