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Demigods, wolves, & Vamps... Oh my!
Join Date: Jun 2011
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*sigh* Tedi, waiting for a good scream
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On the verge of greatness
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: In a house on a corner, next to this old lady and behind this bald obnoxiously fat guy, who keeps...
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Dick - Just sounds nasty.
Golden Staff - Used it once in a first draft and it sounds ridiculous. |
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New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
Join Date: Jul 2011
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As a writer in the "adult" genre, I think it all depends on the context. Any word can be hot used correctly. I can't stand mainstream erotica and I don't write mainstream erotica. It's all in the eye of the beholder. "dick", "pussy", all the usual suspects, can either sound stupid and phony or they can be used quite effectively. Therefore, for me anyway, it's not the word(s) that's the problem, it's the setting, the way the word is used. And after all, you're gonna have to use many of the usual words in any adult writing whether you like it or not, otherwise your stuff will be pointless as a "turn on" mechanism. Any kind of "dirty talk" is fair game as long as it's authentic to the situation.
Most mainstream erotica is dull, it's not genuine, and I write more in a hardcore style aimed at the male audience, so obviously I'm gonna use a lot of explicit dirty language. But again, it depends.....so, I'd have to say, there are NO words that make me gag. I think what you really mean is do they make you gag used in a phony way? yeah, "moan" "groan", "tool" "rod" "boner", "pussy", "plunge" all the rest of it DOES make me gag when used in a softcore dull Harlequin erotica style, but if you put that stuff where it belongs, no, it won't make me gag.... |
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You're out of your tree...
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: The dark side of the moon, making sinister plans...
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^I agree whole heartedly. The words themselves can be ridiculous, though, if not used to effect.
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You're out of your tree...
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: The dark side of the moon, making sinister plans...
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" My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement." ~ from 'Joe vs the Volcano' |
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Freeway stomper extraordinaire
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Procrastination Nation
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Warming maid's buttocks since 1989.
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, Earth, The Sol System, Orion Spur, Milky Way, Virgo Supercluster
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It sure would get their attention... Especially if you follow the scream with a terribly sexy moan... But then again, do you want your family to hear that?
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Benefactor Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: New England
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New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Yes, very true. It's obvious to me that many of the examples in this thread that people object to as being ridiculous, hackneyed, stilted, etc. is because they're seeing them used in ridiculous, hackneyed, stilted, "erotica".. I recently wrote an adult ebook where the two main characters use a lot of dirty words, just cuz that's who they are, use of nasty language gets them off, they're perverts, swingers on their yearly orgy beach vacation, and that's part of who they are. Hopefully, a reader will "get" it and not say, "oh wow, boner again? rod? tool?" yeah, because it works in that setting.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jul 2011
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We ought to have a thread of "turn on" sex words.
We see here what doesn't work for a lot of us; I'd be interested in seeing what does. I often find myself stymied when it comes to writing sex scenes, which is a shame because my stories frequently require them. Everything sounds trite and cheesy. Everything sounds fake. I'm afraid my scene will only embarrass readers and make them uncomfortable, since it's an embarrassment even to me. I end up cutting it, and compromising the story. It would be helpful to me to have a thread where we discuss what works in erotic literature. What's not considered silly, cheesy, trite and embarrassing. |
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Benefactor Member
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Location: New England
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Include more than just "tab A/slot B" physical description. Include the other senses. Show what's going on in the POV character's head. Show what it is about the lust-object character that turns the POV character on (beyond "nice tits/package"). There's so much good characterization that can be packed into one really good sex scene. Show me who/how someone fucks, and I come away knowing a lot about them.
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Freeway stomper extraordinaire
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Stacia Kane, an AWer, has a series of blog posts called "How to be a Sex-Writing Strumpet." Don't have link handy but you can Google it. It's available as an e-book if not still on her blog. I've found her advice very helpful. |
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Warming maid's buttocks since 1989.
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, Earth, The Sol System, Orion Spur, Milky Way, Virgo Supercluster
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“Triste est omne animal post coitum, praeter mulierem gallumque.” - Aelius Galenus “In any relationship, the person who has the least interest has the greatest power.” - Willard Waller "Nosce te ipsum." - Latin proverb My shmexy Tumblr blog... ![]() (click me) |
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I might be back
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Southern Florida
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It is
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Goethe, Wind in His Hair
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: City Park
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(Wow, who's your dentist, robinson? What a great smile.)
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I like bewbs.
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: England.
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This thread has kept me mightily entertained while waiting for my membership to be approved. Thank you.
I believe at "ooze" my husband requested I cease reading out choice funnies, lest he never touch my foo again. Yes, I submit "foo" as a silly ladypart word. Not to be used when trying to be sexy, and never in writing.And, I'm delighted to note that no-where in this thread have I seen "jutting proudly." As in, his erection jutting proudly. Most likely from his pubic thatch, I don't remember, but I distinctly remember laughing out loud during what was promising to be quite a steamy scene once his proud jutting commenced. :lol: Mmm, nice. I was writing an explicit section today and realised I only say cock. Not penis, not member, tool or manhood. Just cock is fine. Likewise breasts. I might have gotten a "creamy globes" in there at one point (I might now be cringing slightly with that admission). But breasts are breasts, no other word works for me (heaving bosom?!). Anyway, hello forum and thank you for an utterly hilarious thread! |
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Banned
Join Date: Aug 2005
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I have a friend who jokingly calls her ladygarden her 'foofar'. She calls its male counterpart a tallywhacker.
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Ruining your porn since 1984
Join Date: Feb 2011
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...Actually, tallywhacker is quite awesome.
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Listening to the Voices In My Head
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: I can see the Rocky Mountains
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I love tallywhacker, not sure why. Foofar seems weird to me, but I have always liked ladygarden. Must be all the flower references in the romances I read as a kid. And tally whacker makes me think of a tool you might use in a garden (weedwhacker anyone?). Ok, I just got a painful image, LOL.
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Goethe, Wind in His Hair
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Tallywhacker is fairly common. My brother-in-law was taught to call it his 'tally-ho.' First time they visited us here, he laughed uproariously at a local strip joint with that name. How fitting, huh?
Maryn, who used to put on the school bus a girl who now works there |
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Demigods, wolves, & Vamps... Oh my!
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Gulf Coast
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My friend admitted that he is hung like a newborn babe! How sad . . .
only 8 pounds and 21 inches I really should just start using my husband's and my long distance communication. After months of no touchy we get quite graphic descriptions and i don't seem to have the inhibitions I have when writing.
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Warming maid's buttocks since 1989.
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, Earth, The Sol System, Orion Spur, Milky Way, Virgo Supercluster
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The expression "creampie", for some reason, just makes me go
... It doesn't really turn me off, it's more of a "meh" thing, really.I mean, I get the inference, but really... it makes it hard for me to enjoy a Boston Cream donut... And I quite like them (and the more vulgar meaning of "creampie", but mixing the visuals kind of messes me up), too. ![]() Now, a "Cleveland Steamer"? Yeah, that does gross me out. Completely.
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Retired Illuminatus
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Dangerous Bill 'Lessons at the Edge' - College student and his mother's best friend share an apartment. CAUTION: Explicit, 18+ http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Edge-P...ns+at+the+edge Reviewed 'two thumbs up' at Erotica Revealed. |
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New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: London, UK
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exactly what i was thinking!
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New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: London, UK
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I don't think there are any words that make me go
, but i have to say, some of them mentioned in this thread has got me asking What? As an erotica writer, i'm not up to date with words and what they mean. Plunged, is definitely one of them, but i think i have an idea.
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