Let me get this out of the way right away: My stories are not about my life or even what I would wish to happen in real life. Real life can be kind of boring, and, well, messy. But I do like to joke that I keep having to stop writing to do more research.
What's erotica. It's not porn, and it's not necessarily romance. Erotica engages the senses to arouse the reader, where porn merely describes the action, sometimes crudely. In genre romance, the reader expects a beautiful heroine and a hunky hero to meet, fall madly in love, and live happily ever after.
In erotica, the heroine doesn't necessarily have the same partner throughout the story, and she may not have a permanent relationship by the end. She explores her sexuality, often discovering the kinky side of herself. The sex is the story--without the sex, there is no story.
In my own writing, and in most currently published erotica, the sex is consensual, the characters are of legal age, and everyone enjoys themselves. I also make sure everyone uses protection, but that's a whole separate topic.
I am currently working on an erotic novel, and I'm using this blog to keep a record of what I learn along the way. I'm not an expert, but I hope that other writers of erotica will find the results helpful.
Let's get some good writing out there and keep the publishers busy!
17 October 2009
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Hi there Doriana,
ReplyDeleteI came across your blog, when looking over the NaNoWriMo forums. (not sure if I'll try this year, my Novembers get very busy).
I wrote some similar advice about writing erotic fiction on my blog. Would love you to see it and trade back and forth advice.
I generally write erotic fictional short stories. For me, I agree with your rules (tho I break them sometimes).
Check out my site at lunazax.wordpress.com, specifically my guide to writing erotic fiction (tho mostly geared at bad erotica from males usually pretending to be women).
http://lunazax.wordpress.com/what-is-erotic/
To me, what spurs me on to write erotic fiction is to explore taboos and forbidden fantasies.
Would love to have a back and forth.
Cheers and good luck,
Luna
P.S. In full disclosure, I do write an underage woman-girl story, but I like to think that it is more loving than exploitive. Total fantasy fulfilment, with me pretending to be both parts. Anyway, I'll stop now. :)
Thanks for your comments! I'll look for you in the NaNo site and check out your blog.
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