Best way to get started

[Innocentyorkshiregirl]

I was wondering if someone could give me some advice. I've been writing since I was a kid but want to start writing more erotic and sexual stuff I have my fantasies and ideas just not sure the best way to get them put in to words. I would greAtly appreciate someone's advice.

 

[KlaytonFrost]

Well what are you fantasies. Maybe spend some time thinking one out and then afterwards write some notes. Mull it over for a bit, then sit down at your computer and see what happens.

 

[sunandshadow]

Many people work from romance to erotica. For example write about one character feeling really attracted to another, then making out, etc.; ease your way one step at a time to whatever you want. Also, read erotica, reading something is the easiest way to find yourself suddenly having ideas for writing something similar.

 

[Paul_Chance]

Imitation

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I'd recommend reading some of the excellent stories here, picking two or three you really like, and then take them apart, with an eye toward structure and flow. Then, play around with different formats and different approaches until you find the one that fits. Best of luck!

 

[EdwardMidweston]

I was wondering if someone could give me some advice. I've been writing since I was a kid but want to start writing more erotic and sexual stuff I have my fantasies and ideas just not sure the best way to get them put in to words. I would greAtly appreciate someone's advice.

Having taught English Literature as a grad student, I can safely say that 90% of writing is really re-writing. (Yes, there are people who get their first drafts published, but they are rare and they are usually experienced writers.) Just pick one idea and put it down on paper without worrying about structure, mechanics such as grammar and punctuation, or anything else. Keep it simple at first--use the bare bones of a story, without trying to write War & Peace. Just make your story-to-be coherent and go wherever you want. (If you're uncomfortable with this, remember that nobody but yourself will ever read it unless you let them.) Once you have the bare bones on paper, polish whatever needs work. You can even do this in small stages over a period of time. Another tip--simpler is better at first so don't try to write all the world's literature in a single story. If you have many plotlines in mind, write more stories. You may be surprised how well they turn out once you push past what I call "beginner's block."

 

[Sylnaeve]

There's some really great advice here! Getting started was difficult for me as well. I did a lot of reading erotica but even though I wanted to, I refrained from writing my own for a long time.

And I still haven't posted any of it.

But for what it's worth, I found that the best thing to do was just think about the kind of sex/kink I was interested in and make myself write it out. At first, don't worry about things too much, just put words on the page and get it down. Then you can go back to flesh it out and make it more what you want it to be, but the most important thing is just to start.

 

[Led_Astray]

My advice to start with is simply this:

Write for your own pleasure. Don't try to please others, please yourself.

If the results are good enough to share, then great. If not, it doesn't matter, as long as it gave you pleasure to write it!

 

[Jennamoriss]

watch some porn

 

[simpletimes]

I am still very new to this writing game. My first story had to be edited 4 times before it got accepted.
Sometimes I write a story based on fantasy, sometimes it comes from interaction with other lit members.
I also have one pending that was a joint effort with a fellow litster.

I would recommend working out a fantasy in your mind while you are typing.

 

[CWatson]

Read a lot. Read a lot. Bookmark or even print the stories you like best, and study them.

Then, just experiment. Your first story won't be all that good. Nor will your fifth. But you'll learn by doing, which is really the only way.

And yes, don't be afraid to just plain rip off other people. As you read, you'll find stories that prompt you exclaim, "Boy: I wish I had written this!" So, do so. Rip it off. Then, when you find another story that you feel the same way about, rip that off too. But you'll find that, quite naturally, some of what you stole from the first story is creeping in as well. Let it. Do this enough times and you'll have your own writing style. (I'm reading the "Temeraire" novels right now and I can quite literally pin down the influences: it's 50% Patrick O'Brian, 35% Jane Austen, and 15% imagination. Of course, that infusion of imagination concerns the dragon which our main character rides to war in 1805 against Napoleon, so it goes a fair distance.)