Does anyone else need to be horny to write smut?

[taytay4eva]

Like, I love when the smut flows out, but if I'm not horny, I can't get the motivation going. And when I am horny, it's a fine line between writing and getting myself off. Like, writing smut is constantly edging myself, because once I orgasm, the horny leaves.

Not exactly asking for help or advice, mostly just trying to figure out if anyone else has this problem too.

 

[Voyeurkenneth]

I think I definitely had this "issue" when starting out. It's real! But now I save writing the smutty parts to later so that I can focus on writing a plot.

 

[SimonDoom]

Not really. If I start writing then the flow of the words probably will be enough to get at least some juices flowing. So to speak.

 

[Rob_Royale]

I find it's a bit of a distraction most often.

 

[WCSGarland]

I'm going to do myself a favor and refrain from making any comments here.

 

[TiberiusPrime]

For me it's just writing. I'm able to focus on getting the story moving in the direction I want. Maybe years ago I would've gotten horny, but not now.

 

[Ssbbw4u1974]

Me...

 

[ElectricBlue]

There's definitely times when I need to edit more closely in the morning. Typos and incorrect autocorrects, obviously...

 

[Rustyoznail]

I try and not to write one handed. It makes the editing process harder (no pun intended) than it needs to be.

 

[LiterallyLiterate]

I’m usually not very aroused when I’m writing, as others have said, it can be distracting. But I do feel it when I get a really good scene going. Yesterday, I had a flash of inspiration for an ‘On The Job’ story, I was hard most of the four or five hours it took me to write it out.
Didn’t follow up on it though, just didn’t feel it when I was done writing.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Nope.

 

[AG31]

Like, I love when the smut flows out, but if I'm not horny, I can't get the motivation going. And when I am horny, it's a fine line between writing and getting myself off. Like, writing smut is constantly edging myself, because once I orgasm, the horny leaves.

Not exactly asking for help or advice, mostly just trying to figure out if anyone else has this problem too.

My evidence for whether a description works in my story is whether or not I'm aroused. Most of my stories are what I cal simple erotica. Those that stray into plot and character are my least successful, in my opinion.

As for the problem of physically putting words to "paper," I develop the story, complete with important phraseology, before writing it down. The arousal is less as I write it down.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

I don't need to be aroused to write smut but a mild arousal does get my imagination flowing and it keeps my writing enthusiasm up. Strong arousal is detrimental to writing as it's a distraction more than anything else.

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

I started out writing everything at the same time, and I knew I was on to a good scene if i was starting to get turned on.

Lately, I've been focusing on advancing the plot that I write up to the sex scene, then type (ADD SEX SCENE) and skip to the end, and keep the plot going. Once I'm done, I back fill in the sex where needed to finish it.

Like Awk said, I don't NEED to be aroused, but it doesn't hurt.

 

[Poeticwolf]

I find that my best writing occurs when I am writing for someone else's pleasure. If there's a woman I am chatting with and she inspires me to write something for her, that is the best. I get excited and aroused and I just can't write fast enough.
A little different from what you describe, but maybe a different shade of gray. I miss not having someone to write for

 

[TiberiusPrime]

I try and not to write one handed. It makes the editing process harder (no pun intended) than it needs to be.

Voice to text. That's all I gotta say....

 

[MillieDynamite]

No, it isn't a requirement. Though, sometimes, I get turned on by my own writing.

 

[bumpercars]

Yeah. It's hard to become a great chef if you don't get hungry, but it's also hard to eat a meal and cook a meal at the same time.

 

[PapaRomantic]

Like someone else said, when I'm writing personal stuff for a friend, I'll get excited knowing they will be excited when reading what I have written for them.

But in my stories, since I'm usually thinking of the whole big picture, I don't really excited for the sex I write. It's just a component creating a complete erotic story in my mind.

 

[NaughteeDragon]

I'm a pretty descriptive writer, so when I'm writing sex scenes I'm usually more concerned with the mechanics of the human body than how 'hot' it is. I do find that when I am feeling horny I want to write sex scenes more than other stuff. On more than one occasion I have let my primary planned work sit so I can go work on a sex scene for another story. On the flip side of that, a sex scene is just another scene helping to tell a story so I don't have to be horny to write sex scenes.