Does your writing turn you on?

[SimonDoom]

Most of the time, yes. Sometimes I write oddball, pseudo-erotic stories that amuse me more than turn me on, but most of my stories are fantasy projections so yes, they turn me on.

 

[Rob_Royale]

During the writing process, no. That's very clinical and even if I'm describing something wildly arousing, I'm focused on sentence structure and grammar and punctuation, and it sort of kills the mood.
But the editing process ... oh yes.

 

[Annabelle1990]

Writing helps me to relive the specific moments I write about and yes, it turns me on to do that sometimes. Of course!

 

[LegendInMyOwnMind]

Yes, the sexy parts turn me on, the funny parts make me laugh, the sad parts make me cry. More so in reading back during editing than during initial writing.

 

[TheIntrepidBoyager]

Absolutely yes! I'll go one step further and say that during the creation part (not the editing), I want to stay turned on. To the point that I have declined my wife's offer to provide me some relief. I want that pent up sexual tension to, hopefully, make the scenes enjoyable and not flat. I know I only have one story on here right now but I used to write more a long time ago.

 

[Djmac1031]

I certainly get turned on while writing the vast majority of my work. I suppose it's only natural.

We're trying to imagine a sex scene in our heads and visualize it enough to translate the mental images into words. We're literally making ourselves focus on sex and what turns us on.

I do get it with those who say they're too focused on the words to feel the impact of the sexual fantasy theyre focused on. But I just know for me the arousal reaction is pretty much standard unless I've taken care of things before settling in to write.

 

[redgarters]

Sometimes. It's more likely to make me cry though.

Beta-reading is the worst though. You're trying to give useful feedback, be critical about what you're reading, but you're either squirming in your seat or reaching for a tissue because the screen is all blurry (or both at the same time - side-eye at @bi_cathy who just ruined my morning in the very best way).

I'm more on thiswagon, the box of tissues rather being there for my eyes than other parts. But sometimes I do get completely immersed in the scene I'm creating and it fires up my inner perverted slut. I'll admit it's a lot of fun when it happens.

 

[EdwardsOtherSide]

Oh yes, absolutely.

I tried writing in public once, got a wet spot in my trousers.
Not doing that again (aside from jotting down a single idea before the little bastard gets away from me).

 

[MK_Whimsy]

Yes. One of my objectives with writing was to write things I would like to read. At the same time, catching mistakes that I missed can be a mood killer.

 

[Writer61]

Basically, yes. I can't imagine writing here if they didn't.

I started by writing down the fantasies in my head, and now it is a bit of a two-way street.

 

[Djmac1031]

Yes. One of my objectives with writing was to write things I would like to read. At the same time, catching mistakes that I missed can be a mood killer.

Oh for sure, youre just building up a head of steam and ready to pop, when all of a sudden you stumble across what I call the Autocorrect Surprise :


"... he slipped his rock into her hot, wet pudding..."

 

[Voboy]

Frequently. That's how I know I'm on the right track. I write for a reader who's just like me, so I reckon if I'm getting turned on, so will they.

 

[MK_Whimsy]

Oh for sure, youre just building up a head of steam and ready to pop, when all of a sudden you stumble across what I call the Autocorrect Surprise :


"... he slipped his rock into her hot, wet pudding..."

For me it's usually, "Wait, I just said this in the last paragraph."

 

[Djmac1031]

For me it's usually, "Wait, I just said this in the last paragraph."

oh I notoriously repeat myself in my rough drafts, just ask my editor, @EmilyMiller

One of my biggest challenges in the editing process is simply identifying and replacing / deleting over used words.

 

[caleb35]

When I am writing, I always put myself in the situation inside my head, I get so into the story that I am always turned on and definitely unable to write in public. I'm just wondering if this is common with other authors?

For the most part, no. The fantasies that I imagine, the ones that form the basis of my stories, I find those erotic (at least a little or they wouldn't motivate me much). But the act of writing itself is mechanical and kind of kills the fun for me; it's rare that I remain enthused about a scene as I write it out. Further, I know what's coming, which takes a lot of the fun out of it. I miss discovering new stories by others that turn me on; it seems as time goes on I'm less and less interested in newer stuff and miss older authors. Lastly, I don't write my private smut in public.

 

[Stanfield2025]

Yup. I get turned on by what I write.

 

[AStrangeDesire]

Ugh, I'm going to be one of those "It Depends" people.

If I'm writing something that's 'right up my alley' then yes. But I realize a lot of my stuff is build up, scenarios and dialogue that I have to think though, fiddle with etc. Then not. I'm often spending time thinking about how to make things realistic, sometimes the physics of limbs and bodies, especially when it's more than two people, and that takes a lot of brain-cycles for me.

I'll say that I've often laughed out loud and even cried sometimes, while writing.

 

[Hotcoffee123]

When I’m writing, I’m usually recalling something, so I’m very turned on

 

[MichelleNeeds]

Mhm, it is arousing thinking of scenes and having like a storyboard in my mind x I love sensory slow-burn so include a lot of that. I did go on with my current story but apparently non-consensual cheating breaks the rules, and I dont want to rewrite to suit that. Like who says to their bf," oh I had fun with... are you ok with that before we recomnence our relationship?" Lol. But anyway, overall putting fantasies and thoughts to words is a turn on x

 

[Stanfield2025]

Mhm, it is arousing thinking of scenes and having like a storyboard in my mind x I love sensory slow-burn so include a lot of that. I did go on with my current story but apparently non-consensual cheating breaks the rules, and I dont want to rewrite to suit that. Like who says to their bf," oh I had fun with... are you ok with that before we recomnence our relationship?" Lol. But anyway, overall putting fantasies and thoughts to words is a turn on x

Non-consensual cheating breaks the rules?

 

[crookedletter]

I'm not sure I would be particularly interested in writing erotica if it didn't.

 

[MichelleNeeds]

Non-consensual cheating breaks the rules?

Mhm apparently because the scene is me cheating with my bfs dad, then me falling asleep, waking when my bf gets home late from work and he makes love with me and im feeling guilty but omg tje thrill too. I basically 'forget' to inform him his dad is dried on my skin lol. And i shouldve made my bf aware so he could consent or not. But whatever its all fantasy anyway x its more about emotional dynamics

 

[SmilingLez]

As a free verse poet, the process from thought to completion is a turn on. Usually I thoroughly research the subject matter,

Currently I am writing a long free verse about the love, joy, and family in the latino/hispanic community thru music, foods celebrations, and colors. I am mad and tired of all of the external hate happening now. Listening to the music and learning about traditions and new cultures give me a big head rush.

 

[FannieSpanker]

When I am writing, I always put myself in the situation inside my head, I get so into the story that I am always turned on and definitely unable to write in public. I'm just wondering if this is common with other authors?

YES. My writing embodies my kinks, fetishes, and fantasies. Every word is written to please myself.

My writing is, when you really think about it, nothing more than literary masturbation.

I only bother to share it because I'm convinced there are people out there who have the same turn ons and will get off on my writing just as intensely as I do. (So far I have found one such person—a number which is, despite its humbleness,
sufficient for me to count my story's publication as a success!)

 

[FannieSpanker]

You can bill the tissues to yourself. I maintain that this was not my fault.



My writing gets me… sleepy.

Literally, I fall asleep with my phone in my hand and jolt multiple times to random fhsgfhsfgshfh in the middle of words because the cursor happened to be there and my thumb was still on the keyboard… until I convince myself that it’s actually time I put the phone down and sleep.

But I mean “sleepy” not as bored, but in the best way possible. Slightly turned on and on some sort of euphoric, transcendent, peaceful wave. Wrapped up in this moment that’s consuming my brain but that’s so comfortable and so delicious. It’s the best feeling. And one of the reasons I write so slowly. I keep falling asleep Then, when I’m in a high-inspiration phase, I wake up at like 5AM because I need to continue writing.

And to answer the 2nd part of the question, I’ve written on planes, trains, during boring meetings, at home, while waiting in line, whatever. Forget sleepy pills. Writing can put me to sleep on any short- or long-haul flight and it’ll be the best sleep of my life.

I have the complete opposite happen to me; every morning I feel anxious until I begin writing—and then that anxiety turns into a manic fugue. I write until either A) it's time to go to bed, or B) I'm nose deep into composing a particularly hot scene and I have to take a break and "let off some steam" to avoid drowning.