Why Do YOU Write on Literotica and What Do YOU get out of it?

[Writer61]

For thirty-odd years, I have been making up stories in my head, and at some point, I started to write them down for my own enjoyment. Sadly, those early versions have been lost due to format/encryption issues. During lockdown, I began to write them down again.

Why here? I was going to publish on ASSTR, but it did not exist by then. A search brought me here.

What do I get from it? Three things:

• Escapism, because it takes me away from real life
• Approbation, I like receiving votes and positive comments
• Satisfaction, from creating a universe of interlocking stories and characters

The latter was unexpected, but I really enjoy this aspect. The moment when I spot an opportunity to link stories/series together is one of the most rewarding things for me.

 

[Justplainjeff]

When I started writing here, it was a fictionalized version of a real event at our own house. I then stared writing about ideas that had been brewing in my mind for years. What do I get out of this? Proving my High School English teachers wrong about my ability to put five words together.

 

[ADirtyPerv]

IMO, the anal tag under the T/I section is underpopulated. I'm fixing that, one submission at a time.

 

[cw5523729]

IMO, the anal tag under the T/I section is underpopulated. I'm fixing that, one submission at a time.

Not all heros wear capes

 

[calmlikeabomb]

I am a creative in my heart and soul. I write fiction, music and make art in my spare time. I am also a sex crazy nympho dude who is obsessed and fascinated with all things erotic

I don't write on Lit for views or comments (though the dopamine hit is pretty good). I write because I like the thrill of seeing my name on this site, and knowing that someone somewhere might enjoy something unique that I am able to create.

It's no different from being up on the stage with my guitar. I am a quiet, introverted man in real life, and writing erotica helps me express with words anonymously that which I cannot or do not want to express in my real life.

Plus a lot of times, when I am trying to write a non erotic story and am facing writers block, getting a few paragraphs of trashy erotica out helps lube the engine, as it were.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Not all heros wear capes

I am catching up on a couple of months of posts here and I just snorted my coffee. So true!!!!!

 

[cw5523729]

I am catching up on a couple of months of posts here and I just snorted my coffee. So true!!!!!

I was tossed between "not all heros wear capes" and "doing God's work"

 

[TheExperimentalist]

For me, it's a journey of self-exploration. I grew up in a very conservative environment, and had a lot of shame surrounding sex and sexuality. I've only fully become comfortable with myself and my own desires within the past few years. My spouse and I went through a bit of an epiphany/awakening (more me than my spouse, really, I was more uptight about it to begin with), which led me to finally internalize the philosophy that, so long as everything is done with full informed consent and consequence awareness between adults, there's nothing wrong with any of it.

I've been making up stories in my head for as long as I've been masturbating, though I never thought I'd end up putting any of them to written word, let alone posting them on the internet for the world to see. Writing and posting my fantasies is a way to explore my sexuality safely while still maintaining a happy, loving marriage with a supportive, but very monogamous, spouse who shares only some of my kinks.

I've only posted two stories so far, about a year ago, with a third about to be submitted, but I've got about two dozen works in progress that I've been consistently adding to little by little since I signed up, which I'm sure will slowly trickle out as I complete them. In another thread, someone mentioned that it sounded like I had too many stories in progress (I only had eighteen at the time!) and should limit myself to one or two at once, but many of them are the stories I'd been making up for years before joining this site, so it makes sense that I'd have a large backlog.

I write the stories that I wish already existed, so that I can read them. I've learned that putting things into words outside of my head takes a lot longer than imagining stories inside my head, but I've been enjoying the process. I appreciate creativity of all kinds, so I'm glad I have an outlet for my sexuality that also allows me to be creative, and equally glad that I have a creative outlet that allows me to explore my sexuality.

 

[vampiredaddy]

I'm very new to writing erotica. I used to want to be a writer when I was younger, but could never make it happen for one reason or another. I've been in treatment now for ptsd and started writing some erotic stories for purely cathartic reasons. At first I just wrote them in the notes app of my phone and then would delete them later. Then I decided to create an anonymous account here and save the stories.

 

[BlazonG]

I like getting any sort of attention or validation for creative efforts. I get a lot more attention from my efforts in astrology but I’m trying to learn writing too.

 

[Agent0069]

I write out of spite. I will not elaborate further.

 

[CallMeYourHeathen]

I write because it brings me joy. I write erotica because it's what interests my muse and what returned the joy of writing to me after a decade of having it squashed by post-secondary academic demands and all the other ups and downs of life since then. I continue to write erotica because I've found a community through it, more than ever before in any of my writing stints. And I share my work for free because I like a bit of validation without any pressure. It's there, so why not share?

 

[BobbyBrandt]

So what do you want to achieve and where do you want to go and how is Literotica going to help you get there.

Reflecting back on when I first started publishing here, my objective was to get feedback on a story before considering whether it was worth pursuing mainstream publishing. Lit readers became my critique group for the finished draft and liked it enough that the story won a monthly award.

That draft got fine-tuned based upon reader feedback and was eventually published in Canada. I have utilized Lit readers in a similar fashion several times since then. I always give them the complete tale to read, and never take them for granted, which I think is the most ethical way to treat those that are assisting me without their knowledge.

I also have stories published exclusively on Literotica. These are usually ideas/exercises delving into new genres or literary techniques that I find Lit readers the perfect audience for.

 

[bestkeptsecret678]

admittedly, my answer is oversimplified:

it’s about sexual expression.