Erotic writing is as old as literature itself. Most of us are familiar with de Sade’s infamy due to his scandalous writing, we’ve all heard stories about Penthouse letters, we’re no longer shocked by ”discoveries” of ”hidden” double meanings of some of the Shakespearian’s verses.
Some experts will say that it was Anais Nin who popularized writing that is quintessential erotica. Nin’s writing had been enjoyed for decades by both men and women. Delta of Venus has become a staple of every library of every person that reads and it doesn’t shock or embarrass anybody, there’s so much smut – and not necessarily of sexual nature, think ”Cops”-- on television that it’s really no wonder nobody cares about Nin’s characters’ lesbian encounters, sex with corpses or animals.
The next level of erotic writing was quite predictable, the way everything has become with the spread of Internet use. It’s been for years that men and women become quite familiar with erotic writing online. People love online erotica sites, for a number of reasons. First of all, these writings are usually anonymous and are grouped in categories that will adhere to anyone’s taste.
Unlike a smut book passages that turn the reader on, an online writing can be found much easier with just a few clicks. categories for example:
• Anal - The butt, and nothing but.
• BDSM - Bondage, D/s, and other power games.
• Celebrities - Parodies & erotic fan fiction about famous people.
• Erotic Couplings - Wild one-on-one consensual sex.
• Erotic Horror - Bizarre, shocking, scary, and sometimes sexy.
• Exhibitionist & Voyeur - Watching, and being watched.
• Fetish - Feet, panties, transexual love, and other kinky things.
• First Time - Memories & stories of people’s first times.
• Gay Male - Men loving men.
• Group Sex - Orgies, swingers, and others.
• How To - Advice and suggestions from our readers/authors.
• Humor & Satire - A humorous take on all things sex.
• Illustrated - Erotica with accompanying original visual artwork.
• Incest/Taboo - Keeping it in the family.
• Interracial Love - It’s all black & white, and white & Asian, and...
• Lesbian Sex - Women who love other women.
• Letters & Transcripts - Fictional erotic correspondence.
• Loving Wives - Tales of adventurous married women & their mates.
• Mature - May / December lust & love affairs.
• Mind Control - Erotic hypnosis and mind control.
• Non-English - Erotic stories in other languages.
• Non-Erotic - Fiction without a sexual focus.
• NonConsent/Reluctance - Fantasies of control.
• NonHuman - Aliens, ghosts, androids, and more.
• Novels and Novellas - Erotic fiction with a broader scope.
• Reviews & Essays - Your take on art, films, & all things sexual.
• Romance - Candlelight, wine, and a soft kiss.
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy - Erotic tales set in futuristic or fantastic worlds.
• Text With Audio - Erotica with aural accompaniment.
• Toys & Masturbation - Battery-operated vegetables, etc.
• Transsexuals & Crossdressers - Erotic tales of gender bending fun
…In other words, there’s something out there for anyone, even if they’re into candlelight, wine and a soft kiss.
The biggest part of literotica’s success is that it almost always lets the author to remain anonymous. This is why lots of women enjoy writing erotica – once they realize that they’ll remain anonymous they let their true desires show through writing. Women often fear that they will be thought of as sluts or perverts if they write about sex, or even worse, the sticky, moaning, dirty part of it.
The online writers’ forums and sites let women really let go of themselves and display their sexual fantasies openly as well as share them with other writers and readers alike.
If you’re a reader of literotica you know that the quality of writing is not this genre’s biggest strength.
”Then he saw the strange flicker of light through the mesh of his windows. A star, a planet, a distant body flashed at him. A message, it was a message! In that strange light he learned of stars and planets, and solar systems. He learned of light and he learned of gravity. In the faint light in his cell, she came to him. She was light, she was gravity, she was beautiful. She whispered to him of phenomenon, where the planets aligned, exacting a gravity beyond anything he had felt before.
As she talked, she touched him in a way he’d never been touched before. Thinking her a dream he took hold of her, pulled her onto the ground, ready to take her head like he had to the women before. But she whispered, ”Through my touch your pain will leave you.”
Majority of erotic sites’ administrators will post all submissions, so it’s no surprise that the quality of the writing will differ so much. Some people say that this is a huge setback as sometimes hours will be spent before a reader stumbles across something that is worthy of attention and arousal.
If you’re an aspiring erotic writer than there are lots of ways to teach yourself how to do it. The most – and most obvious – lesson is to read. Before you sit down and start spewing smut or candlelight dinner & kiss stuff onto a virtual page make sure you’re familiar with how it’s done.
You can ask Group's administrators to provide you with some useful links to other sites or online erotic writing workshops, or simply partake in one of theirs. Once you find authors that appeal to you, you can try to mimic their style – find more material, find out what links do they have on their sites, e-mail them and ask for some help and advice.
Erotic writing and reading is fun and once you get a hang of it, it will sure put that extra spark into your own erotic life.
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