Challenge: Steam up the reader so the climax of the story is a climax for them too!
Erotic Writing Goal: Throw a hook into the plot. This gives the characters more depth and surprises and excites the reader. For example, in the Sweet Nurse story I am working on now, two candy stripers seduce a patient.
The set-up: Both girls are naughty and want to have fun with a hunky fireman.
The twist: The girls discover he is a devout family man and set out to corrupt him. They restrain his wrists and ankles to the hospital bed and tease his body into agreement.
This could have simply been a short story about two girls taking advantage of a willing patient. They are so hot in their candy striper uniforms that, of course, who would want to resist them? However, I take the reader to a slow climax through the unwilling hero and add some soft bondage to the mix.
Saturday 31 March 2012
Friday 23 March 2012
Challenges and Goals When Writing Erotica
Being a new author to erotica, I started with some short stories using very specific goals. I have based two series on these goals (ELIXIR and Sweet Nurse Adventures) and have had some measure of success on publishing them on Smashwords and Amazon Kindle.
The Challenge: Keeping the stories short while making the characters interesting. Target readers who want a really good and erotic quick fix, because that's why they are choosing short stories.
Erotic Writing Goal: Develop characters through description.
It is difficult to keep readers interested in what is happening between characters if readers can not connect in some way, and short stories are just that, short. So, to keep readers interested, you must develop characters quickly. To do this, you can take a few approaches. The first approach is through description.
Describe physical aspects of your characters in such a way that they demonstrate their traits, passions, reservations, personality etc. For example, in the following excerpt, I want readers to get a sense of this uptight sexy woman and read on to see exactly how she unwinds and lets go as Mac the orderly seduces her.
Whatever the temptation is, DO NOT resort to conventional stereotypes alone to convey character. Indeed it is fun to use these stereotypes, but you have to work at creating them. We may want Bobby the pizza boy to be young and nervous when the hot mom answers the door and wants him. So, make him nervous through a stutter, show his vulnerability by making him stare at her legs nervously. Make him avoid eye contact as she invades his personal space, and the pitch of his voice rise when she brushes against him......... Hey, I think I just got another idea for a short story :)
Erotic Writing Goal : Develop characters through dialogue.
The second approach to keep readers engaged and develop characters quickly is through character dialogue. Have them flirt with each other and create and take down barriers. In this excerpt, a nurse takes the temperature of an injured boxer.
DO NOT make your dialogue secondary to what is going on. It should drive the action. Readers will get fed up with a story where the dialogue simply links or narrates one event to another. Use the dialogue to build erotic tension.
The Challenge: Keeping the stories short while making the characters interesting. Target readers who want a really good and erotic quick fix, because that's why they are choosing short stories.
Erotic Writing Goal: Develop characters through description.
It is difficult to keep readers interested in what is happening between characters if readers can not connect in some way, and short stories are just that, short. So, to keep readers interested, you must develop characters quickly. To do this, you can take a few approaches. The first approach is through description.
Describe physical aspects of your characters in such a way that they demonstrate their traits, passions, reservations, personality etc. For example, in the following excerpt, I want readers to get a sense of this uptight sexy woman and read on to see exactly how she unwinds and lets go as Mac the orderly seduces her.
Mac smiled as he looked her up and down. She was beautiful at her age, but the clothes she wore were unflattering. Her business suite made her look uptight. Her blouse was buttoned as high as it could go. Her lipstick was too red. Her hair was too short and curly. Her glasses were big and round and looked straight out of the seventies. Her skirt could be shorter. The only thing saving her was the nylons she wore, that, albeit unintentionally on her part, drew his gaze to her nice legs.
- Sweet Nurse Adventures
Whatever the temptation is, DO NOT resort to conventional stereotypes alone to convey character. Indeed it is fun to use these stereotypes, but you have to work at creating them. We may want Bobby the pizza boy to be young and nervous when the hot mom answers the door and wants him. So, make him nervous through a stutter, show his vulnerability by making him stare at her legs nervously. Make him avoid eye contact as she invades his personal space, and the pitch of his voice rise when she brushes against him......... Hey, I think I just got another idea for a short story :)
Erotic Writing Goal : Develop characters through dialogue.
The second approach to keep readers engaged and develop characters quickly is through character dialogue. Have them flirt with each other and create and take down barriers. In this excerpt, a nurse takes the temperature of an injured boxer.
Susan bent over him and pulled his bottom lip out gently. Being careful of the scar that marked his lip, she slid the thermometer under in his mouth. “Keep it under your tongue for at least a minute. You have to give it time to absorb your body heat.” Oh God, everything that she said now had a sexual connotation, and he knew it.“I can see down your top,” he said, his eyes were smiling devilishly. His speech was obscured by the thermometer under his tongue, so it sounded more like I can shee down your taaa.“Well that makes you just like all the other old fogies in here, getting a thrill the best, and only, way you can.”“Oush” he said in place of Ouch.As a joke, she continued to force a conversation as he held the thermometer awkwardly. “So, when did you get that shamrock tattoo?” This also let him know she checked out his tight rear end.“Lash year.”She laughed as he realized what she was doing. Then, as she took the thermometer for a reading, he said “You know Susan, us Irish have to shtick together.” He played with his speech for her amusement. She guessed that with her name and strawberry hair, he had figured out her ancestry.“Well you ring me when you are done with your shower.”When she returned to her nurse’s station, she turned on her fan to cool off from the humidity. She couldn’t help but wonder whether he was continuing the innuendos when he said schtick together, particularly in this heat…
--Sweet Nurse Adventures
DO NOT make your dialogue secondary to what is going on. It should drive the action. Readers will get fed up with a story where the dialogue simply links or narrates one event to another. Use the dialogue to build erotic tension.
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