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karadinart) wrote2013-03-05 08:31 am
karadinart) wrote2013-03-05 08:31 am
Not so much
I clicked on a simple bdsm fic because the header noted 'it's really dirty' and it wasn't. Meh, false advertising. What is was consisted of a laundry list of actions and cliche'd dialogue you'd get from any random porn ficlet in any universe. There wasn't anything in particular that would make it unique to the character or the situation. Pretty much it was all description, no emotion, no sense of time or place or the character's inner dialogue and senses. A case of the author telling us what's happening, not showing us and allowing us to be engaged.
So a suggestion for writers of erotica, think about how your character would react in a certain situation either having all the power he/she wants, or no freedom at all and how they would react, and in the venacular they would use. Think about what they have done and expereinced in their lives and what led them here, good writing of any sort, including erotica, has every action as a form of character developement. How is this encounter changing or not changing the indivduals involved?
Avoid at all costs tropes and slang. Don't assume the audience (or even the character) knows the terminology. And use characters and universes to your advantage - If for example, you have a supernatural creature engaging in said play, what different ways could they use their abilities, how could you make it different and unique, that's what makes something really 'dirty' or 'hot' you have to have the feeling that you are there in the present with the character(s) using sensation, taste, smell, though you have to watch how detailed and specific youare, because that could also turn off a reader.
What I read wasn't dirty, it was Boring.
So a suggestion for writers of erotica, think about how your character would react in a certain situation either having all the power he/she wants, or no freedom at all and how they would react, and in the venacular they would use. Think about what they have done and expereinced in their lives and what led them here, good writing of any sort, including erotica, has every action as a form of character developement. How is this encounter changing or not changing the indivduals involved?
Avoid at all costs tropes and slang. Don't assume the audience (or even the character) knows the terminology. And use characters and universes to your advantage - If for example, you have a supernatural creature engaging in said play, what different ways could they use their abilities, how could you make it different and unique, that's what makes something really 'dirty' or 'hot' you have to have the feeling that you are there in the present with the character(s) using sensation, taste, smell, though you have to watch how detailed and specific youare, because that could also turn off a reader.
What I read wasn't dirty, it was Boring.
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