* * * * * Copyright Oggbashan May 2007 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. * * * * * Anyone can "win" NaNoWriMo -- The National Novel Writing Month -where aspiring writers try to complete 50,000 words in a month. All a prospective author has to do is submit 50,000 words to NaNoWriMo's checking software. There...
So, you want to be a writer? Maybe not, but keep reading, you might be entertained. The first rule that many people tell you in creative writing is "Write what you know." I'm going to tell you that this is the last thing you should do. No one wants to read about your family drama. Do you think that Vince Flynn is actually a terrorist hunter? Or that Bob...
Hi, I bet you just watched me walk down the train, and you've turned back to the table and found I've left this paper behind. I haven't left it by accident. It's a message to you. Yes, you, the guy in the blue shirt. The one who checked me out and smiled so gorgeously when you sat down opposite me at the table. It's a simple message: I want you to fuck me....
This is the advice I wish I had received when I started writing erotic stories. It's not universal, but if you're a beginning writer I believe you will do better to keep these tips in mind. -Sex Should Show Character- A good sex scene is more than just a sex act described. Aside from being pleasurable to imagine, it also incorporates characters' personalit...
An up close and personal look at the writer behind the stories. I've been busy writing, since I joined Literotica on January 1, 2007 and before, of course. I started writing, when I was 13-years-old. Graduating magna cum laude with a 3.65 grade point average, I received my bachelors degree in English from Northeastern University in Boston in 1999. I nearly...
Or rather...how to not care about everyone else's ideal story and create your own fantasy on paper, on computer, online. I know. You're cringing right now, thinking "gah, another 'writer' who thinks she can teach ME how to be, well, a writer!" The nerve! I'm grinning now, thinking of reactions like that. This isn't a story or how-to about how to write the...
Without characters, a story is little more than a detailed road-map, or atlas. Empty scenes, and situations would be hollow, blank neighborhoods, fictional deserts of magnitudes post apocalyptic. Imagine reading a book where you were given beautiful descriptions, detailed environments, dangerous scapes, and deadly terrains, but nothing happened. Ever. Thi...
There's a storytelling production put on in Baltimore called "Stoop Stories" where they invite everyday Joes and Janes to sit on a stoop in front of an audience and tell a story from their life about a certain topic. The topics change from week-to-week. According the producers, the people telling stories aren't supposed to memorize their speech or use notes....
Author's Note: This's the second time I'm posting this article on Literotica. The first time it was up didn't go down so well. I kept getting attacked by anonymous trolls. Which I didn't handle in the manner I felt an adult should have. But I've decided to put it back up. Not because I wish to get under the skin of my critics, but for the reason I first put...
Hello fine ladies and gentleman of Chyoa. Are you up for a challenge? The NaNoWriMo season is fast approaching and I thought it might be fun for the Chyoa writing community to do our own version of the challenge. For those that don't know about it NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a creative writing challenge whereby a writer tries to write a 50,00...