Have you ever met somebody who just seems unreasonably happy? Maybe it’s the dead-end office worker in a cubicle slaving away for “the man”. Maybe it’s the high school senior who always gets picked on because she has twice as many pimples as the rest of the student body combined. Maybe it’s a middle-aged man who works down in the sewers fixing pipes and wadi...
To you, faint reader, I implore you to guard your eyes now. Turn your head, and swallow deep to still the tremble in your soul. Take a breath, inhale your fortitude and exhale your cowardice; gather your nerve before you continue. Better still, take flight that your attention may land elsewhere...this is not a tale for the weak-willed. Yet, this is where we...
FOREWORD Hello Dearest Reader. Menoetes here. You may be groaning at the appearance of yet another new story from me but fear not, Bravest Reader, for this is not a long-form tale. It is not here to distract from my many other in-progress writing projects. This is just somewhere I can drop those short, steamy, mind-control story ideas that get stuck in my he...
So, I will admit, when I first came to Literotica, I was looking for the goods. You know, DA GOOOODZ. Porn, smut, licentious lit! Dirty, sweaty sex served up in the sweet package of a short story. Cheap thrills that last only as long as fingers fly. And did I find that? Hell yes! In spades! But much to my amazement, I also found, lo and behold! Real writers....
The Elegant Editing of the Fancy Foop I was having a tough time with the middle of a story that I'd been writing. It's what I deserve, I guess, for changing the way I write and expecting it to go smoothly the first time out of the barn. And of course, there's another problem, and that's my fault, too. "The first time out of the barn" - nobody talks like tha...
Before I begin, I have to express my gratitude to all the readers who left comments on my last post. Sometimes, when life is at its darkest, a complete stranger will shine a ray of light. I am happy to report that your "rays of light" have helped guide me through a very dark time. So, to all you random souls out there, thank you from the very bottom of my he...
To everyone else, the day dawned as it always had, fresh, summery, intuitively in alignment with its obligations to the season. The field workers singing busied themselves with the day's tasks, joining with the birds in appreciation of the new dawning day. The early morning sunlight lay in a hot yellow streak across Melanie's floor, her cat rolling playfully...
Brandy's generous bosoms rose and fell rapidly. She stared at the small screen of her e-reader. This latest in the series of erotic novels by one of her favourite authors held her rapt attention. It was much more risqué than the timid 'fade to black after the first kiss' romances that she had been reading since the age of twelve. The relatively cheap eroti...
At some point in her writing career, nearly everyone tries a period piece. It can be near past or far, based on historical events or purely fictionalized, fantastic or mundane. In many cases, the only thing they have in common is being bad. This little how to, then, will give you some pointers from a history major and amateur historian on making your period...
FBI'S MOST WANTED; A LIST OF DESCRIPTION DOS AND DONTS Half of the stories you see on this website suffer from a simple, and easily-reversible flaw. Show, not tell. Specifically, characters. The paragraph below is an example of a writing style that is unimaginative, cheap, lazy, and unappealing to read. ... "Hi, my name is Brenda. I've been going to Fuckm...