Literotica: is it just a fancy name for a porn site or is there a greater depth to the name? If you happen to stumble across the forums attached to this site (did you even know there were forums?), you might see someone promote the concept that this site is above "mere porn" and even above plain erotica -- there is meant to be a literary component to it, wh...
Sometimes we are asked why we do something, and sometimes we ask ourselves why we do something. This is a case of the latter. Specifically, I have been thinking about why I write erotica. Actually, in my case, the question should really be, What changed? Long before I began to write erotica, I spent an inordinate amount of time writing game guides, prima...
Thoughts On Writing Erotica: POVs, Plots, Pacing, And Pudendas To begin this discussion, I would like to start with MY definition of Erotica vs. Pornography, and Erotica vs. mainstream fiction. Many people are confused over the lines between mainstream fiction that has erotic elements in it, and true erotica. Likewise, there is great confusion, and differen...
I know there are several stories in the "How To" section of Literotica.com regarding the topic of writing erotic stories. To tell you the truth, I've never read them and I really don't plan to. So why am I writing my own dissertation on this topic? Because everyone has their own point of view. Not everyone is correct, not everyone is wrong. I just want my vo...
What makes good erotica tick? Well, we might reply, what makes you tick? Erotica, surely more than any other art form or genre, depends upon meeting the audience's peculiar interests, quirks, obsessions-- kinks, let's go ahead and call them. Even the most liberal-minded lesbian, for example, can hardly be expected to sit around reading straight erotica all d...
A few years back, I had to take one of those week-long business seminars where everyone pretends to be awake through day after day of training exercises that look great on paper but never seem to work when you return to the real world. As is the tradition, our first day began with an icebreaker. In this case, it was to list four true facts about yourself and...
Fade In: "You are traveling through another dimension... A dimension of orgasms...a dimension of sex... A land whose boundaries start at the summit of her clit and end up her anus... That's the signpost saying, "Give me Head". Your next pop...is in The Pornography Zone..." (Camera focuses in on Rod) "The time - the present Erotica Street - somewhere in mi...
Those on the following list of authors have something in common: Douglas Adams, Winston Churchill, Lee Child, Carl East, Elizabeth George, Stephen King, Selena Kitt, Stieg Larrson, Carole Lynn, Anne McCaffrey, Brynn Paulin, Oscar Wilde, and P. G. Wodehouse. They are all best-selling authors of e-books. The subset of East, Kitt, Lynn, and Paulin are distingui...
Maybe I should use a more provocative title like "I Am a Depraved Man" to make my thoughts appear intriguing and frank, suitable for the topic of sex in writing. Or perhaps, something steamy and titillating: "How I Raped My Sister"—mimicking true confession magazine headlines—more intimate and appropriate for the avid readers of EROTICA, the realm of fiction...
I am conducting a series of interviews with authors on Literotica. This is the seventh in the series, with the author KennaColrite. She is a relatively new author on Lit, but has already received quite a bit of attention. I have reached out to a variety of authors, some of who have been on the site for a while, others who are newer, but all write stories th...