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6185541 No.6185541 [Reply] [Original]

What are the qualities of good erotica?

Put another way: what makes written sex sexy?

>> No.6185547

>>6185541
pic is fake btw

>> No.6185553

>>6185547

yeah no shit

>> No.6185565

>>6185541
first to understand that sex and erotica are 2 different things

>> No.6185571

>>6185541
read sade

>> No.6185573

>>6185541
I'll give you a hint: It has almost nothing to do with the mechanics. Clothed foreplay, written right, can be vastly sexier than the actual bumping and/or grinding and accompanying excretion of fluids.

>> No.6185593

>>6185573
It's pretty much all in the prose and the implications, correct?

>> No.6185640

Interesting ass fuck.

>> No.6185665

Characters saying and doing things that are "over the line" in your mind. Hitting some psychological switch. While at the same time being realistic. Here is where the vast majority fuck up. No woman in real life would ever say "omg I'm such a cock slut for your delicious cum" or whatever.

Other than that I think one of the main things is to understand different people fetishes and turn ons. Know the psychology behind it. Know it more than the people who are reading your shit and take them deeper than their own mind has dared.

>> No.6186009

>>6185541
The act itself is never as erotic as the thought of the act. You should be constantly rising tension, never fully seeing the situation to its conclusion. End the story with an "open ending", a non-conclusion that doesn't much resolve the tension. For instance, take your fetish as cuckolding. What is erotic about the wife becoming overtly in love with the other man/ addicted to his penis/whatever other stereotypical terrible storyline? That's not hot. What's hot is the suspicion of the act. The nagging thoughts, the jealous thoughts. The process, drawn out as much as possible while keeping tension high, is what produces arousal. Two bodies humping does not convey sexuality well over prose. Rarely does it do much better in video. Be a master of subtly and you will be able to write a great erotica (this advice is applicable to all literature).

>>6185665
This is also good advice. The fetish is what people have come to read for, its the main attraction. Literature simply cannot compete with the visual media when it comes to the act of sex, so you must focus on the psychology, what you can't see visually but what you think. Understand that most attraction is flipped on like a switch. There is some specific characteristic of the erotic work that instantly turns you on, and from there you can only maintain that deep arousal. All other things considered, this is what separates great from good or mediocre: can you both flip that switch and maintain it for the reader. This is what I think creates great erotica.

I've also read some that was just balls to the walls outrageous fetish fuel. That's also pretty effective but I feel that more stems from its originality. "Wife having sex with boss' dog for a Japanese business convention" is something that I imagine would require a lot of money to show visually, not to mention the ethics involved. Writing also allows you ultimate creative freedom. This might be something you want to pursue to its ends.

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6186022

>>6185665
>No woman in real life would ever say "omg I'm such a cock slut for your delicious cum"
you're definitely hanging out with the wrong women

>> No.6186279

>>6185541
I bet she farts hard

>> No.6186283
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>>6185640

>> No.6186476

>>6186279
i hope so ;)

>> No.6186479

>white girl dyke hips

thank you sir may I have another

>> No.6186491

>>6185541
i think its best when the sexual tension isnt explicit, but builds in the mind of the reader through weird moments or dialog that are mysterious or confusing, leaving imagination to figure out what is going on in the heads and pants of the characters

>> No.6186519

>>6186283
>have shit all to do today
>need something to keep me busy
>see this image
>get sudden urge to rewatch S1 of Twin Peaks

Thanks, Anon

>> No.6186610

>>6185547
If the pic isn't real than how can my erection be real?

>> No.6186645

Does anyone have the original?

>> No.6186838

A lot of shit erotica uses too much purple prose. Do not hide behind poetic or flowery language. Remember that you are basically writing porn.

>> No.6187177

>>6185665
> No woman in real life would ever say "omg I'm such a cock slut for your delicious cum" or whatever.

They actually do, but it's a turn off even irl.

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6187203

>>6186610
If The Picture Isn't Real How Can My Erection Be Real
>ftfy

>> No.6187586

>>6185665
>omg I'm such a cock slut for your delicious cum

I never thought I'd read those words on /lit/

>> No.6189548

>>6185541

tits n ass