In how many ways can you describe a sex scene between a man
and a woman?
You got your basic positions, you add some oral sex, maybe a
lot of caressing and kissing, some sweet words or maybe some dirty words. Don’t
forget the thundering hearts and the nails running down their backs.
When I started off writing Erotica earlier this year a
choose a very plain theme: a young woman from a sheltered life moving to the
big city where she met people with a lot more experience which opened up her
eyes. The novella became the Nat Smiley series.
In these stories the sex is very plain, nothing spectacular
apart from some big male parts and some very nice bodies, but the story’s are basically
about a young woman having regular sex and learning from new experiences.
When it was time to write something
new I felt I had to look at other sub genre within Erotica where I could
explore more. I wrote the two books on TGirls, and two on Strap On sex. Why?
First of all, the writers who have written
a lot of Erotica and are very successful say you should never use your own
experiences. Why? Because they are just plain vanilla, everyone has done it. What
you need to do is write about amazing sex, things most people might fantasize
about but will never do, and that will become a better book. I followed this advice
and wrote the books I mention above, and guess what? They sold a lot better
than the Nat Smiley series. I have never been with a transvestite, I have never
had strap on sex, so how do I write about it? Well, it’s called imagination, I
imagined I was one of those characters and thought about what I would do, or
how I would react in certain situations.
I think that Erotica writers should
try to write something outside their regular Genre, if you write about Bondage,
try some Taboo for example. It makes your sex scene come alive because you are
coming at them from a different angle, it lets you use your imagination in a different
way and it shows in your writing. Now, certain genres might not appeal to you,
for example I don’t write about Alien sex or similar because I don’t find it interesting.
I also suggest that trying a different
genre might make you some extra sales, because if you are lucky you hit on a
lot of people's fantasy and there might not be many books under that topic.
Others say you should stick to your
genre because that is what the readers expect when they see your name. True, I totally
agree, but by writing in a different genre you might find new readers that
after reading your book look at other titles and find a book under a different genre
which they find interesting and buy, you never know what fantasies a person
might have.
