Your First Erotic Story

Eh, it's rough. I tried to use every fantasy I had at the time. There's some slightly pretentious stuff in there too.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/exhibitionism/reflections-1

I think I might be unique here as the first thing I published here was the prologue to a book. Yes, I did complete it and have now written three follow-up novels, plus a few short stories.

“The Alpha Man In Me” - Chapter 00 - Prologue | Lush Stories

What a fun prompt! My first erotica was short stories I wrote for my partner in the early 2000s when we were long-distance dating back in college.

The first story I published here was back in 2015, about losing a bet: https://www.lushstories.com/stories/exhibitionism/winning-the-bet-part-1

It turned out to be the first chapter in a series, though I didn't know that at the time, I just had this scenario in my head and wanted to express it.

I don't like to compare my old writing to my new writing. I've learned and grown from everything I've written. If I were to write it today, it'd probably turn out longer, but I'm not sure it would be better, just different. Oh and I tend to default to a female POV now. Back then, I flip-flopped between them a lot.

I started off with a few poems because I figured that would be easy (not necessarily good.) My first story was a Flash piece, the first time I wrote erotica in my life in 2015. I don't consider myself as being a particularly talent writer, I can write an average story but realize there is nothing fresh or new.

It was really my second story, written as a first person lesbian that kind of got me going. I liked the challenge of writing from the opposite gender's perspective.

As for rewrites or things I would change: I always seem to catch at least one thing AFTER I post. As I've improved my writing I see more things I wish I would have written differently. With most stories I write I'm usually very happy with parts of it but I don't maintain that consistency throughout. The resources here as well as chats, comments etc have all been massively instructive as well as reading the work of better writers.

Lastly I write because its fun. I don't get too concerned about having the most views or whatever. Its fun.

Had my first one published today -- "The First Time We Kissed"

Since its so new, I'll let it fester before making changes

I just reread my first one. It was short, clumsy, and a grammatical nightmare. My writing has come a long way since I am on story #75. The more you do, the better you become.

My first story here didn't get published, for which I am eternally grateful.

My first published story The Restaurant still holds up pretty well. It was a lesbian story with a Domme, a needy submissive and a twist in the tale.. 160 stories later, I seem to be still exploring the same themes.

My first few pieces published on Lush were poems. My first actual story was The Matinee back in January of 2009. It’s still a fun story, but I’d like to think I’ve improved my writing skills since then. 😎

I wrote my first story here at 18, I called a man in his late thirties “middle aged” which now that I’m in my thirties is pretty hilarious. I can’t read it back because of how much it makes me cringe otherwise I would definitely redo every aspect of it.