For me personally I don't. it might be because I never think my own work is good enough but it just doesn't turn me on the way the work of others does or it might be the fact all I can think of is what i should have done, which kills the mood.
So what about you my fellow Lush Authors?
To be honest, I write the scenarios that get me off. But, as far as I'm concerned, it's all in my head, combined with all the situations I haven't written. So, no I don't read my stories to get off. But, I will sometimes picture the scenario in my mind, with embellishments that I haven't written in yet.
I find that by the time I've come up with the scenario (which is where I'm most likely to get off on it), built it into a story, written it, and read and edited it a dozen times or more, it ceases to get me going. It either becomes too familiar or I'm still in editing mode and focus more on the text than on the arousing bits. That said, I have gone back to a story after ignoring it for a while and it may get me off again at that point.
My stories often arouse me while I'm writing them because the ideas are fresh a swirling around my head.
However, when they're finished and I read them back, I tend to be casting a much more critical eye over the work and they do very little for me any more.
Absolutely.
If my stuff doesn't get a reaction outa me, then, chances are it won't end up on here.
And if the idea didn't give me the horn, then I wouldn't have bothered getting it down.
And furthermore no one reads my fuckin stories, so someone should get off on them!
My stories tend to be as a result of my arousal, and so I let my imagination run wild with my keyboard. Most of the theme involves encounters while travelling, something I find erotic - but I write in that genre because I find it hard to find stories that capture my imagination in that way. But after I am done with my own work, I generally only reread it to get an idea of where I could have/should have improved it - and then take that internal criticism and make my next one better.
"If you knew what you were doing you would probably be bored."
I guess I'll have to try harder in future.
Never, but writing it gets me aroused.
No i only proof read it after writing it! Always prefer to read others stories!..
In the beginning it was a huge thrill as I was new to erotic story writing. When I go
back, I find there are still certain stories and particular scenes that stimulate my erogenous
zones. After proofing, editing, etc, I trusted that my first instincts were correct.
I'm a newbie and I've just published my first story. It is true based. Writing it turned me on, editing turned me on even more. The folks at LUSH rejected it the first time out of the shoot, which was good. I want to be a good writer, not just a writer. LUSH standards ROCK and their admin were helpful. The re-reading of it was like do-overs... again and again. Erotic yes indeed. I have many stories to tell and they were all very fun or I won't bother telling them. So yes, I'll be reading my own work to get off. Who doesn't get off on memories. ;)
So much fun, so little time...
I guess I do...I sometimes pause in the process of writing when I find that need to get off as a resullt of the intensity of the visuals...not sure if that is the point of the question but there it is.
It gets me worked up as I'm writing them, but after I've re-read and checked it over and over it doesn't really get me going again.
not really. i know my stories quite well without having to read them.
I admit reading them back gives me something of a tremor in the force. I think if they didn't I would be concerned that they didn't for anyone else. Kind of defeats the point really.
I've only authored one story. While I was putting the proverbial pen to paper I do admit to being aroused. After that though I have read my story again and while it does make me smile I tend to look at it with a critical eye and think oh how I wish I had interjected this phrase or that etc. Alas I've treated it as a finished work and just hope that others enjoy it.
I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one who's panties get a little damp when writing my own stories. And it is, as another said, because the thoughts are fresh and just swirling around in there, that one can't help but become aroused.
After the first rad-through, it turns to a tingle, then to nothing as I, as many others, become more critical and my mind turns more editorial. Still good stories, they just don't turn my buttons anymore.
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon." -E.L. Doctorow
Of course. If it's not making my pussy wet, then I know I'm not doing it right.
If your erotica writing isn't getting you off, how do you expect it to have the effect on anyone else? I get uber horny over what I've written, which is why I've never finished anything in totality.
I don't read my work to get off. Generally, once a story is finished I'm on to the next one in my mind. The stories I write that are in the "Raquelverse" are based on people I know and I get a little hot while writing them. Other stuff, that I'm not so much into, I fret about its realism. Example: I just wrote my first gay story. By the end, I was tearing it apart in my head thinking a gay dude would read it and think "a straight guy wrote this, that's not how it goes." I want to write a story in every category and many of those will be stress filled rides that challenge me. Sometimes that's just as good as getting hot and bothered.
I wouldn't say that I primarily turn to my work to get off, mostly because I have spent so much time with it already and I want something new, however, during the writing and editing processes I definitely get off! And like @SophieCroft said, if I am not turned on while writing and editing and so on, I'm doing something wrong!
Only during the process of creating and writing.
I almost never go back and re-read a story I've written once it's published. It's not so much that I don't think it's hot anymore but by the time I actually finish writing a story and it gets put through the tedious editing and redrafts and rewrites, it tends to dull the effects of the initial fantasy that inspired it. If I reread it, I'm likely to still be looking at it with a critical eye rather than just enjoying the ride and indulging the fantasy as a turn-on.
