Here I'm not talking about the category of a story. I'm talking about erotica with a plot(where you find different characters and situations which would make you feel like it's happening in real, kind of like watching a movie) and erotica with no plot (where things starts from stripping clothes and ends with an orgasm)
I have been writing from past four to five yeas and after writing more than six hundred stories I think people like to read a story with a plot. But if you are reading erotica just to get relax (you know what I mean ; ) then erotica with no plot is good, too.
Be a man to treat me like a princess and fuck me like a whore.
If a story starts in the bed then I don't find it interesting. Even in Flash Erotica there needs to be a lead into the story or it becomes a meaningless description of a sexual act.
I've found the same thing. If a story doesn't have a solid plot and interesting and developing characters then I have no interest.
From the opinions I've read here I think that's very much a majority view (although hardly unanimous).
Sex is sexier in context. I want people having a good time together, not random bodies colliding. For them to be people, there needs to be some "plot" or at least some reference to things like feelings and the nature of the relationship. Writing-wise, I think even my shorter stories (e.g. the current comp entry) give at least a bit of context. The one exception (In the Dark) is more about mystery and even there, I tried to put some context around the sex through the feelings of the narrator.
For me, there has to be plot and character. It doesn't have to be extensive, but with enough form to put the characters' motivation and conflict in context. After all, there has to be some reason for them to get naked, and this is what makes the naughty stuff interesting.
"It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.” Raymond Chandler
I firmly believe you cannot hope to arouse the body, especially a woman's body, unless you can arouse her mind. To do this requires more than a plot, it requires characters that can be believed in and related with. The reader must care about how they feel and what they do. Above all, the reader must like the person they are reading about.
Some people write as if they think creating good erotica is easy, and if you rely on certain literary tricks it can be ridiculously so, but to create something memorable, something that will stay with the reader and make say' holy shit' when they have finished, that can be more difficult than writing mainstream fiction. After all, inspiring a woman to orgasm with nothing more than words...
That's far more difficult than just writing a story of pulp fiction.
My stories are usually complex and the characters have distinct motivations for what they're doing sex or otherwise in my erotica. I really don't like erotica with no plot. I could just watch porn for that. Writing erotica is still the art of telling great stories. As me and erotica it's story over sex.
I like to read and write stories with a plot. Character development is very important for me (that's why I find Harry Potter boring).
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