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Character development vs. setting. You forgot action. Especially in erotica, action is very important, often the most important thing.
But without character and setting, action is impotent and boring.
Character gives meaning and purpose and erotic charge to the action.
Boy fucks girl is ho hum. Boy who has been searching for the girl for years fucks girl is romantic. Boy (and his twin brother) who have been searching for the girl for years, find her, discover she is still a virgin because she has pined for the twins most of her life, and they fuck her together, and she becomes their devoted sex slave is pretty goddam erotic and pornlicious.
Character and action are the foreground. Background (setting) is everything but the foreground. Sometimes it is easier to describe the boundaries of foreground by describing what isn't foreground. Setting (if used carefully) gives context and meaning to foreground.
Girl fucks boy in back seat of car is ho hum. Girl fucks boy in her parents' bed while the parents are downstairs watching TV is hot. Girl fucks boy in her parents' bed while the parents are watching them is mind-blowing.
I have no idea what I'm talking about.
But without character and setting, action is impotent and boring.
Character gives meaning and purpose and erotic charge to the action.
Boy fucks girl is ho hum. Boy who has been searching for the girl for years fucks girl is romantic. Boy (and his twin brother) who have been searching for the girl for years, find her, discover she is still a virgin because she has pined for the twins most of her life, and they fuck her together, and she becomes their devoted sex slave is pretty goddam erotic and pornlicious.
Character and action are the foreground. Background (setting) is everything but the foreground. Sometimes it is easier to describe the boundaries of foreground by describing what isn't foreground. Setting (if used carefully) gives context and meaning to foreground.
Girl fucks boy in back seat of car is ho hum. Girl fucks boy in her parents' bed while the parents are downstairs watching TV is hot. Girl fucks boy in her parents' bed while the parents are watching them is mind-blowing.
I have no idea what I'm talking about.
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I did it in the back seat of the family car with Mom and Dad in the front seat and my two brothers sound asleep in the back seat next to me. I had a blanket over me.
I did it once in church, but it was the preacher's fault for attempting to give a sermon on the evils of lust, fornication and masturbation. I had my jacket over my lap.
I did it once in church, but it was the preacher's fault for attempting to give a sermon on the evils of lust, fornication and masturbation. I had my jacket over my lap.
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Quote by nipplesucker
I like cock, tits, pussy and ass.
I don't seem to have any strong opinions on this. It doesn't OFFEND me to see a dick as a man's avatar... but it doesn't say much to me at all. I'm not just a horny dude, I'm an artist, and I want my avatar to say something about who I am as an erotic artist. Even though it's just a stock shot of Lennon-- that look in his face, the impression of age and experience, the hint of nakedness and intelligence and arousal... THAT is who I am here.
What does a picture of a hard dick say? It says, "HEY, EVERYBODY! I GOT ME A DICK!"
It just lacks subtlety. Knowattamean? Even if it's a really fine magnificent dick. Mehh...
Now nipplesucker... there is an awesome avatar. Makes me want to go immediately to her profile and check her the fuck out.
Yummy. It reminds me of that erotic poster that came out in 1969, the Blue Nun: a nun is seen as if caught by surprise, straightening out her fishnet stocking. Instant fantasy. Hmmm... maybe I'll write a story about a young nun, allowed to visit her family one last time... ... 
A few other avatars that are specifically NOT pics of the member, and NOT overtly sexual, that catch my eye and give me that same sense of urgent curiosity, are: LadyX, TheLadyOfShalott, LaPrincesse, DaddysKitten, DaddyFuckingSlut, and oddly enough, Infodog69, which if you look at closely, is also a "dick". But with subtlety. And look at nicola's avatar: a pussy. But with subtlety.
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I started writing erotica years ago for the express purpose of enhancing my experience of masturbation. And so, YES, my own writing does turn me on a great deal. (Or I wouldn't be writing it.) However, I rarely feel the need to relieve myself while writing. Typically, I end a writing session because I'm tired, hungry, or the phone rings. Later, perhaps in the shower or prior to taking a nap, I may replay my story in my mind and give myself a hand. LOL
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... she had no choice but to strip off her panties, throw the seven WarCraft gamers to the floor, fuck them stupid, stack their exhausted bodies one atop the other, and climb up on top of the stack so that she could exit the ceiling hatch and climb on top of the elevator. She reached up, thankful for all the exercise she had done in the gym, and pulled apart the exterior elevator doors. But as the doors popped open, her jaw dropped to her incredibly awesome tits as she saw...
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Friendly Helpful Advice to Lush Newbies
Hey there newbies!! Especially those of you who may not be familiar with chat sites and "cybering".
May I offer some advice? I do want you to have a good time here at Lush, we all do, but I think some of you are going about it the wrong way. To tell the truth, some of our new members on Lush behave like they do not understand how chatting works.
First of all "cybering" and "chatting" often mean the same thing, a conversation done for direct sexual pleasure. There are basically two types of sexual chats: those intended to please one partner while the other types, and those intended to please both partners (if possible), and in which both partners type, often taking turns, and often engaging in a mutual sexual fantasy. Here are some tips to make your experiences here at Lush more memorable.
First, don't make your chat partners guess what you want. That is very time consuming and frustrating. So, go ahead and let your chat partner know at the start that you want to cyber (if you do), and suggest roles for the two of you. You might want to be a submissive female slave -- well, say so up front. An excellent way to attract the kind of chatters you want is to describe yourself (and your wants) in your profile. Something like this perhaps:
"24 year old male from a small country town, bored with TV and wanting to have friends to discuss sex with. Interested in and especially stories about father/daughter and father/son. Mostly straight but I am curious about sex with another guy."
If there's something else folks should know, say it. If English is your second language, say so. Go ahead and give what location you live in. The point is, the more open you are about who you are, the more likely you are to get requests to be your friend.
Next, it's really polite to use the "online message" to ask somebody if they are free to chat, before you open a chat window. They may already be chatting with someone else. Be polite. If they don't answer your "online message" -- it's okay. Wait ten minutes and ask again.
It's also nice to ask someone to be your friend before you chat them. Many of our members do not like to chat with a total stranger, dropping in unannounced. Use the chat rooms for that.
The secret to having lots of friends and lots of good sexy chats at Lush is to send "private messages" or PM. If you like someone's story, or you enjoyed a chat with them, PM them a short message. Thank them or tell them you liked it and maybe tell them your favorite part of the story or chat.
For example, if you liked an story of theirs, PM something like:
"Hello. I really loved your story, Daddy Kissed My Boner. My favorite part was where you described how the father pushed his son on the bed and got him aroused by showing him porn. Thanks."
Next, SHARE the chat with your partner. Be courteous. If they answer your questions, then you answer their questions. If you ignore your partner's questions, it makes you look selfish and childish. Unless agreed upon in advance, the chat is not automatically just for your sexual pleasure.
Last, in a sexy chat, don't ask silly questions that interrupt the chat. Asking for the size of someone's underwear, or how tanned they are, is silly. Use your imagination. Chats are usually typed by one person while the other reads and pleasures themself, and says things that GUIDE the chat. If your partner is typing the story, you should say things like:
"that's hot!", "more!", "that makes me so wet", In this way, you give hints and clues to the story-teller of where to go next and how much detail to use. And it lets your partner know they are doing a good job and entertaining you!
Or ask questions to point the story-teller in another direction, like:
"so did you cum then?", "how about her sister?", "so what happened when you got to his house?" In this way, you nudge your partner to push ahead in the story or describe it from a different viewpoint. Sometimes this is necessary if your chat partner gets bogged down in details that are not interesting or erotic.
Or type responses that forward the action the way you think you or your partner would enjoy, like:
"Yeah, and after the father cums in the daughter, then her BROTHER comes in the room and gets naked."
When you're ready to stop, say that you have to go and thank your partner. Don't just disappear -- that's rude.
Oh, one more thing. If you really, REALLY enjoyed the chat, send your partner a PM and tell them so. In a sentence or three, describe your favorite part of the chat. Perhaps you want to suggest a topic for the next chat. In this way, your partner is more likely to remember you, and more likely to start chats with you in the future.
Hey there newbies!! Especially those of you who may not be familiar with chat sites and "cybering".
May I offer some advice? I do want you to have a good time here at Lush, we all do, but I think some of you are going about it the wrong way. To tell the truth, some of our new members on Lush behave like they do not understand how chatting works.
First of all "cybering" and "chatting" often mean the same thing, a conversation done for direct sexual pleasure. There are basically two types of sexual chats: those intended to please one partner while the other types, and those intended to please both partners (if possible), and in which both partners type, often taking turns, and often engaging in a mutual sexual fantasy. Here are some tips to make your experiences here at Lush more memorable.
First, don't make your chat partners guess what you want. That is very time consuming and frustrating. So, go ahead and let your chat partner know at the start that you want to cyber (if you do), and suggest roles for the two of you. You might want to be a submissive female slave -- well, say so up front. An excellent way to attract the kind of chatters you want is to describe yourself (and your wants) in your profile. Something like this perhaps:
"24 year old male from a small country town, bored with TV and wanting to have friends to discuss sex with. Interested in and especially stories about father/daughter and father/son. Mostly straight but I am curious about sex with another guy."
If there's something else folks should know, say it. If English is your second language, say so. Go ahead and give what location you live in. The point is, the more open you are about who you are, the more likely you are to get requests to be your friend.
Next, it's really polite to use the "online message" to ask somebody if they are free to chat, before you open a chat window. They may already be chatting with someone else. Be polite. If they don't answer your "online message" -- it's okay. Wait ten minutes and ask again.
It's also nice to ask someone to be your friend before you chat them. Many of our members do not like to chat with a total stranger, dropping in unannounced. Use the chat rooms for that.
The secret to having lots of friends and lots of good sexy chats at Lush is to send "private messages" or PM. If you like someone's story, or you enjoyed a chat with them, PM them a short message. Thank them or tell them you liked it and maybe tell them your favorite part of the story or chat.
For example, if you liked an story of theirs, PM something like:
"Hello. I really loved your story, Daddy Kissed My Boner. My favorite part was where you described how the father pushed his son on the bed and got him aroused by showing him porn. Thanks."
Next, SHARE the chat with your partner. Be courteous. If they answer your questions, then you answer their questions. If you ignore your partner's questions, it makes you look selfish and childish. Unless agreed upon in advance, the chat is not automatically just for your sexual pleasure.
Last, in a sexy chat, don't ask silly questions that interrupt the chat. Asking for the size of someone's underwear, or how tanned they are, is silly. Use your imagination. Chats are usually typed by one person while the other reads and pleasures themself, and says things that GUIDE the chat. If your partner is typing the story, you should say things like:
"that's hot!", "more!", "that makes me so wet", In this way, you give hints and clues to the story-teller of where to go next and how much detail to use. And it lets your partner know they are doing a good job and entertaining you!
Or ask questions to point the story-teller in another direction, like:
"so did you cum then?", "how about her sister?", "so what happened when you got to his house?" In this way, you nudge your partner to push ahead in the story or describe it from a different viewpoint. Sometimes this is necessary if your chat partner gets bogged down in details that are not interesting or erotic.
Or type responses that forward the action the way you think you or your partner would enjoy, like:
"Yeah, and after the father cums in the daughter, then her BROTHER comes in the room and gets naked."
When you're ready to stop, say that you have to go and thank your partner. Don't just disappear -- that's rude.
Oh, one more thing. If you really, REALLY enjoyed the chat, send your partner a PM and tell them so. In a sentence or three, describe your favorite part of the chat. Perhaps you want to suggest a topic for the next chat. In this way, your partner is more likely to remember you, and more likely to start chats with you in the future.
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I know.
I know you.
I know where you are.
I know that I do want you.
I also know the miles and the years.
I carve my love on a mountain peak
So that a million years hence,
You will understand that I loved you
A million years before you were born.
Loved and wept that we would never meet.
Across the miles and the years.
And you will read my message in the mountain
And carve a reply.
And a million years later I will know your heart.
I will read and translate:
And you will ask me if I want you.
And I will weep because I do.
But I know where you are.
I know when.
I know you.
I know.
I know you.
I know where you are.
I know that I do want you.
I also know the miles and the years.
I carve my love on a mountain peak
So that a million years hence,
You will understand that I loved you
A million years before you were born.
Loved and wept that we would never meet.
Across the miles and the years.
And you will read my message in the mountain
And carve a reply.
And a million years later I will know your heart.
I will read and translate:
And you will ask me if I want you.
And I will weep because I do.
But I know where you are.
I know when.
I know you.
I know.
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... was entitled "HornyTroll" and flocks of horny Warcrafters, having spent twelve hours straight on the internet, drinking stale cokes and eating cold, congealed five-cheese pizza, suddenly found their secret, shameful masturbation fantasy exploding into full bloom before them on the Lush website -- OMG, maybe there ARE trolls, and maybe they DO get horny, and I've always wanted... always wanted... to... to... And like a well trained mass army, thousands of fingers pounded on thousands of keyboards, and all the one-on-one chats at Lush suddenly flamed with the same torrid question, ...
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I grew up in a very sexually repressed household and tiny country town. But my imagination would not be contained or controlled. I started keeping a diary when I was in college, and related my occasional "hits" and my far more frequent "near misses". In my middle 20's to middle 30's I had a number of delightful and bizarre sexual encounters, all which went into the diary. When the personal computer came out, I bought one, and immediately starting typing up some of my experiences, and then embellishing them, so that even the near misses became hot erotic successes. I discovered that writing erotica made me very aroused, as I could almost relive those events. For years, I wrote erotica just for my own entertainment (and for a few like-minded sex partners). Fast forward to Lush. Finally, I found an online community where I felt I could publish (most of) my stories, and spread the entertainment to a wider audience.
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Quote by icemanYou reminded me of the time I had just left college and was working my first job in Dallas. The apartment managers had a daughter who was very pregnant. I took no notice... until I met her in a grocery store. She told me the father of her baby had run off as soon as he heard she was expecting. Too bad. So I invited her to a movie and a burger after. When we got back to the apartments, I naively asked if being nearly 8 months pregnant interfered with her sex life. She practically dragged me into my place and I got to find out up close and personal!
Try just about any major shopping mall, grocery store, department store (look in maternity or baby clothing)...
She was a wild woman! I had never seen a woman have so many orgasms before! It was just awesome beyond words.
We continued to have sex right up until the week before her baby girl was born.
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... Like the story of the man who had sex with his mother and then poked his eyes out. (must read this, anyone one know the title?)
Oedipus Rex. Ancient Greek tragedy.
[edit] I received a grade of "1" recently. The reader gave a comment something along the lines of "I found your story too extreme and besides, I don't really like stories anyway." I guess there's no way to please everybody.
But I will keep trying. 
Oedipus Rex. Ancient Greek tragedy.
[edit] I received a grade of "1" recently. The reader gave a comment something along the lines of "I found your story too extreme and besides, I don't really like stories anyway." I guess there's no way to please everybody.
But I will keep trying. 
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I hadn't really given this much thought. good question. So I looked over several of my stories. I use dialogue quite a lot, especially if my story is written First Person POV. The chief character not only uses dialog to show the action and relationships with other characters, but carries on an internal dialog with the reader. In addition, I use word choice, slang and spellings that mirror an accent to provide more information about the location, age and personality of the chief character without having to spell it all out. I've written stories in Author Omniscient where there is little dialog, but most of my stories with dialog get read by more people and rated higher.
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I took my girlfriend (me: 28 YO, she: 39, very short and petite) to the new Pier 1 that had just opened on the north side of Dallas TX. At the back of the store, there was a huge display of foreign made jewelry. There was a chair, too, and I sat down. As my GF bent over the jewelry, I saw her panties, so I ran my hand up her thigh and my fingers into her panties. Pretty soon, I was quietly and discretely masturbating her while she held onto the jewelry display for dear life. She cussed me out royally when we left, but that night she thanked me for making her cum publicly. (I'm pretty sure no one saw us.)
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Well, I can whistle. No, I don't mean calling the dog, or doing bird sounds.
I mean performing Mozart or the Beatles in front of an audience.
I have a First Place trophy from a national whistling contest back in 1976. Carson City, NV.
I can do "Classical Gas" dead on perfect at full speed.
I can whistle loud enough to fill a medium sized church -- and do it for 15 minutes straight.
Perfect pitch, perfect rhythm, grace notes you would not believe.
I mean performing Mozart or the Beatles in front of an audience.
I have a First Place trophy from a national whistling contest back in 1976. Carson City, NV.
I can do "Classical Gas" dead on perfect at full speed.
I can whistle loud enough to fill a medium sized church -- and do it for 15 minutes straight.
Perfect pitch, perfect rhythm, grace notes you would not believe.
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My favorite among my own stories is definitely, "Professional Mother".
It was based on a documentary on high end prostitution that I saw on cable. It was fascinating, and I tried to develop a strong, realistic female character who personified that lifestyle. Finding some rational for her to have sex with her own son was tricky, maybe the most difficult writing I have done here at Lush. But it came together, and I'm very proud of it.
It was based on a documentary on high end prostitution that I saw on cable. It was fascinating, and I tried to develop a strong, realistic female character who personified that lifestyle. Finding some rational for her to have sex with her own son was tricky, maybe the most difficult writing I have done here at Lush. But it came together, and I'm very proud of it.
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I really enjoyed the posts in this thread, and the variety of points of view. I think the attraction to comes from early childhood experiences, long before puberty. I remember listening to my parents make love. Mother was very, let's say, "vocal". I didn't understand what I heard, and didn't think about it much. I never fantasized about my mother. But in my 20s, I had a GF who wanted to roll-play that we were mother/son. As we did, I suddenly remembered those mental audio recordings of mother moaning and wailing in the dark. It was an erotic shock.
Really good erotica rarely involves one-nigh-stands or couples who barely know each other. Their familial relationship is almost always deep, close, and temporally extends to the birth of at least one of the partners. By the time you are 16, you know your parents VERY well, and even if unconsciously, you know they have seen you naked, have bathed you, have changed your diapers. Your siblings have either been with you since your birth, or you were there for their birth. Perhaps you changed their diapers, with nary a naughty thought at all. But at some stage, your soul knows that you once shared nakedness and innocent intimacies. Most folks suppress and forget. We few, we lucky few, unlock the gates of memory and revel in the sexual shock and release.
Really good erotica rarely involves one-nigh-stands or couples who barely know each other. Their familial relationship is almost always deep, close, and temporally extends to the birth of at least one of the partners. By the time you are 16, you know your parents VERY well, and even if unconsciously, you know they have seen you naked, have bathed you, have changed your diapers. Your siblings have either been with you since your birth, or you were there for their birth. Perhaps you changed their diapers, with nary a naughty thought at all. But at some stage, your soul knows that you once shared nakedness and innocent intimacies. Most folks suppress and forget. We few, we lucky few, unlock the gates of memory and revel in the sexual shock and release.
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Quote by nicola
Hi SD,
I've just done a test myself, and there seems to be a glitch with the new submission software ...
My recommendation to everyone, ...copy your story into notepad, or another flat file format editor first, ... your story should look correct.
Nicola
Nicola,
I always write my stories in either Notespad or Wordpad. I always save to normal text format (.txt).
The last story I published (Family Slut #4) was done that way, and copy & pasted into Lush. All the spaces after periods disappeared! After two attempts at editting, nothing changed!
Today, on a hunch, I went back to parts 1, 2 and 3 of the same story series. All the spaces after periods are gone! I KNOW they were there when I published them severl weeks ago. So, the problem may not be the submission SW, it may be your display SW.
BuddyBear (BB)