I agree with HollyShamrock. My philosophy is if the story can engage the reader emotionally first, so they can relate to, and care about the characters, then it enhances the erotic buildup you're trying to achieve. Length really doesn't matter when someone is enjoying it. Personally, even if a story isn't great grammatically, or the writing is unpolished, as long as I can feel some emotion from and for the characters, I'll enjoy it no matter what if the plot grabs me and I want to know how it ends. However, if it's full of details that really don't belong or add to the story in any way, i.e., meaningless fillers/dialogue, then I'll get bored quite quickly and be more critical no matter how good the sex scenes might be later on.
That said, it helps to "know thy audience" if you are writing for a particular group rather than for yourself. From my short time here on Lush so far, it seems like people either gravitate to down and dirty sex without too much info about the characters/situation, while others prefer stories like I do. It's not easy to please both camps, so I believe writers should just write what THEY like and can get passionate about, because that's where I believe the best writing comes from. :-)
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Xandria
Over 90 days ago
Straight Female, 51
Canada
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I don't always find it easy, but it can be very enjoyable. When I first started writing on another site, I flat out refused to delve into what I considered extremely explicit scenes/topics because I found them uncomfortable to write, even though I may have fantasized about them. Eventually, I decided I didn't like feeling fearful of exploring my darker, libidinous side in that way and reasoned I needed to try it at least once. Basically I turned it into a challenge for myself, dove in, and I'm very glad I did because, though it was like pulling teeth at first, there is something very liberating and erotic in writing about the taboo. Since then I've learned that fetishes or scenarios I used to avoid, can actually be fun to write and I was surprised to discover I can almost always find something erotic about them, which in turn makes it easier. Perhaps the most important thing for me turned out to be giving someone else pleasure from something I write, which is quite intoxicating just by itself. I suppose for me that's the biggest inspiration, and thus allows me to go where I might not go on my own.