Creating Sexual Tension in Your Erotic Stories sexy couple
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In erotic fiction stories, it’s a given that the main character(s) is going to have sex. After all, it isn’t the “if” that’s driving readers to consume your story, it’s the “when”, “where”, “how”, and “with whom”. Creating sexual tension before sex commences, therefore, is important for keeping your readers engaged and titillated. Sexual tension
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Revealing Backstory in Your Erotic Fiction Story girl with bows and arrows
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One of the more challenging aspects of writing a great erotic fiction story is revealing backstory. At some point or another, the reader will need to learn information about the character or the situation in order for the story to make sense. Oftentimes, this is stuff that happened in the past which contributed to the
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5 Erotica Writing Tips for Beginners rites of lust book
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People have been writing erotica for centuries (The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, anyone?). In the last decade or so, though, the stigma attached to erotica writing has faded enough that it is now a billion dollar industry. People are producing erotic fiction stories that include anything from heteronorm male/female interactions to sexual interludes that include
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Plotting Your Erotic Fiction Stories plotting your erotic story
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I read a lot of erotic fiction stories, or at least I try to. As an erotica writer, I firmly believe that reading stories written by other writers helps me improve my own craft. Deconstructing good and bad stories shows me which writing techniques work and which ones are likely to result in my story
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Writing Erotica Blog Content that Makes Readers Stick Around love keyboard
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By far the most common question I see raised in blog forums is how to get people to visit a blog. There are tons of ways you can market your site and drive traffic to your erotica blog. But it’s not getting people to your blog that you should be worried about. It’s keeping them
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Can You Make Money Writing Blogs About Erotica? one dollar bill
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I see it happen so many times that it’s almost become cliché. Erotica writers listen, doe eyed, to stories of super successful probloggers who have managed to carve out a six-figure income writing about different topics. They get the idea that they can make money writing blogs about erotica and promptly launch a Blogger blog
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