What makes erotic fiction erotic? Practically anything, if
you're in the mood. A Dickens novel can be erotic. You just need to imagine all the things that
he doesn't mention. A writer of erotic
fiction develops ways to move story and character development along sexually
interesting lines.
To me, it isn't erotic just to say people had sex. "He
fucked her hard" doesn't do it for me. Erotic writing, like the erotic intervals
in our lives, depends more on mood and circumstance than on barnyard
descriptions of copulation.
In the next few blogs, I'll talk about story elements I use
to keep the tone of the story steeped in eroticism.
Naked people are erotic. Especially highly attractive,
immediately available naked people. In
my stories, the point-of-view character either is naked from the first line of
the story or gets that way as soon as possible.
My characters undress at the slightest excuse, and stay that way for so
long that they sometimes forget where they put their clothes. It's true that a scantily dressed body—in dishabille—can
be sexier than a naked one. But my characters seldom manage to remain even
partially dressed for long. If they are wearing clothes, the outfit is usually
hot.
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