The Sexential Guide to Writing Erotic Literature

By Josephine Scott

Ever fancied writing something erotic? Lots of people have done, but how do you go about it?

Let Josephine Scott walk you though some delicious thoughts and processes and guide you on the right pathway. Who knows your imagination might take over and before you know it - you are a world-beating best-selling erotic writer!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fiction4All
• Release date: Dec 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005870676

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THE SEXENTIAL GUIDE

TO WRITING EROTIC LITERATURE

Josephine Scott

Published by Fiction4All at Smashwords

Copyright 2020 Josephine Scott

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Author’s Note: All characters in this adult guide to writing are at least 18 years of age.

Chapter One

What It’s All About

Josephine Scott sat in her small office, computer running, cursor waiting patiently for its on screen travels.

Outside the wind blew strongly, bringing February clouds and greyness to the afternoon. Here and there crocus made a brave show, daffodils promising brightness, green shoots and buds, the forthcoming spring.

In the confines of the office there was a quiet sense of desperation… ‘How do I tell people about writing erotica…?’ she asked the blank, waiting screen.

The computer had no answer, but the young man did; the one who materialised and sat in the chair opposite her.

‘You start at the beginning and show me how to do it.’

She took in the good looks, lean body, muscled arms, strong thighs and the bulge in the tight jeans.

‘For you it will be a pleasure.’

‘Good." He settled down in the chair. ‘That’s just what I wanted to hear.’

Chapter Two

Making the Most of Your Sex Life

Now there’s a title for a chapter… But why not? I’ve been doing it for a good many years now and it’s afforded me a lot of fun. It’ll be good to show others what a pleasure it can be.

It began when I read a ‘how to’ book on writing, which said ‘write of what you know.’

I looked around and thought… I know sex, especially one particular aspect of sex, so why not write about it?

My first story sold the first time it was submitted. I wrote and marketed more stories, then articles and later novellas, finally venturing into books.

You can do the same. The internet has opened up a huge world (and potential market) for all writers.

Sex is something which interests all of us, either as voyeurs, participants or both. We have strong opinions on it, whether they be feminist, chauvinist, anti sex or pro.

Answer the following questions honestly. That’s one of the first things to remember, in sex there is only a small amount of room for make-believe. Something that intimate, that personal, has to be based on truth, or it all falls apart.

A few questions should help set you on the right pathway.

How do you feel about sex in TV dramas? Is there too much/too little?

Should it be kept after the 10pm watershed and not the 9 pm?

What about strong language, which invariably describes the sexual act? Do you use it. or not?

Do you read it with shock and outrage or do you treat it as part of the English language? Much has changed over the years, what used to shock doesn’t seem to matter, people are not as shockable as they used to be, but there are still those