Hello!
My name is Layne Smyth and I'm a new writer to this genre. I've always been a big fan of trans gendered fiction, and I'm finally taking the dive into writing. To be honest I got into the genre by reading some rather racy work on this site and others, but I'm not particularly interested in writing "erotica". I would like my stories to reach the largest audience possible while still retaining a bit of erotic flare, so I'm asking the community for help. My first story had some racy moments in the end, but I cut them and simply alluded to what was happening. This is something I feel that I can get away with sometimes, but I'd love to have a character get involved with sex but not have it run into "explicit" territory.
How is this exactly done? Is it in the descriptions, the tone or simply the length? Can a woman "touch herself", or can a man "thrust"? If my male character becomes a woman, can I describe what she sees in the mirror after a shower? I know that many of the answers fall into the old saying "I know it when I see it", but as a writer sometimes I either stop way short, or cross the line unknowingly. I'd love to hear back from the community about this, and I look forward to getting to know people here a little better.
Layne Smyth
Comments
What man wouldn't ,
What man wouldn't , especially if it was accidental ! You can keep it pg or not, your choice, you don't have to get carried away.
Same thing with servicing a man. Really get into it, or just generally refer to the process, again, your choice.
Just change the rating. Hoped this helped. 8-)
Karen
One Suggestion
Write a good story that just happens to include erotica as a natural part of it.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
find yourself
Some authors are good at creating characters, others excel at great plots, some describe wardrobe in exquisite detail, some do erotica well. Try it all, find your strengths, find what you enjoy writing, and share your efforts.
if you read Bailey Summers' work
he manages to make lovemaking both erotic and emotional.
Me, I tend to hint and leave things to the reader to imagine
Welcome
Welcome, for my part I would say
Some of the tags could be those
or some others way to tell the reader if they want to read it or not.
Hug tmf
Peace and Love
You can have "erotic" without explicit...
... but it depends on where you, the writer, feel comfortable. Example, the couple comes home after a romantic evening out, some slow dancing in the living room to music on the radio or a favorite slow jazz CD that progresses to kissing and under the clothes petting, then let the whole scene fade to black as one leads the other into the bedroom.
Or... you can bring the audience into the bedroom, describe the disrobing, special attention being paid on any particular place(s) or feature, then shifting attention to the reaction of person on the receiving side. Let the audience see her panties being drawn down, then focus on the reactions/emotions as the action continues "off camera".
Hope this helps, Layne.
Welcome to BCTS. You'll enjoy your time here.
Thanks!
A lot of really good insight in the comments, and I appreciate everyone helping a new writer out.
This site may help...
In my online wandering, one of the most informative sites I found was the " The Erotica Readers & Writers Association Blog " found at: http://erotica-readers.blogspot.com/" . Lots of info and ideas.
Hope it helps you and others.
Sapphire
Thanks for the pointer
Thanks for the pointer, Sapphire.
A question
I happened to notice all your stories over on TG Storytime have had TGTrinity added as an author tag. Was this intentional? Asking here since I don't have an account over there (or anywhere, really) to ask with.
Yep.
Layne Smyth and TGTrinity are both pen names that I use, but I'm retiring "Layne" in favor of keeping the stores in one family. Originally it was to keep the "Explicit" stories of TGTrinity separated from the more everyday stories of "Layne", but now that I'm doing commissioned work it seems silly to separate the two.