I rarely write too much. Everything needs to be squeezed out of me. And it’s not so much the “inner editor” that gets in the way, but much like in person I don’t talk a lot, when I write I don’t write a lot. By nature I express things using very few words and with minimal background so especially with larger works I need to stretch.

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The fence is a good analogy. Although I prefer to write too much and cut the fluff later, sometimes it does work better to get it all out, and fill in the necessary parts later. At least then you’re done with something sooner– one of my biggest problems is getting bogged down and saying way too much. Sometimes I set things aside long before they’re finished because I’m writing too much.

I should learn something from the fence-building analogy, and from my own experience with the 3 Day Novel. Yes, it ended up half as long as a normal novel, but at least I finished a complete story in a very short time. It can either be a novella, or it can be filled out and become a full length novel.

The genre erotica, or adult fiction, is one that has a weak storyline, if any, and centres upon steamy lust.

Without the plot, but existing purely upon sexual encounters of the more outrageous kind, it is pornography.

I think it’s the people who want to write about sex but don’t want to be categorized as “porn” who try to generate the biggest kerfuffle, and understandably so as they try to build that separation and clarification. But it’s silly to get upset when the average person doesn’t already understand the separation. At least, in the current environment. If the person were a publisher or something it would be different.

But then what do overly explicit stories and audio books fall under? Is phone-sex a form of pornography? If someone takes a piece of ‘Erotica’ and finds it arousing enough to masturbate to… does it turn into Porn?

Hum… clearly I have no idea. But I say: just write! And I will read.

The posts so far are of the erotic nature; the erotic parts are passworded. I do have an almost complete romance novel that is undergoing revisions yet. As for recommendations, I don’t really have any? Other than Jane Austen. To me the genre is quite wide open and what works for one person may not even be worth considering for someone else.

Despite my own writings, I’ve never indulged in a romance novel in my life. Probably because I’m young and would feel weird checking one out. Do you have any favorites or recommendations for new readers?

And the Seven Mommies one was in my personal top five too.