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Promises, Progress and Payoff...

...in Erotica. Using PPP to check a story's flow.

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More on Haiku: Suchness

Consider suchness, is it even in the dictionary?

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Style and Mentality Pt. 03

Elements and Conventions of Storytelling

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On Female Names in Lit. Stories

Fun, if flawed, research on female names by category on Lit.

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How to Write a Good Story?

What to do to achieve that!

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Down, Boy!

Writing the Alpha Male in contemporary fiction.

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Feedback Frenzy...

...or how I learned to stop worrying and love trolls.

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Do You Bonk, Shag or Screw?

The trials of writing for an international story website.

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Erotic Haiku

the often delicate beauty of erotic haiku.

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Giving and Taking Lit. Feedback

Advice tidbits on giving/ taking Literotica writing advice.

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How to Write Romance

The secret formula. (Sssh!)

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Writing Real Sex

The answer to "How Do You Write Such HOT Sex Scenes?"

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How To Break the Literotica Toplist

The formula in each category.

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I Wrote a Story - Now What?

Some observations by a new writer.

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My Take on Writing a Female Orgasm

Descriptive orgasm examples & words to consider.

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My Take on Blowing With Words

Different examples of writing blowjobs for erotic stories.

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Letter to the Author(s)

Apology to writers I've edited.

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How to Fuck Without Saying 'Fuck'

Using erotic synonyms with your writing.

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How to Develop a Good Story 01

How to Improve Ratings and Story Structure.

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Writing Sex Scenes

Elements to consider when writing sex scenes.

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Write Your Head Around This

The power of the senses.

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Editing One's Work

Discusses using a text to speech program as an editing tool.

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A Plea for Accuracy and Truthfulness

A 'How to' for writers of erotica.

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How To Plot Flash Fiction

Very short fiction still needs a plot.

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Writing FETISH Fiction

Fetish fiction ISN'T Kink fiction.

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Dialogue: The Eternal Problem

Why is dialogue in stories so often real crap?

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How to Write Good Sex Scenes

A brief list of examples and observations for better sex

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Lactation Is Sexy As Hell

How to make the fantasy sound real.

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Pimp Your PCs

Get them to tell you they love your "work".

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Then vs Than

Learning the English language, one word at a time.

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How to Improve Your Writing By Choosing the Right Words

How word choice can improve your erotic writing.

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"He's Gotten Laid": Proper Grammar

Proper use of apostrophes, among other things.

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How To Be a Happy Hooker

How writers can be better, happier hookers - with examples.

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Getting Your Characters Pregnant

A writer's guide to breeding.

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The Art of Writing Smut

It's not as easy as it looks, but is a lot of fun.

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Entering a Themed Literotica Contest

How to decide whether to enter a themed Literotica contest.

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Why I Will Read Your Work

A "catch-all" review for authors about improving writing.

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How to Give Characters Random Names

A surprisingly simple & effective name generator.

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Fifty Words? How To

Non-erotic version of How To Write a Fifty-Word Story.

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More on Haiku: Books

Helpful reading on haiku.

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Creating Effective Scenes

How to make your writing a more compelling read.

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Elements of Literary Erotica

A discussion of writing the best literary story you can.

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Self-Review for Literotica

Honing your story for submission yourself.

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How to Format on Lit

Most of us don't know this stuff.

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Practical Writing / Story Telling 03

Hunting, gathering ideas and drawing up a skeleton.

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Writing Sci-Fi

A brief guide for aspiring authors.

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Creating Believable Characters Ch. 01

Creating believable characters your readers will love.

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How to be Prolific

Strategies for writing A LOT.

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Practical Writing / Story Telling 01

Introduction: one author's views on writing erotica.

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Are You Fishing...

Are You Fishing for Literary Inspiration?

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Writing Messy Tales

A reflection on some challenges of erotic writing.

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More on Haiku: Nature & Kigo

Historically, nature has been a prime facet.

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Using Sex to Tell a Story

A study on how Cabin Fever uses sex to tell a complex story.

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How to Write Interracial Cuckoldry Stories

Tips for writing stories in Interracial cuckoldry theme

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How NOT to Write

A reverse How to Guide.

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Doggerel for Dummies

If it's fun to read it & to write it - give it a try!

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Writing Porn From The Heart

Confessions about writing.

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How to Submit a Text with Audio Story

The final steps to submitting a Text with Audio story.

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How to Record a Text with Audio Story

Instructions on submitting text with audio to Lit.

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Penis Size - Separating the Boys from the Men

Keeping the complainers quiet and authors realistic.

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Practical Writing / Story Telling 02

One author's views on classical story structure.

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Words, Words, Words

Language, and its use in erotic literature.

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Happy Endings

...and why it's good to avoid them.

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How to Write for a Text with Audio

Writing for a Text with Audio submission on Literotica.

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On Writing Celebrity Fantasies

Advice on how to pen the best celebrity stories.

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A Crash Course in Grammar

A little English Grammar that won't cure your insomnia.

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