So the topic of smut writing came up earlier today and I’m just reaching out into Tumblr land to see if I can gather up thoughts on how all of you out there started writing sexy times.
Share with me your stories! The behind the scenes on your journey to smut writing!
How did you feel about writing smut BEFORE you actually started writing it? Were you nervous or did you just jump in? Do you ever get self-conscious about what you’re writing? Do you have a “go-to” formula and/or kink?
So on and so forth.
Speak to me! I’m curious!
Re: Smutfic. I got into fandom very late. Like 34. I read a lot of smutfic before i ever started writing it.
My fanfic journey pretty much went Jack Harkness> Torchwood> Sherlock, as far as reading it is concerned. I was a little nervous at first, but considering the first thing i wrote for Sherlock was a threesome, I pretty much just went in with both feet. Aside from a wee bit of Janto, I’m pretty sure Sherlock was the first fandom I wrote smut for.
I do get self conscious sometimes. I’ve been known to mutter “I am so going to hell for this.” But at this point most of the embarrassment is gone. Though I do struggle with feeling like I’m “just” a smut writer and not important.
What tends to be essential to me, even in a 700 word pwp, is that there’s some emotion involved. Tab A to Slot B gets boring, and even if you kink it up, there still needs to be a reason why these two (or three or four) are going at it. Same reason why I’m a multishipper. Give me a reason why these two would work. Though I don’t generally take much convincing.
There’s no real go-to (though maybe my readers have noticed stuff I haven’t). I’ll pretty much take a crack at writing most kinks.
My personal golden rule for writing is simply “Does this make sense?” Am I keeping track of what limbs are where and who is doing what? Does it make sense for these characters to be doing this now? If it is a little OOC, is there a reason why? Stuff like that.
Have I rambled enough? Questions?