For a long time, I was just an avid reader of Literotica. Then one day, when I couldn't find a new story that interested me, I decided to write my own.
At the time of writing this, I have published 85 stories. Of course, I think that they are all wonderful, but it's you, the reader, that judges them. And, as always, I respect the ratings that you have given them, even when it's lower than what I was expecting. But overall, I've been pleased with the ratings and comments my stories have received.
Because I've written a lot of stories, I feel that I'm able to offer advice to budding writers. The following, not in any particular order, is that advice!
(1) Jump in.
Don't hesitate, write your first story. It might not be good, but it's a start. And the next one will be easier to write, and will probably be better.
(2) The story.
You don't need to have planned out the whole of the story before you start writing. Most times, I only have a rough idea of the storyline. It develops as I write. Sometimes when I start, it's only the first few lines that have been planned. The key thing is to start.
(3) Write what you like to read.
That should help to make the story believable. And write in a style that you are comfortable with. Hopefully, the readers will like the way you write your stories.
(4) It should be more than just sex.
Continuous sex scenes, no matter how well-written, make the story boring. A good story should have pages that are nothing to do with sex. Many of my stories have more pages like that, than there are pages that have a sexual content. And put some humour into your story, the readers like that.
(5) Size matters!
And it does for the length of your story. My first stories were short, but now I make them at least 6k, and ideally longer. For me, 7.5k is a good length.
(6) Let the reader use their imagination.
A good story has a lot of detail, but sometimes it's best to leave it vague, so that the reader can put their own interpretation on it. For example, I might simply describe a woman as being beautiful, or having a gorgeous body. The reader will then imagine them in their own way, with what they regard as being beautiful and gorgeous. And I'll say that a woman has large breasts, rather than say she is 38DD. When you give numbers, and say they are large, you'll get comments disagreeing with you.
'38DD large, don't make me laugh. My Sister is 46FF'.
Though I quite often have big cocks in my stories, and I'll say their length, perhaps 8 or 9 inches. They say, write what you know, but in my case, regarding cocks, I write about what I'd like to have!
(7) Say the same thing in different ways.
It makes the text more interesting. For example, I will sometimes use the following for clit. Pebble, pearl, lump, jewel.
'She moaned when I polished her little pearl'.
(8) Ratings.
Most people will give you a fair rating, even if the topic isn't their favourite one. Of course, there are spiteful readers out there who enjoy giving stories a 1, just because they can. However, most are what the reader genuinely believes your story is worth. So if the rating of your story is low, then take notice. Your writing needs to improve!
(9) Comments - Always read them.
These provide valuable feedback, but only if they give some detail. Ones like, 'Worst story I have ever read', are no help at all. But ones like, 'Awful story, the characters weren't realistic. And the sex scenes were rushed', are helpful. They give you something to think about.
