Quote Originally Posted by GaryWilcox
Show, don't tell. Any fool can write BDSM. A good writer can make the experience exquisite.

Outline your work before you type. Know the beginning, the middle, and the end.
I'd respectfully disagree with Gary. I never outline my stories. Often I don't even know what's going to happen when I start to write. I'll just have a scene or an image in mind that I want to describe, and things will go from there.

My advice to you would be to read your ass off. And don't just read erotica and porn; in fact, avoid it. Get some books of good short stories and read them and study them. Find out how authors do things: how they write dialogue, how they describe characters, set scenes, establish moods. It's best to learn from the masters, and the truth is, there aren't very many masters in porn. It's best to go elsewhere for your lessons.

My other advice is that writing is only 30% writing. The rest is revising and rewriting and proofreading. No one gets the story right the first time. You've got to write hot, while the inspiration is on you, then set it aside and let it cool off for a couple of days and then go back to it and revise and correct it. You have a duty to your readers to make it as perfect as you possibly can. Readers can tell when they're being disrespected.

---dr.M.