Seven Erotic Writing Tips

1. Begin by writing about what you know.  This will act like a starting off point and new ideas will come once you get a few paragraphs finished.

2. Write about what you like:  what he/she says, what he/she does that you like or would like.

3. Write about what you dream, envision, and or fantasy about.  Again, this will act like a starting off point and allow you to begin writing an erotic story, slowly the characters will take shape.

4. Write with details to create an environment the reader can put him or herself in, whether it is the color of the shirt she wore or how she smelled.

5. Write with your five senses:  what you heard, smelled, saw, felt, and even how she or he tasted.

6. Have fun while writing, make the story come to life with dialogue and conversations.

7. Don't try to impress, rather let the writing or story stand for itself

Extract from Interview with Louise Cusack, Erotica Writer

I do get strange impulses, though, and writing is good for me because I've got a creative outlet for all the things that come into my head. I don't have to upset my life by doing them. I make up these men and have mad passionate affairs as the character, and at the end of the day turn the computer off and have a cold shower. It makes me a safer person to be around.

A lot of erotic writers write romance as well. A new word has been coined: 'romantica'. The erotic short stories are a titillating thing. You're trying to create a physical emotion. When people read Stephen King their heart pounds, or they read Danielle Steele and they're crying. It's OK to make people scared and make people cry -- why isn't it OK to make people aroused?

I do like writing erotic sex. If I finish writing a sex scene and I don't feel all hot and bothered, then I didn't do it right. (That doesn't happen often!)

Source:  Writing On The Web