never ever have i ever felt so....

[vaudevilles]

Oh dear GOD. How do people get over the embarrassment factor enough to send PWPs to their betas? Let alone to actually *post* them?

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[turps33]

Now you know how I feel sending the porn stuff to you ;)

[vaudevilles]

Oh MY GOD. Terri! I'm so sorry! What have I done to you?

*blushes bright pink*

[turps33]

What, apart from helping me improve as a writer?

Seriously. You don't judge me when I sent you pure pwp stuff, quite the opposite. So remember how you feel when you get a story like that to beta, because the person you send yours to will feel exactly the same.

It'll be fantastic, and I'm sure they'll love getting it.

[vaudevilles]

Oh yeah. Ha!

But my usual beta is MY FLATMATE and I CAN'T. I'm thinking of banning her from reading it actually.

Maybe I'll just post it un-beta'd.

[svilleficrecs]

1. Make sure your fannish identity is COMPLETELY separate from your real life identity, or as sure as you can.

2. Remember that when you read PWPs by others, you don't automatically thing "Oh, she likes to lick buttholes too, that dirty girl", you think, "Yay smut!"

3. Think of it like any other story with any other action scene, only in this case, the action is sexual.

[vaudevilles]

Oh that's EXCELLENT advice! And um. Yes. *clutches #2 with desperation*

it did not surprise me that this comment went over length pt 1

[svilleficrecs]

I mean, it's easy for me to say "just think of it as any other story", but I've been writing stories with hardcore smut for years. And the thing to remember is, it's not (or it doesn't have to be) "A SEX SCENE" where the storyline stops and we go through a set pattern of arousal, plateau, climax, resolution, afterglow, and then the story starts again. The introduction of arousal or erections or hands-down-pants or dirty-butthole-pleasures doesn't automatically render the scene or the story this seperate, discrete (discreet?) entity. It's not flip the switch to dirty sex mode, now switch it back

longass comment, pt 2

[svilleficrecs]

And the thing I figured out this year (yay, more unsolicited advice) is that a lot of times, when you think of something and get that knee jerk "OMG, that's too much, even for you, what are you THINKING, you can't have them do THAT" and want to back off... that wincing, "nice girls don't write about THOSE actions and emotions" reflex is flag of something powerfully interesting or emotional or real. Sometimes, your muse *is* just being silly and going too far (or trying to indulge your personal kink for being held down, or whatever, for the umpteenth time

[china_shop]

With difficulty. But it gets much much much easier with time. :-)

[vaudevilles]

Heh! I guess you'd know *giggles and bows before experience*

I've just written 4,200 words of smut. Pure and simple. *boggles*

[china_shop]

Hee! Is that the GSF? Were there tentacles?

[vaudevilles]

It is. Sans tentacles, tails and anyone's mom (and there is no 'this time' attached to that sentence).

[puszysty]

*is ignorant* What's a PWP?

[turlough]

Plot? What Plot? Basically smut without story :-)

[puszysty]

Thanks. (sounds like fun!) I need like a fandom abbreviation dictionary or something.

[turlough]

This hasn't been updated in a couple of years but it covers a lot of the more common abreviations and terms I think.

[morebliss]

Just close your eyes and think of the sex. Won't anyone think of the sex? The sex deserves to be "out there".

[vaudevilles]

*giggles*

You are such a thoughtful individual - it's a marvel and a wonder to see.

*waves hi*