Erotica author of the "Tales of Lust" series, "Dirty Cops", "Berlin Heat", "Naked Circus" – and many more …
Some years ago, I took a trip to the former mental asylum in Charenton, the final residence of the Marquis de Sade, but was not able to enter the buildings. Yesterday’s Sadean pilgrimage to the Château de Vincennes on the outskirts of Paris was more successful.
“What works on the page differs from what you experience in real life. If I wrote my best sexual encounters down, I would not be able to convey the chemistry and the sensations that made them great. Erotic writing needs what I like to call a “scenario” and a different kind of sexual tension.”
Do we really need more “rules for writing”? No – I’m sure we don’t. And so – here are mine.
Many writers report that they sometimes suffer from the dreaded “writer’s block”, and I have a technique – well, two techniques in fact – that has often helped me.
Having an outline of the story you’re writing, allows you to jump between chapters. And if you write the ending at exactly the right time, it can work as powerful catalyst, motivating you to fill in the rest of the story.