Constance Daley's Blog - Posts Tagged "imagination"
Actually, a Picture Isn't Always Worth a Thousand Words
Let's be honest, there's a lot of poorly written erotica available on the internet. Perhaps you even think my stories fit into that category. I read a lot of those stories, partially to check out the competition, but also because I enjoy erotica, both writing it and reading it. The thing I've discovered is that a story that is right up my alley is likely to be a hit for me, just because reading about it makes me think about it, and thinking about it turns me on. So long as the writing is not so bad that I can't follow the action, I'm going to be at least a little happy.
This is a major advantage erotica has over porn. All erotica needs to do is get me thinking my own sexy thoughts, and everything will usually work itself out. Porn, on the other hand, by trying to do all the work for you puts a huge burden on itself because it runs the risk of being unarousing. When I read, I get to picture the protagonist, and I can make her as attractive or unattractive as I like. I can give her any body I want, as real or as fake as I prefer. Porn doesn't have this luxury. Each scene uses a real person, and the real person can rarely hope to actually fit the fantasy of the viewer.
For example, I recently published my first story that involves lactation. For some people this is an instant turnoff, and I respect that. For some other people it's a major turn-on, and I'd like to go ahead and direct those people to the story in question, Milking the Budget (yes, that's more shameless self-promotion; for someone who writes stories about shaming characters, I don't necessarily have a strong sense of it myself). When reading the story, there is just enough leeway to shape it to your own fantasy. The two young men can look however you want them to, or not have any look at all.
If you were casting such a movie, the potential choices for the star would be very limited. There are only so many women willing (and able) to lactate on film, and even fewer who will do it as part of an erotic film. There's no guarantee any of those women will be attractive, have nice breasts, or any of a number of other potential issues. If the fantasy is for the woman to be fit and trim, you're also limited because women breastfeeding still might have their baby weight. There are so many potential issues that erotica doesn't have.
In the story, everything is within your control. It is up to you just how much milk you imagine is expressed, whether to think about what it looks like or feels like coming out. For some people, watching an actual video of it happening might not fit their fancy, because it might not look like how they like to fantasize it looks. Because of all of this, even a well-made movie on the subject has so many ways it can go wrong, where a poorly written story, so long as it's not gibberish, can still work.
I think about this a lot because I have a few friends who believe that men don't read erotica, and I don't know if that's true. Obviously Milking the Budget is an extreme example of something that might not work so well on film, but this actually applies to almost anything. Unfortunately, I've got to get some work done today or I'll feel like a bad girl, so I'll have to pick this subject up at another time. Keep an eye out for Part II of this blog, coming soon.Milking the Budget
This is a major advantage erotica has over porn. All erotica needs to do is get me thinking my own sexy thoughts, and everything will usually work itself out. Porn, on the other hand, by trying to do all the work for you puts a huge burden on itself because it runs the risk of being unarousing. When I read, I get to picture the protagonist, and I can make her as attractive or unattractive as I like. I can give her any body I want, as real or as fake as I prefer. Porn doesn't have this luxury. Each scene uses a real person, and the real person can rarely hope to actually fit the fantasy of the viewer.
For example, I recently published my first story that involves lactation. For some people this is an instant turnoff, and I respect that. For some other people it's a major turn-on, and I'd like to go ahead and direct those people to the story in question, Milking the Budget (yes, that's more shameless self-promotion; for someone who writes stories about shaming characters, I don't necessarily have a strong sense of it myself). When reading the story, there is just enough leeway to shape it to your own fantasy. The two young men can look however you want them to, or not have any look at all.
If you were casting such a movie, the potential choices for the star would be very limited. There are only so many women willing (and able) to lactate on film, and even fewer who will do it as part of an erotic film. There's no guarantee any of those women will be attractive, have nice breasts, or any of a number of other potential issues. If the fantasy is for the woman to be fit and trim, you're also limited because women breastfeeding still might have their baby weight. There are so many potential issues that erotica doesn't have.
In the story, everything is within your control. It is up to you just how much milk you imagine is expressed, whether to think about what it looks like or feels like coming out. For some people, watching an actual video of it happening might not fit their fancy, because it might not look like how they like to fantasize it looks. Because of all of this, even a well-made movie on the subject has so many ways it can go wrong, where a poorly written story, so long as it's not gibberish, can still work.
I think about this a lot because I have a few friends who believe that men don't read erotica, and I don't know if that's true. Obviously Milking the Budget is an extreme example of something that might not work so well on film, but this actually applies to almost anything. Unfortunately, I've got to get some work done today or I'll feel like a bad girl, so I'll have to pick this subject up at another time. Keep an eye out for Part II of this blog, coming soon.Milking the Budget
