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On Writing Rhythm of the Night
I like vampires. I find vampires inherently sexy. But when it came time to write a vampire story, I was stumped. In fact, I struggled with it for days before I finally figured out what I wanted to do, mostly because I went about it the wrong way.
When I decided I wanted to write some erotic stories for Halloween (which is my favorite holiday, by the way), I knew that I had to include at least one vampire story and one werewolf story. There were two reasons for that. One, I think that it's hard to do Halloween without those things. Two, I'm hoping that those two archetypes sell. A girl has to be at least a little pragmatic. I sat down to write the vampire story first, even going so far as to open a file in Microsoft Word called Vampire. I then proceeded to stare at the blank screen and write nothing.
The problem was that I was trying to think of any interesting new twist on vampires, and I was failing miserably. Every time I came up with something, I'd remember another movie or book that already did it. Vampires are so common in literature and film that it seems almost every permutation on them has already been explored, and that left me in a bind. I try to write my stories around a hook, around a scenario that is interesting to the reader. But I couldn't find my hook.
The key was when I talked the issue over with my spouse, who was kind enough to ask me what was hot about vampires in the first place. What was it about them that makes a girl wet? Suddenly the whole story came to me, mostly because it wasn't really a story. It was a vampire distilled down to what has always drawn me to them, breaking them down to the very essence of their erotic pull. I didn't need a story, I didn't need a hook. All I needed was my own fantasy of vampire sex, and that is what I shared with the world as Rhythm of the Night - A Tale of Vampire Seduction.
The funny thing is, now that I'm past the sex scene, I'm starting to get an idea for a story that fits those two characters. I'm just not sure if it's something I want to write or not. There's something perfect about leaving them as they are, in their one perfect moment. But sometimes a writer can't control herself, and has to move the characters on.Rhythm of the Night - A Tale Of Vampire Seduction
When I decided I wanted to write some erotic stories for Halloween (which is my favorite holiday, by the way), I knew that I had to include at least one vampire story and one werewolf story. There were two reasons for that. One, I think that it's hard to do Halloween without those things. Two, I'm hoping that those two archetypes sell. A girl has to be at least a little pragmatic. I sat down to write the vampire story first, even going so far as to open a file in Microsoft Word called Vampire. I then proceeded to stare at the blank screen and write nothing.
The problem was that I was trying to think of any interesting new twist on vampires, and I was failing miserably. Every time I came up with something, I'd remember another movie or book that already did it. Vampires are so common in literature and film that it seems almost every permutation on them has already been explored, and that left me in a bind. I try to write my stories around a hook, around a scenario that is interesting to the reader. But I couldn't find my hook.
The key was when I talked the issue over with my spouse, who was kind enough to ask me what was hot about vampires in the first place. What was it about them that makes a girl wet? Suddenly the whole story came to me, mostly because it wasn't really a story. It was a vampire distilled down to what has always drawn me to them, breaking them down to the very essence of their erotic pull. I didn't need a story, I didn't need a hook. All I needed was my own fantasy of vampire sex, and that is what I shared with the world as Rhythm of the Night - A Tale of Vampire Seduction.
The funny thing is, now that I'm past the sex scene, I'm starting to get an idea for a story that fits those two characters. I'm just not sure if it's something I want to write or not. There's something perfect about leaving them as they are, in their one perfect moment. But sometimes a writer can't control herself, and has to move the characters on.Rhythm of the Night - A Tale Of Vampire Seduction
