Lesson 1: What is Erotica?
Choosing Sensual Words
Now that we have established what erotica is and is not, we must look at how we convey the images that are sexually stimulating to the readers. One of the most important ways of conveying erotic images is through the choice of sexy, stimulating words, and these words are generally not clinical, anatomical terminology. Phrases that paint an erotic picture include the following:
His touched awakened feelings she had suppressed for so long.
Her hands blazed a trail down over his bare chest.
His brooding eyes were so intense…
The swelling bulge in the front of his faded Levi’s left nothing to the imagination.
His damp hair was pasted to his forehead, as the beads of perspiration formed on his brow.
Her tongue slipped between his lips and danced around his.
Her low-cut blouse exposed the mounds of soft female flesh.
She groaned as the waves of pleasure swept through her.
Her husky voice aroused him, even before he got a glimpse of her soft, feminine curves.
His tumescent tool jutted from his groin in all its youthful splendor.
YOUR TURN
Use the following words to create erotica images of your own, just like the examples above:
Coarse
Decadent
Furtive
Hunger
Innocent
Lubricate
Mesmerized
Organ
Pacify
Scorching
Secluded
Shuddered
Strip
Tantalize
Tempt
Throbbing
Whisper
Writhe
Yearn
YOUR TURN
Try a very short story, approximately one page in length. Use the words above or the phrases you have already created. Put your characters in the park, on a beach, or in a motel room. But, remember that the object of this assignment is to learn to produce a sensual, erotic image in the minds of your readers. Don’t get too stressed about making the setting or the characters perfect. We will cover this in more detail in a later lesson. This assignment is about painting a sensual picture in the minds of your readers.
