Hi! I was wondering if you happen to have any advice for writing smut that *doesnāt* sound like a teenager posting to Wattpad? š
before we start, Iād like to say that these are all just what I personally do with my writing / how I personally write. these are not ārulesā and if you disagree with them, that is totally fine!
also, thereās going to be explicit language moving forward so you may scroll past this post if (written) porn isnāt your thing! 18+ content ahead!
letās begin with the focus of your story. instead of focusing solely on āthe actionā, you can try focusing on āthe feelingsā too. how the characters are feeling as theyāre being intimate with each other. in other words, instead of focusing on the āphysicalā aspects, try focusing on the āemotional / mentalā parts and the āfeelingsā too. so that your characters also feel something else that isnāt just shallow arousal (obviously, thereās nothing wrong with being so horny that nothing else matters, if thatās your goals then go for it, what Iām saying is sometimes sex can be about something else that isnāt merely the act of coupling, if you get what I mean? the āporn with feelingsā tag on AO3 is there for a reason and, yes, porn with feelings can get you just as aroused if not more!)
for instance, instead of āhe roughly shoved his entire dick inside her pussy, grabbed her boob with one hand, the other steadied her hip, before he started thrusting and moaningā. you could try āhe wasnāt being gentle when he pushed his length inside, feeling her body yield and surrender, engulfing him in one confident thrust. with one hand on her breast, the other on her hip to keep her still, he began moving, making love and declaring to his wife his fidelity in an ecstatic moan.ā
how you describe your charactersā private parts affects the mood / vibes your readers get from your work too. I personally prefer using ācock / cuntā to ādick / pussyā because for me, the first set of pairing sounds sexier, more raw and more āmatureā, while the latter just gives off the vibes of horny and mindless teenagers instead, which might only be a personal opinion and preference of mine!
that being said, the trick is that you donāt always have to use the exact, direct words over and over again while talking about the genitals. using ācockā sounds sexy and all, but using the word ācockā three times in the same sentence can feel like youāre trying a little too hard to make your readers know this is smut. they already know. and they know what the character is stroking.
sometimes the trick lies in the implication and indirectness of how you describe your scenes. sometimes it sounds more hot to, instead of directly saying what the characters are doing, use implication and metaphor to tell your readers what the characters are doing.
for instance, instead of āhe pushed his big, big cock inside her and felt the walls of her cunt squeeze his cock, so he stayed still for a while to savor the feeling of her cunt around his cock before he started moving his cockā you could say something like āhe pushed himself inside her, feeling the warmth of her around his length and opting to keep still to savor as much as he could of her tightness before he started thrusting.ā
or, instead of āhis cock was so huge it made her mouth waterā it could be āthe promise of godhood between his legs elicited from within her the hunger she never knew existedā
yes, smut is about sex. but sex can also be about other feelings besides arousal. sex can be about vulnerability, the complete trust one gives their partner. it can be about surrendering and submitting yourself to someone. it can be about dominating and controlling someone. it can be about pain and betrayal. it can be about hatred. it can even be about grief and mourning. just in case you want to throw in some feelings or angst and in case you want to describe your scenes with something else that isnāt just mindless arousal.
(again, smut with nothing but mindless arousal isnāt bad. thereās nothing wrong with smut just being smut with no other feelings involved. so this isnāt me saying you have to throw some emotions and depth into your porn, obviously. smut can be just smut and thatās fun and hot enough, and if thatās your thing then you do you. I will always be rooting for you.)
the two most important things while writing smut ā as well as anything else that isnāt smut ā are 1.) write whatever you want for you and 2.) practice makes perfect.
keep writing. your smut doesnāt have to be perfect the first time you write it, and thatās okay. thatās normal. the most skilled writer out there started out terrible at what they wrote, but the nature of writing is that you get better the more you write.
the first smut I wrote was about 8 years ago and it was terrible. and thatās fine. Iāve come a long way since. the point is: keep writing and writing and writing and you will keep getting better and better and better.
keep writing whatever you want to write, and have fun, thatās the key.
