Learn not what to do (Over 18s only)

There's an awful lot of bad writing out there: Thanks to the internet it's never been so easy to 'vanity publish'. The worst of it seems to be 'erotica'.

Go and read some internet stories, especially where the writer is too interested in getting his rocks off to think. You'll lean what to avoid.

What do you mean by "Over 18s only"?

Go to Fur Affinity, and read a random story designated "adult." If it's actually good, read another by a different author—you probably won't get lucky twice in succession.

(Then again, I still maintain that Fur Affinity is an excellent source of good ideas written badly, which you can then appropriate and improve.)

This smells bashy.

That advice was fine up until you said:

edited 8th Feb '12 1:56:16 PM by TheGloomer

: Ditto. I shall holler.

Bashy?

By over 18s I mean I'm telling people to read erotica!

So many start with something like "Jane was 25, 5 foot 5, with 34C breasts, her naturally slim hips..." then every person who enters the story gets a minute description Sorry is this a 'police wanted' call for officers in possession of a tape measure?

Also in reference about using 'said' or alternatives. "A" he said "B" she said "C" he said "D" she said "E" he said "F" she said "G" he said "B" she said

edited 8th Feb '12 2:04:14 PM by LastHussar

So basically, "go read bad porn"?

I don't really see this thread achieving anything much, since you're relying on the judgement of writers to discern good erotica from bad. If you want to help tropers avoid bad writing, you'd be better off giving advice to specific tropers who need it.

I'mma lock this.