What Constitutes Smut?

As a author of erotically explicit stories or smut as I like to call them, I'm a member of a number of blogs aimed towards authors who write smut stories.

I just did a review on Lisabet Sarai's new eStory D&S Duo and I mentioned that Lisabet was one of the few authors, in my opinion, who actually write smut. That got me to thinking and I decided to expound on that subject.

I write graphic and explicit sex stories that are normally dripping with unmentionable stuff that is a byproduct of sex. While you may not get off on the first page, hopefully you will have pulled your zipper down and are groping around and trying to get your stiffening joint out without scratching it on your zipper.

Why Do I Write Smut?

One of the many blogs I subscribe to is ERWA for writers of smut and we've been discussing why we write porn. To me it's a fascinating subject, both porn and writing!

Some people write to "spec" or in other words, be given a topic and produce a story about the topic. This is also similar to writing to a "market" or picking out a target audience and writing to that audience.

Others like me, write what personally turns you on and you hope that others enjoy the same smut as you do. From a practical sense, if you write a story that you can beat off to then it saves you money from having to buy a copy of Penthouse or Hustler and read Letters to the Editor (I only read the articles and never look at the pictures!). LOL