There are many different types of erotica. There is straight, anal, oral, sex toys, virgin, daddy, older woman/younger man, bondage, gay, ménage, harem, reverse harem, kidnapping, and countless other categories of erotic stories. The scenarios are endless once you start thinking about them.
However, if you did your background work, like you were supposed to, you should know what you won’t do and stick with it. You will feel better about yourself in the morning. No one wants to do that walk of shame at 3 a.m.
In my opinion, there are five main types of erotic stories.
Happily Ever After
The first type is happily ever after. This is the type of book that I focus on. I will always prefer the “ah” factor over the “shock and ah” factor. With a happily ever after book, whatever character configuration you’ve dreamed up, the characters will fall in love and ride off into the sunset together – unless they’re vampires and then you’d better keep them in the moonlight.
Happy for Now
Happy for now is the next type of erotic story. This storyline is where the characters are content with the sex acts that they’ve engaged in, but there is no long-term commitment desired or achieved.
Serials
The next type of erotic short story is the serial. These stories are those where the characters complete “episodes” in a longer story arch. They are more like television shows where the same characters participate in multiple sequential books.
Prequels
Another type of erotic short story is the prequel. People hate prequels unless they know about it ahead of time. Don’t trick people into reading a short story to get another part of the story later. It’s rude and will leave you with no fanbase.
Fetishes
The last category is fetishes. These are the bizarre types of situations that some people find erotic. Examples of these situations include – animals, aliens, urinating, defecating, incest, dressing up as animals, dressing up as babies, pregnancy, orgies, bondage, slavery, and kidnapping to name several.
Now, this does not mean that a specific kink can’t be used in a different type of erotic story and turn into a happily ever after. For example, bondage is one of the most popular kinds of fetishes that has been seen in happily ever afters in recent years. However, I don’t want to be reading a happily ever after where the dude is wearing a diaper and sucking on a bottle or the gal for that matter. Not going to happen.
To further clarify, if the sole purpose of the short story is to focus on the kink and has no romance or character development, then the goal of the book is the fetish. And, to me, most of those books are kind of cringeworthy.
Which Will You Choose?
So, what will be your focus? Will you choose one type of storyline or mix and match? The only problem with changing from happily ever after to pure fetish is that your fanbase can get angry and leave nasty reviews. Granted, people don’t leave a lot of reviews, but if they are mad enough, they will.
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Alexia Chase
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