Guys Guide To Writing Womens Erotica.pdf

A GUY’S GUIDE TO WRITING WOMEN’S EROTICA

By Tink Boord-Dill

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................. 3

— READER ADVISORY — ........................................................ 7

INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 7

WOMEN’S EROTICA - A WIDE OPEN MARKET .......................................7

WOMEN’S EROTICA IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM MEN’S EROTICA. ..11

SIMPLY CHANGING THE POINT OF VIEW IS NOT THE SOLUTION. ........12

TWO KINDS OF WOMEN’S EROTICA....................................................13

OVERVIEW ........................................................................... 14

OVERVIEW OF WOMENS EROTICA ONLINE.........................................14

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS.............................................................14

WE FICTION IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FROM ME FICTION...........15

DECIPHERING THE FORMULA .............................................................15

WHAT WOMEN ARE LOOKING FOR.....................................................19

WE GUIDELINES FROM SUCCESSFUL PUBLISHERS ................. 20

E LLORA ’ S C AVE ......................................................................................21

PointstoPonderregardingEllora’sCaveSubmissionGuidelines.....23

S AMHAIN R OMANCE ...............................................................................23

Points to Ponder regarding Samhain Submission Guidelines ...........24

E XTASY B OOKS .......................................................................................24

Points to Ponder regarding Extasy Submission Guidelines...............27

R ESPLENDENCE P UBLISHING ......................................................................27

Points to Ponder regarding Resplendence Publishing Submission

Guidelines ........................................................................................28

L OOSE ID P UBLISHING .............................................................................28

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Points to Ponder regarding Loose ID Submission Guidelines............30

S IREN P UBLISHING ..................................................................................30

Points to Ponder regarding Siren Submission Guidelines .................41

WE GUIDELINES -- CONCLUSION.........................................................41

THEMES, GENRES, AND CATEGORIES .................................... 42

MEN’S FANTASIES VS WOMEN’S FANTASIES ......................................42

THEMES, CATEGORIES, AND GENRES OH , MY ! ...................................45

QUICKREVIEWOFELLOR”SCVEGUIDELINES..............................45

E LLORA ’ S C AVE GENRES .........................................................................45

E LLORA ’ S C AVE THEMES ........................................................................48

FINDING THE POPULAR THEMES AND GENRES ...................................51

WOMN’SPOINTOFVIEW................................................ 52

WHY AVOID FIRST PERSON? ...............................................................52

CREATE WOMEN’S FANTASIES............................................................53

AVOID WOMEN’S NIGHTMARES.........................................................53

PLOTS AND CHARACTERS ..................................................... 55

PLOTS .................................................................................................55

Boy Falls for Girl...............................................................................56

CHARACTERS ......................................................................................57

The HERO.........................................................................................57

The HEROINE ...................................................................................58

Secondary Characters ......................................................................59

Walk-On Characters ........................................................................59

LANGUAGE GUIDELINES ....................................................... 60

NEVER M EASURE ..................................................................................60

HERS ...................................................................................................61

HIS ......................................................................................................62

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR READERS ................. 62

BOOK DESCRIPTIONS............................................................ 63

L ENGTH OF B OOK ...................................................................................63

H EAT R ATING .........................................................................................63

R EADER A DVISORIES ................................................................................63

STARTING YOUR WE WRITING.............................................. 66

P LAN OF A TTACK ....................................................................................67

RESOURCES .......................................................................... 69

FORUMS .............................................................................................69

K INDLE THREADS..................................................................................69

R ELATED A RTICLES ..................................................................................70

A BBREVIATIONS USED WHEN DISCUSSING W OMEN ’ S E ROTICA .........................71

S UGGESTED R EADING ..............................................................................72

Writing in Series...............................................................................73

Lora Leigh ........................................................................................73

Maya Banks .....................................................................................75

Gail Faulkner....................................................................................75

Kristin Ashley ...................................................................................75

Cherise Sinclair.................................................................................76

Victoria Heywood ............................................................................76

HEAT LEVEL EXAMPLES ......................................................... 76

A LL R OMANCE E B OOKS ............................................................................76

R ESPLENDENCE P UBLISHING ......................................................................77

S IREN B OOKS .........................................................................................78

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