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I've talked to folks on and off over the years on the question of "how to write." It's a question I think worth discussing even when your subject matter is pure pornography. Writing vore, like drawing vore, is a craft and crafts can be taught and refined. So I put together an outline of what I see as the most important lessons a vore writer should know when they are asking themselves, "How do I do this?"
I hope you all find this both useful and entertaining!
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Posted by Mad51 9 months ago Report
Beautiful.
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
Thanks!
Posted by MrPeculiar 9 months ago Report
God I love your way with words, you weird little bastard man. Nobody else would sit down and think about "Man, I've got to write advice for people to write kink-words and not-know my way through communicating the concept of writing to people." (see what I did there?) Anyhwee, I like the way this is written. No bullshit, no nonsense. Though now I need to get my brain to cooperate with a reasonable writing process beyond maybe shitting out the world's tiniest draft and having no desire to reshape it after, LOL. You've inspired me to try and fight my brain, and while that shit rarely if ever goes well, I'm gonna goddamn try. ADHD-Autism-self-loathing combo has goddamn hands.
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
It's a struggle but you aren't alone in it! I'm glad this was helpful; I've found that getting that way of thinking about or looking at the effort of writing that works for YOU can be a big help, so I tried to put down the view of it that I find most helpful. It's still labor, for sure, and sometimes it's HARD labor, haha. But even a tiny draft is something that wasn't written before!
Posted by Grec0R0man 9 months ago Report
Love the last section alot XD
I sometimes, in the midst of writing around 30-50 page stories about vore, just stop and ask myself:
Da fuq am I doing this for? I could be putting the exact same energy into writing an actual freaking book!
Then I sit and stare at my Chromebook, and remember that it tickles my fancy too much to stop XD
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
Yup and that's sufficient to keep going, haha. And nothing beats that feeling of finishing something WE made entirely because WE were motivated to share it, regardless of other circumstances. It just feels so good to get it down and say, "Oh my god it's here!"
Posted by TrainerKatrine 9 months ago Report
That's deep
So anyways, how's the weather tonight?
Bad attempts at jokes aside, I think this was an interesting read. As someone who at least *likes writing*, it was insightful to see the passion which you displayed
Though, I use the words "like writing" loosely, as it's something which I just enjoy doing with friends, or exploring those confusing thoughts and scenarios in my head which are near impossible for me to actually describe in a way I'm satisfied with, and definitely impossible to visualize, which in my case further hinders me.
But that's not why I'm writing this - I'm just going off of a tangent while I forget why I was writing this.
Ah, that's right - I found your focus on people sexually enjoying your work.. surprising? Insightful? Unexpected? I don't quite know the word, but regardless, it took me by surprise.
I usually write through roleplay, or exploring scenarios with friends of mine. In doing so, I very often forget that what I'm doing at the end of the day is writing something that is sexually pleasing to at least one (hopefully both, or all) of us.
I don't really like thinking "man, someone will get off to this". I just think it's fun to write, and vore + co. (co. varies from person to person, the state of the weather, the alignment of the stars, and everything else)
I've found myself fixated on "cuteness", and it's basically all I enjoy. What is cute? Well, not everyone sees that one dress in the same color. Not even I do from day to day.
Not all art, or writing, has to be pretty stars, kawaii-desu expressions and words, and lovey-dovey. It's a bunch of things that accumulate to eventually be "cute" to me. (Or not.)
It can be the words, it can be the characters, it can be the shading on an artpiece that makes it looks "soft" and "gentle"
I'm getting distracted and forgetting the point I was making, as well as the one I want to make.
Guess it's about time I look back at the gibberish I'm writing while I have to head out for an arrangement in 2 hours and 30 minutes because we're all real people (except that one guy. They aren't. And also none of you are - you exist only when I interact or acknowledge you, mhm)
Ah, my appeal. I guess to me it's a matter of "I don't write for it to be erotic - that's just a byproduct of what is written"
If I tease a friend about my character gobbling them up, I'm doing it because it's fun and it elicits a fun reaction. I honestly don't want to think beyond the tease and acknowledge "man, that might have just made them excited"
To me, this is just a form of enjoyment to enjoy with people. Hell, even this comment, which is outrageously long at this point while the minutes tick by, is something I'm enjoying writing.
As for the topic of reading other's works, I absolutely see your point. Most of the literacy I've consumed has been from writers on here, or writing websites, or art pieces from something, or other. To my side, I have a book which I've been meaning to read for a while - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I also want to eventually purchase Wurthering Heights because a silly little gacha game made me interested in the original works.
Yet, I find there to be a lot of friction when I want to read.. anything, really.
I guess it's because it's not an active habit of mine, and when I'm in bed, I'm trying to sleep and when the hours are late, I don't want to get absorbed by a book.
But this reminded me that I want to get back to it, so maybe tonight when I'm going through my routine is when I'll open the book on page 87 and pull out my Chikorita bookmark which my sister made for me, and finally continue reading about a story which made me purchase my first book in years that wasn't related to any education.
Reading is a really good practice, but it's one not many endorse beyond daily discourse. It's a shame, really, and that goes for me as well. I struggle with words, especially when speaking in person, because my mind works in funny ways and is thirty billion miles ahead of what I want to say, while I simultaneously speak too fast to really know where I'm going, so I have to collect myself because how I explain things is like a convoluted story of its own.
I've forgotten the points I wanted to make, and by now, I have an appointment in two hours and fifteen minutes. This was an insightful read, and it's definitely something I'll try to think about further, because I want to get better at these things. I just have a bad habit of obsessing over details, while I don't really know the words. And God, not even if they were to be a cute girl who eats people and casually mulches them into DOOKIE would be able to make me make an outline for what I want to write
I'm riding the waves :sunglasses:
My final rating is 7/10, but I have to question the part where the little Spider thing ate Peach and then Mario and Luigi made out while that one monkey girl whom I don't know the name of ate the koopaling child (I think. I don't remember if she's a koopaling)
Damn. That was a bad joke.
Posted by TrainerKatrine 9 months ago Report
Wait wtf I'm yapping. This got way out of hand
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I think it's good to keep in mind who our audience will be when we write but not to be too beholden to them. Sure, most of my readers come for sexual gratification and that's my primary purpose for most of my work. But that's not a strict limit; just an expectation to work within. And I am certainly able to write things aimed at other experiences. There's fun in defying expectations after all!
Posted by Fatedmeal 9 months ago Report
Thank you Belloc for taking the time to craft this helpful document. I am glad to see there is a section that emphasizes the significance of going out and “reading a book”. I write about vore and vore-related subjects during my free time. Of course, I want to do other fun and relaxing things during my free time. However, I would find myself being a bit too self-denigrating at times. I would sometimes tell myself that…
“Yes, I could spend this time writing about vore.”
Surprisingly, I found that it was after those times that I was playing a visual novel, reading manga, watching a hour-long video of a book YouTuber pore through a text…that I found my writing had improved.
Heck! Perhaps there are some video game devs who are aware of our proclivities by means of cultural diffusion. As I’ve been noticing writing in those works that are tinctured with voracious hues. Of course, I can’t discount that my mind might be tuned to fixate on these innocuous details.
So don’t skip those cutscenes!
Don’t passively engage in the writing that you see in other mediums such as video games or manga. Because, for some of those works, their writing is the crux of their appeal. So they have to endeavor to make certain that it’s of a high standard.
Going to the library might be intimidating (drinking in those solar rays of vitamin D and touching grass) so try to take the steps to bridge that gap by looking at literary content creators on other platforms. Then, once you’ve built up the confidence to face the final boss that is the librarian, you can pick up a book from the library with a self-assured conviction
If you actively engage life as a learning opportunity, then I’m sure that your foundation will improve more than by just being a passive participant.
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Okay. I realized that this short comment somehow ended up turning into me trying to pull myself onto Belloc’s soap box. I’ll disembark now.
Thanks again for this post Belloc.
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
I'm glad you found it helpful, and I really do appreciate the point you make: that what's most important, as a writer, is engaging with the medium, whatever that medium is. Because you are absolutely right! I don't want my emphasis on learning from published texts to come across a denunciation of other mediums at all. Some of the best writing I've encountered is in games: "Omori" is like a Donna Tartt novel; "In Stars and Time" matches up to Ursula le Guin; "We Know the Devil" is as good as a George Macdonald fable.
But you put it so well and I wish I could make your comment a full annotation: engage with the work and learn from it!
Posted by sweetieshy 9 months ago Report
I like writing, I just, can't do it as much as I'd like. I dunno, brain weird.
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
Facing down a blank page is about as hard as facing down a firing squad... and often feels like it has the same outcome! XD
Posted by Chameleonette 9 months ago Report
Very insightful and incredibly amusing, Bel. Hahaha.
My two cents is: Just write. If you focus on following writing 'rules' too much, that's what it's all gonna be about and it's gonna feel like a research or term paper. Sometimes you just gotta let it flow the way you want it to flow! Someone out there will definitely enjoy it.
I do wish there was more feedback toward writing in general. I believe more people would try it if that were the case, but it does take a considerably larger amount of time to read something than it does to look at a picture. Finding a way to draw them in can be hard enough, but eliciting a response from that experience, often even harder.
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
Could not agree more, Chammy! Just write. It’s the only way you're going to get your thoughts out and make them something you can share. The more you write, the more capable you become to keep writing and sinking into that Vibe or Groove.
Yeah it can be disheartening when you pour a ton of work into writing and get little engagement. But for folks who do appreciate writing, nothing beats a well written story~
Posted by Hamncheese 9 months ago Report
Didnt expect to be so inspired today but damn that was so nice! The last segment especially. Niche material or not, writing is a joy for me, and even if the topic is lewd ass vore, still counts as a valid thing that had thought put into.
And its so true that reading novels and stuff in general really does get you in the mood to write yourself, deciding what you like or dont like about different articles of writing.
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
I'm glad you found it inspiring! That's ultimately my hope: to encourage!
Posted by studmonkey 9 months ago Report
This was an awesome read. Very well spoken!
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!
Posted by Nic386 9 months ago Report
but how write good tho
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
write lots!!!
Posted by HipHugger 9 months ago Report
"The perfect pocket companion for writing vore smut on the go!" The New Vore Times
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
You just have to fold it nice and small to fit.
Posted by Bright 9 months ago Report
Fun little article :p
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
Thanks Bright!
Posted by DontTellAny1 9 months ago Report
Thank you, this is very helpful for all types of writing I feel, and I appreciate the acknowledgement of "so it's meant to be sexy? Ok, no shame in that, make it sexy"
Thank you so much for sharing your advice and thoughts :)
Posted by Belloc 9 months ago Report
Glad I could share and glad you found it helpful!
Posted by Boyceboyce 9 days ago Report
Amazing