Is My Story Erotica Or Porn?

[icarus]

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We fanfiction writers joke about writing pr0n, but actually most of what we write is erotica. There isn't much of a distinction between the two lists however, becaust a lot of what's posted to pornish_pixies is erotica after all (for example, prillalar's Perquisite is definitely erotica). As switchknife would probably say, more of a good thing is definitely a good thing.

Few people realise that there is a distinction between Erotica and Porn. So if you're not sure which is which, take this handy dandy test:

Is My Story Erotica or Porn?

ETA: Whoops. Prillalar, I mean Prillalar's Perquisite.

Comments

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Great points. In my opinon, the difference between porn and erotica is the focal-point of the story. If you could take the explicit sex out and still have a story (if a butchered one) then it's erotica. If there's nothing left but a few character names, an excuse, and a setting -- it's porn.

A good indicator of a story being porn is if it starts In Media Res, right in the middle of the sex.

I've written both. Unexpected Guest (http://www.percyfest.muse-wanted.com/icarus_fiction/stories/unexpectedguest.html) and Two Men On Top (http://www.percyfest.muse-wanted.com/icarus_fiction/stories/twomenonetop.html) are both porn. A Moment of Sin (http://www.percyfest.muse-wanted.com/icarus_fiction/stories/amomentofsin.html), and gosh, pretty much everything else, is erotica.

I think.

No, I have a few that we call Gen, which would be called humour/fantasy, and the other adventure/fantasy in professional circles. :D

Icarus