This is directed at authors, but as we discuss various stories, I'm curious which story/story type/genre, caused you to get off your ass an actually try writing? Was it a specific story (i.e. did you try to write a better story than someone else's), or was a genre you thought was tired and overdone, in need of an overhaul?
Conan the Barbarian, though I wouldn't show any of those I wrote to anyone else.
Ha-ha. As a young pre-teen, I wrote several versions of Conan stories, but never showed them to anyone. It's nice to know I wasn't the only one.
"The Humiliation of Jane" that I read on ASSTR.
That's why all my early stories were humiliation, control, and non-consent stories.
The original story was begun by Anonymous and then several people wrote more chapters. In my opinion, those others ruined it so years later I edited the part the original author wrote and rewrote the rest. And then posted that version on my old story site.
This is directed at authors, but as we discuss various stories, I'm curious which story/story type/genre, caused you to get off your ass an actually try writing?
For me, it wasn't a published story, not even one published on line at SOL or any other site.
I had a fantasy in my head that I wanted to flesh out. I always had trouble writing anything, but I found someone on-line that did commission writing of erotic stories at a reasonable rate.
That author was someone in a position where their work on erotic stories could cost them their job if it became publicly known.
After just a few chapters, their pseudonym was compromised and they had to drop off. If they ever did establish a new pseudonym they never re-contacted me.
I'd had a taste, but it wasn't enough. That pushed me into trying to do it myself.
For me, it wasn't a published story, not even one published on line at SOL or any other site.
In my case, it wasn't a single story as a style of writing. I've never been a fan of modern writing styles. I prefer the older books, pre: 1960s. I wanted complex tales, based on researched details, that draw you in and take time to process, considering the ideas inherent in the story. Once I started writing, I didn't have problems with story ideas, but I've eventually given up on my original writing style. I still prefer that type of story, but it's harder talking anyone else into reading them.
In my case it was creative writing class in HS. I thought mine was crap, but ended up being held up as something others should aspire to. (Try that shit in this "everybody gets a trophy" bullshit era we live in now!) I got serious about it when I "discovered" Stephen King.
As to the sex stories, many sticky issues of the forum section in Penthouse, was an ispiration in MANY ways!