Hehehe, it was the loving folks here at GayAuthors that first turned me on to the term, PWP!

Meaning, quite simply...’Porn Without Plot’!

Now, before anybody starts blushing and feeling guilty about anything, let me just say that I actually love the occasional stroll down the old ‘quickie’ lane from time to time. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with reading it, and there’s certainly nothing wrong with writing it either. So relax. We’re throwing any perceived judgment right out the window before we even get started on this one. K? Jump right in, get cozy, and let’s talk about the more carnal side of writing online erotica.

Basically...we all have fantasies. Having a horny moment, or many many horny moments, in a single day is fun and can be really satisfying when you find something extremely HOT online that seems to pull all the right strings and stroke all the right levers. Hehehe, it’s ok. Sometimes that’s what we’re all looking for. How many times have you been really turned on and gotten all hot and bothered by something you saw in a movie or on TV, or maybe a cute delivery guy, or a classmate in the locker room, or just a random interaction with a person that you simply can’t stop thinking about, no matter how hard you try...and decided to engage yourself in an extended love series? Be honest!

Who’s thinking, “Man, he was so gorgeous! I’m going to read a long story with great dialogue, character development, an awesome plot, and a main character that I can really relate to as he tries to navigate his way around love?” Is that what you were you thinking in that moment? Or...were you thinking, “Oh God! I’m so fucking HARD right now! I need to rub one out before my roommate gets home and ruins my need for an explosive release?” Hehehe, think about it. And then take a few minutes, and then come back and finish this article. (Wash your hands first!)

See, the thing about PWP is that not beneath any of us to write it. If anything, I think a truly gifted author could probably write it better than most. It’s not all that different than the more extensive and elaborate work that you’ve put out there to showcase your literary skill...the ‘focus’ is just different. The gratification is more instantaneous. You’re not pouring a whole lot of heart and emotion into setting up a future or giving your readers a sense of their history together. That’s not the objective here. The idea is to get to the point and bring this particular audience a sense of relief from the sexual frustration that they might be feeling in that particular moment. The last thing you want to do is diddle around with extra meanings and plot points that they have to engage themselves in and remember or mull over...all while losing the erection that they came in here with. Hehehe, don’t do that. That’s just plain rude!

No. This is going to be one of those ‘strike while the iron is hot’ moments in your writing, and you need to get to the point. Save your details and metaphors for the sexual descriptions that you plan on using to enrich a simple lustful encounter and turn it into something significantly memorable. The kind of story that they may save and come back to again the next time they feel the urge to get a quick splash and return to life without getting too involved in the life and times of a character that might be an amazing person, inside and out...but was just servicing a deep craving in that one instant. GRAB that audience while they’re still frustrated! Don’t let them calm down. If you go too far into a typical ‘story writing’ mode in the beginning of this kind of exercise...a lot of readers will back out and go read somebody else.

As always...the backspace button is not your friend! For any author writing alongside a bunch of other authors...it’s actually your worst enemy. So get them to stay away from it at all costs.

Reading this...you may think that I’m suggesting that you somehow tone down your writing ability or sacrifice a piece of yourself and your talent for the sake of getting some sexy attention from a larger crowd. I’m not. You can still create an amazing experience between two loving individuals who really do care about one another in the long run. You can even begin a longer running series from trying out projects like this. But, like I said, the focus is just different. It’s potent and it’s visceral...and you need to introduce it into your story early enough to at least offer the promise of a really hot interlude between the boys involved. You can do that effectively without being vulgar, or unrealistic, or rushing into anything that seems unnatural. All you’re doing is adapting your already exceptional talents to a new formula and allowing yourself to stand out in a new arena. It’s a playground that you’ve never been in before...so show them what you’ve got.

If you think this isn’t possible to have your cake and eat it too...I guarantee you that it isn’t. As a matter of fact, the first gay teen erotic story that I ever wrote, “New Kid In School” (https://gayauthors.org/story/comicality/newkidinschool), is a PWP story. It was only meant to be one chapter long in the beginning, and a very short chapter at that. But make no mistake...that was a PWP story. Go back and read it again, and you’ll be able to see it easily. The whole thing could have ended right there, and that would have been it. It was born out of my own sexual frustration, and the fact that I had pretty much depleted my supply of new stuff on Nifty at the time, so I decided to write the kind of story that I would want to see myself and relieve some stress at the end of the day. It has SOME story attached to it, but nothing that was meant to set up the huge series that it is now. Not by a long shot. It just happened to be a lucky blossom that grew out of what was originally intended to be a ‘jack off’ story. It’s true. So was “A Class By Himself”. (https://gayauthors.org/story/comicality/aclassbyhimself) And a bunch of other smaller stories that I wrote when I started. Granted, the atmosphere surrounding online erotica at that time was a lot different than it is now, and I mostly cherish stories that have more depth and story to them so I can be touched in ways that go beyond an emergency sexual release. But that doesn’t mean that PWP is a thing of the past. Are you kidding me?

Whenever I’m feeling a bit ‘frisky’, I don’t go looking for romance and warm fuzzy feelings from a well written fiction. I grab something quick that’s willing to quickly grab me in return! Hehehe, and there will always be a place for that. I’d almost be willing to say that you could attract a much larger fanbase with a few quick one shot stories where the sex is fast and furious and to the point than you can with a mind-blowing series that challenges readers on an intellectual and emotional level. So don’t be afraid to get a few naughty thoughts in your head and just type them out to present them to a wide audience and see if they enjoy it or not.

That being said, I understand that it can be a little bit embarrassing sometimes to share some of your fantasies with an online community of strangers. Trust me, I get it. And if you have trouble with the PWP practice...feel free to take your time to get used to it first before tackling it head on. Or...don’t tackle it at all. I would never tell any of you guys to write something that you’re uncomfortable with. But, if you ever want to give it a try...just to see what happens...to promote some of your deeper, more engaging work...or just to relieve a bit of stress of your own… the rules are very simple.

- Limit your details. Don’t draw things out for longer than you need to. One boy is hot, the other boy is hot, they have a place to go get into some devilment with one another...that’s it. This one’s blond, the other one’s a red head, slap an age on there if it matters, maybe a few sentences as to how they met or why they decided to get together...and then get on with it. Remember...you’ve got a reader scrolling with one hand while the other one is busy. He’s holding it right NOW! Hehehe! Let that excite you, and do what you can to excite him in return. Don’t waste that stiffy on describing the bed sheets and the curtains and the main character’s history with his mother. Focus. The thing about PWP...you know what they came for, and you know you can provide it with your story. So what’s with the mind games?

- You don’t have to be crass or vulgar or overly explicit when writing this kind of story. I know that some people do really get off on a more blunt approach to the subject matter, but if that’s not your thing as a writer...don’t think that you have to do it order to fit in to the genre. You can write your story, your way, and it will come off just as beautiful as you want it to. Again...the only thing that’s different here is the actual ‘focus’. In your mind, the story might still be 150 pages long with witty dialogue and character growth and plot twists, etc. But what you’re writing is just surrounding the impulsive cravings of sex. It’s all about pleasure and reward. Put yourself in that particular frame of mind, and use that as your anchor and don’t wander away from it. Take an intimate snapshot of that one moment in time and give it all the electricity and vibrant color that you can.

- Use all five senses during the sex. If you’re going to write a sex story, this isn’t the time to shy away from or gloss over the explicit details of what’s going on here. In a longer story or series, it’s perfectly fine to simply allude to certain forms of activity or cut them short for ‘politeness’ sake. Let me make one thing clear, k? Hehehe...the PWP circuit is NOT a shy guy’s game! Readers want to know the feel of flesh on flesh, the taste of warm juices, the tightness of a constricted hole being offered up for your pleasure. If you’re going to do this, then go all out. We want to feel it. Explore the most intimate and most secretive parts of yourself, and toss them out there to the hungry wolves like pieces of meat. With PWP, the graphic sexual interaction is all you have to get your audience invested in it. So...you know...go hard or go home.

Hehehe...or go home hard! Whatever!

- Prolong the intimacy, but don’t give your reader’s blue balls if you can help it. Once your audience is invested in the act of pleasuring themselves...they don’t want you to just toss them a sentence and say, “And then he came!” and leave them hanging! Hahaha! Again, RUDE! A true PWP story should be so intense and so sexually invigorating, tha your readers should be having trouble holding out until the very end of it. Push them, tease them, edge them ever closer...but take your time and truly make it an erotic experience. They should explode so hard that they have to worry whether or not JESUS is watching! LOL! At the same time...you don’t want to make it an excruciating experience for them either. At some point, you’re going to have to release your control over their passions and let them catch their breath. So let’s not overdo it. But don’t ever cut them short either. Practice will teach you the delicate balance between the two. Cool?

Alright, ladies and gentlemen...that’s my PWP article, and I hope that it helps you guys out with your writing. First of all...a short PWP story can very quickly gather a lot of attention and might greatly increase your fanbase as that is exactly what people are looking for when they look up ‘gay sex stories’ online. And they might just follow those stories back to some of your other stuff and find even deeper stories and become long time fans because of it. Second of all...the things you learn and the instincts you pick up by writing stories like this can become a part of your longer stories and series as well. It can be a hidden gem of sensual surprise that you add to some of your more involved stories and bring a big smile to your readers when they least expected it. Always a good thing!

Alright, take your armor off. Let the shame seep back in. ::Giggles:: Or don’t. It’s up to you! Hasn’t seeped in for me for YEARS now! I LOVE sex!!! Mmmmm! I’m gonna go write some more about it right now! Seezya soon! Enjoy!