The Smut Writer's Dilemma

Saturday, December 14, 2024

I started working on the next episode of the Dark Mistress series almost immediately after I posted the last episode. I wrote the introductory bits, about thirty-five paragraphs in total, to set the scene for the main story. And then, as often happens in the middle of writing an episode, I shelved it for three weeks. Why? I hadn't thought of a main story yet.

I didn't just need a story, I needed one that would appeal to my audience. "It's Always Sunny in Cher" didn't garner as many views as the stories that preceded it. Interest in the series seems to have peaked with the conclusion of the epic three-part miniseries, "The Whores of Babylon."

I speculated about possible reasons for the decline in readership, and came up with a few.

Maybe some of the "alternate timeline" tropes had become so outlandish that even avid fans found them hard to swallow.

Maybe the deus ex machina aspect of the girls' magic and psychic powers made happy endings too easy and predictable — although, in fairness, dilemmas in most of the recent episodes have been resolved through quite ordinary means rather than magic.

Maybe I prattled on a tad too long about women eating their own pussies while occupying somebody else's body.

Or maybe there was too much character and plot development, and not enough straight-up raunchy sex scenes in the newer episodes.

I think that as long as the basic premise — young sluts making the world a better place by fucking everything that moves — remains the same, the series can avoid jumping the shark. But then I'm obviously biased. My characters are my imaginary friends. I'm invested in them. They learn and grow throughout the story arc, just like real people. I can have vicarious experiences through "my girls" that I'll never have in real life.

I dusted off the new episode yesterday and worked on it for ten or twelve hours. The story currently weighs in at about 5,500 word, with no end in sight. It's gonna be another long one!

Peripheral characters from early episodes will be revisited, and new ones introduced, including two new dark mistresses.

The "eating your own pussy" thing will be wrapped up and put to rest early on. Some readers may be tired of hearing about it, but I feel that a final brief yet thorough exploration of the act from the perspective of both parties involved is needed to establish the canonical facts surrounding it and explain why it's so addictive.

Most importantly, the story will be packed with loud, wet, raunchy sex scenes. The girls are vacationing at Aunt Gerdy's cabin in the woods, where they'll be sucking and fucking all comers nearly every minute of every day!

Some things won't change. The stories will still be set in a universe or timeline other than our own. New technologies will be introduced, while some that exist in our world won't exist in the fictional world. The girls will continue to learn and exploit new magical and psychic techniques. I mean I can't just walk back something that's already canon, can I?

About the only thing I can promise my readers is that I won't publish a story that doesn't make me so horny that I have to jill off while I'm writing it. If it doesn't make me cum, it probably won't make you cum either. In the Dark Mistress universe, everybody's cumming all the damned time. I expect nothing less from my girls — and my readers.

Later On That Day...

Why the ridiculous story arc? Do I really believe sex-crazed young women can make the world a better place through unrestrained promiscuity?

I don't know whether it could work, but I won't pin my hopes on it actually happening. I think if everybody was fucking all the time instead of a few fucking and the rest jacking off, people would be more relaxed and generally happier and more sociable; hence, there'd be less conflict. However, young people today are deeply narcissistic. Young women don't really like men — nor anybody else, for that matter. I mean yeah, they'll cash in on men's libidos with pay-per-view fan sites and other simp bait. Prostitution is the oldest profession because it's the path of least resistance. But the current crop generally don't have an empathetic, much less altruistic, bone in their bodies.¹

It's all about the money, baby! Nothing personal.

Nevertheless, a story has to have a plot, and a horny story calls for a horny plot, dunnit?

Readers would quickly tire of one-dimensional fuck doll characters who just walk up to strangers and start fucking, regardless of how hot the sex scenes are. If that's their bag, they may as well watch porn. A series definitely needs plot twists, character development, and varied story arcs to be interesting. I'm not writing Fun with Dick and Jane over here.²

Why does it have to be so comically absurd though? Why the magic, mutations, super powers, astral prjection, alternate timelines, and all the rest?

Let me ask you this. Is a workers' utopia really the future we want to strive for? Few people like to work, but everybody likes to fuck. A fuckers' paradise seems like the ideal setting for a naughty story.

Aside from making you guys horny, I want to always impress upon my readers that my stories are pure fantasy. I don't go around fucking strange dudes in real life, nor do I recommend that any other woman do so. Whether you do it for fun, profit, or both, the gains will never be worth the toll it would take on your mental health and social standing. Unless you're a risk taker and prepared to have your ass handed to you by life, I don't recommend testing your community's laws, customs, and attitudes to their limits, period.

As for the bizarre universe, it just so happens that I've been a science fiction fan since I was a kid. I thought Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series and The Mists of Avalon were the fucking bomb. Yes, I read feminist books in my youth.³ I doubt Bradley would agree with my girls' rationale or behavior, but I know she'd be able to relate to them.⁴

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