Smut Writers Support Group

“…somewhere along the way I made a thread on FFA with the silly alliterative title Smut Writers' Support Group to whine about the scene I was having trouble with/dispense advice because it is always easier to pep talk someone else's scene and somehow it caught on and now a thread I made is in the wiki?!?! TRULY I HAVE MADE IT IN FANDOM”Nonnie, May 20, 2015

“Smut Writers' Support Group” is the title of a common FFA thread that ran regularly from late January through mid-June 2014, with attempted revivals in September 2014 and February 2015. As the year 2015 progressed, SWSG became a common thread once again. Here's a full list of SWSG threads to date:

**Jan. 26, 2014**: PIV, handjobs, or intercrural?Purple sparkly dildoEnemasVarying blowjob descriptionsOvercoming embarrassment blockToo much lead-in“Too many emotions”Noncon F/f oral **Jan. 27, 2014**: //“Does anyone else find it more difficult to write smut the longer you write fan fiction?”//Blanking on sex positionsOne’s own prompts or someone else’s?Regaining momentumMantis-verseDistracted by worldbuildingAlternative terms for “nipple”
**Jan. 31, 2014**: Banter/sleep getting in way of sexSSRI killing smut-writing abilityBreathplay tips **Feb. 8, 2014**: Shyness interfering w/writingVarying sentence length in sex-pollen ficPorn Battle w/o LJSmut mojo gone //“There’s just no sexy word for asshole”//Writing physical sensations of orgasmWebcomic: writing smut
**Feb. 14, 2014**: Recalcitrant char in m/m/mDeciding which Porn Battle ficlets to finish **Feb. 15, 2014**: Writing char’s first blowjobPeggingm/m/f logisticsConsensual gangbang
**Feb. 18, 2014**: Intimacy between repressed chars embarrasses author **Feb. 23, 2014**: //“What makes porn sound filthy to you?”//Het; man less experienced than woman“Queening stool”Varying acts & pacingkink_bingo essay on shame- vs. guilt-based punishmentAdvice for new smut writersPhrases & actions repeating across one’s ficsPreferred POV for m/m with top/bottom roles
**Mar. 2, 2014**: First time writing sex dreams; M, not E, ratingJudgy cat watching nonny write smutBest positions/classier terms for titfuckingAppeal of dirtybadwrong followed by angst & consequencesSaliva or vaginal fluids for lube in het **Mar. 8, 2014**: Too much setupChar politeness/nerves hindering threesomePorny fic series or one multi-chapter smutfic?m/m with paraplegic charBranching out from dubcon or “big guy tops”Resources: mutual masturbation, watching partner masturbate, oral, fingeringWhen you gross yourself outKeeping BDSM negotiation simple when one char is a noviceKeeping ♀ chars IC in femsub
**Mar. 15, 2014**: //“Can you feel someone come inside you?”//Spanking porn turning out boringUbiquity of negotiation in BDSM ficSafe-sex practices, appeal or lack thereof **Mar. 16, 2014**: Deciding on intro scenarioEasy to visualize, hard to writeUpdate: writing less “big scary guy” in m/mSounding sensationsDildo material c. WWIIBetter term for “name-calling” during sex
**Mar. 28, 2014**: Self-consciousness: writing tiny fandom’s first heavy kinkficSemi-accidental public fingersuckingSimple, mildly D/s way for A to get B offMoving from vanilla/fade-to-black to smutWhen your smut becomes too routineBetter terms for ♀ genitaliaVideo links: intercrural sexHow to end mostly-consensual fic in which 1 char was drugged **Apr. 11, 2014**: Indecisive charsSomnophilia negotiationsWriting blowjobsDubcon, clothed woman/naked immobilized manAmazon limits on monster xeno
**Apr. 19, 2014**: A/B/O, ♂α/♀α/♀Ω, DP knottingSex between exhausted, frightened fugitivesSex between X/Y when Z owns XUnderage/adult fic nerves **May 6, 2014**: Keeping big dicks reasonably sized (long subthread) ♥ Keeping track of limb positionsFirst time writing dubcon riding
**May 13, 2014**: Rating one’s own ficWriting rough sex when chars aren’t really angryM/F relationship, multiple dicks, DP/analF/f oral, hairy pubesRepeating kinks within same ficWriting non-explicit/less-explicit sex scenesUpdate: Dubcon riding **May 21, 2014**: Preferred term for “anus”Can you feel it when someone comes in your ass?
**May 28, 2014**: Survey: favorite & least-favorite terms for arousal sensationsConsistency in usage of “cock” or “dick”Writing blowjob from ♀ giver’s POVAmount/degree of detail in smut **May 31, 2014**: Describing feel of nipple stim
**Jun. 5, 2014**: How to keep gay-chickeny argument-to-fightsex from sounding hokeyAmount of historical detail in historical smutSex when one char isn’t into itModern slavery, owner letting friends use slavesWriting first smut, feeling blocked **Jun. 7, 2014**: How might spankee have “earned” her spanking?What readers want in hatesexMaintaining characterization in “this was a bad idea” sexHow aging would affect m/m sex after chars spent years apart
**Jun. 15, 2014**: Queening/facesitting **Jun. 30, 2014**: Lesbian/ace nonny trying to write m/mMaking bath/pool sex happenm/m/f threesome, first-time anal PWP, w/SkypePlot vs. porn ratioShort, fun writing exercise suggestions? Exhaustion/depression hindering post-tragedy comfort sexComplete noob wants general pointersClandestine prison sexToo-fast pacing vs. repetitive acts or overfocus
**Sep. 3, 2014**: Vibrating sex toy in bondage playWriting spectacularly bad het//“Prude nonnie’s first kissing scene”// **Feb. 14, 2015**: Making vanilla smut less genericLesbian nonny asks what women find attractive about men
**Apr. 20, 2015**: m/m/m/m logisticsCan woman ride man who’s sitting upright?Are fingering/handjobs enough?Sensations in pierced erogenous zonesFightsexWorldbuilding in shorter stories without verbosity or skimping on smutKeeping repressed chars IC in smutChars w/tailsEmbarrassment blockCan bottom feel top come in him?Pro-erotica pseuds**Apr. 23, 2015**: Keeping track of limbs (long subthread)
**Apr. 26, 2015**: Building up domliness in reluctant charSexual frat hazing of naïve boyGetting chars to fuck; tense atmosphere//“a good sex scene isn't always about great sex”// **May 18, 2015**: Better term for “panties”m/m, experience differential, emphasizing nervousnessRough non-penetrative sex with desperation and //“intense nearly-painful physicality”//Better terms for ♀ genitals
**May 20, 2015**: Socking upGood tropes/kinks for antagonistic D/sRough & pushy sugar daddy dynamicLarge gangbangsPro-erotica community ventingLube for men’s room fucking Jun. 8, 2015: Creepy details for tender/creepy dubcon sceneGangbangs: one at a time, or all at once?”Making phone sex not unintentionally hilariousHelping char relax enough to be penetrated
Jun. 10, 2015: Would anal DP hurt the penetrators?♂ chastity device that permits orgasmBlowjob from giver’s POVFirst-time fluffy vanilla m/m Jun. 28, 2015: Dom pushing novice sub’s limits; no impact playconsensual mind control; kinky friends-to-loverscunnilingus from http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/145970.html?thread=772469554#cmt772469554 giver POVAIs, human-body borrowing, mindgames, sadismHow het porn could inform expectations of sex w/menKinking up sex btwn 2 slaves
Jul. 7, 2015: Cis/trans m/m alley sex Jul. 12, 2015: “Cuddlefucking”Non-verbal, non-touchy-feely expressions of affectionSex-pollened human/shapeshifter dog, human POV, dog is worriedRough sex against car; size differenceHow injured char could noncon larger charWhere to set miserable, drunken consolation sexEmetophilia question

For non-SWSG discussion threads, please see Smut-Writing Threads - General. For off-meme smut-writing advice, please see Smut Resources.