Yes. . .it's most certainly possible because you have your imagination and fantasies. Write what you feel and you'll be fine.
I have eventually sat down and written a story. It is fairly short but i am hoping that by using the reviews from this one i will be able to write better. It has been a while since i was at school so please excuse some of my grammar. Thanks for all the help. Please read, enjoy and give me some constructive criticism. Thanks.
The Almighty Space Potato
I'm a virgin and I've written over 30 stories on the site. I don't find them good myself, but judging by the feedback of many, they are. I just write as a way to express my fantasies and sexual side, I use the experience I do have in the bedroom and amplify it.
Can you write a good murder mystery if you've never killed anyone before? Can you write a story about visiting a distant planet even if the laws of physics prohibit faster than light travel? If you are capable of empathizing with other humans, then you are capable of writing any story in any genre. Write what you know. You might not know exactly what it feels like to be inside a woman, but you can imagine the emotions you would feel when making love to her. Concentrate on that. Instead of filling your story with detailed descriptions of actions you might not be comfortable describing, write instead about the characters feel inside. Wonder, excitement. fear, disappointment, or anything you think they would feel. Sex stories don't have to be a how-to manual for fucking. Use what you know, any experience you have, and expand upon it. Read what others have written about it. Use your fantasies. And stop worrying! Write from the heart, and you'll do just fine.
I agree with what the others are saying. while my stories may have some small elements of real experience in them, the majority are figments of my imagination. a lot of the lesbian stories were written before my first encounter in that arena, some even before I realized I wanted to explore that aspect of myself. I just got through writing a story of gay sex, and I sure don't have the right equipment for that! And my current series Angela is about many things that I not only have NOT done, but that I would never consider doing.
I used writing as an outlet when I was younger and couldn't have sex. Some of my best works came from when I was a virgin.
"Female-friendly" porn helped me out with capturing the sensuality of love making. That genre of porn is more of slow, gentle lovemaking for the ladies and not aggressive, flashy aspects like other genres. It demonstrated the impact of what genuine pleasure did for a sexual creature like the human woman. I miss those days! The exploration was fantastic!
I believe it is possible but you would need a vivid imagination but many people generally have that when it comes to sex anyway. You could try writing about masturbation or perhaps just try writing a story and letting them know you don't really have any sexual experience.
I think it's possible yes. I can write sex involving men and yet I don't know what it's like to be a man. But I've talked to them and I can imagine enough to write a story. I suppose if you're a virgin it doesn't stop you talking to people, doing research and using your imagination.
I don't think anyone has actually ever traveled to Middle Earth or destroyed a Death Star, but believability was definitely a selling point in those storylines...
Yes... Several of the stories I have here on lush (I won't tell you which ones) were written long before I had experienced the "real thing"
I wrote a Cuckold story without actually being cuckolded. The Diary.
I think part of the creativity and fun of writing is being to combine your imagination with your writing skills. If my stories were all autobiographies they would bore you to death. Lol. I've always been a monogamous kind of guy. Did do a few kinky things like a threesome but not enough things to qualify as sexually interesting enough to model my own erotic stories.
All that said... I've done some pretty crazy non sexual shit. Ask me some time and I'll share with you.
One thing to consider is that sex is a relatively common human experience. So saying something like, "Oh but so and so wrote brilliantly about intergalactic travels without having actually done it," becomes moot. How many people have actually galaxy-hopped vs. gotten laid?
But having said that... yes, I think you can create a great sex story without the relevant experience. An author's (in)experience, so to speak, is not the first thing that comes to mind when I'm reading a Lush story. It will come into question though, if the technicalities of the deed feel overtly fudged or are just plain wrong. The best thing someone who's not yet sexually active can do (hate using the V-word) is to use what they know, fact check it with people who know better, and just tap into what they might feel in that moment. Most importantly though is that you enjoy the writing process.
The only reason I ever got into reading erotica was becuase I was SO curious about sex. I'd never done it and reading stuff off Lush was exciting and inspiring. I didn't write anything while still being a virgin but I had very little experience when I started writing; most of my stories were creative - not an actual decription of things that happened. I'm pretty sure that most people who write about huge sex parties haven't ACTUALLY experienced them; it's more of putting a fantasy into words and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. If you read sex stories, you can write sex stories, no matter what your virgin-status.
Yes, of course. I don't think you necessarily need to experience something to write about it. What you need is imagination, writing skills and documentation.
I don't expect mystery writers to have commited/solved any murders...