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[iddybangmod]

IIBB 2017 is on the road and we're ready to go! *vroom*

Part friending post, part support group – get to know your fellow par-id-cipants here! (Thanks to ngeonger for the idea!)

Want to talk wordcounts, inspiration and progress? Swap writing tips? Or just flail over the awesome things you're creating? This post is the place. *hurtles headfirst into the id vortex* This will also be the place for weekly discussions!

Stop in to chat with fellow iddybangers, or see how others are doing on their journey to the center of the id! \o/

Comments

[peachesandbones]

My fic sign up is going to be pure porn. I suck at writing porn. I tend to be very timid in my descriptions, and I haven't written kink yet. But by god I am going to try for this!

It's nice that the only person I will really disappoint if this all goes sideways is myself.

[alasse_irena]

I feel you. I have written like, one explicit piece of writing ever, and I'm pretty sure I'm writing kink for this thing.

[peachesandbones]

Hot damn! We are id soulmates! If you need a cheerleader I am here for you.

[alasse_irena]

Cheerleading always appreciated! I am happy to return the favour. =P We can fumble our way through smut writing together.

ETA: I added you, because I can always live with more things on my reading page. =P Feel free to return the favour, or not, as it suits you.

[peachesandbones]

Awesome! I will add you back!

I never post anything, but the upside of that is that I am a one-fandom woman (Star Trek) and I won't be cluttering your reading page with shit that you may not care about.

[halfeatenmoon]

I'm also INCREDIBLY timid about porn, and I think people will have to fuck in the story I'm writing. Here's to challenging ourselves though!

[peachesandbones]

I am so glad that I'm not the only one with this 'problem'! May we grow as writers, and be smutty overlords by the end of this challenge!

[alasse_irena]

Ahaha smutty overlords! XD I love it...I want like, a badge or a T-shirt or something. =P

[badass_tiger]

Woohoo, fellow timid porn writer :D My descriptions usually end up so lacking, since my kinks lie more in pairing dynamics than sexy acts, but we'll see how it works out. I'm not a particularly good writer anyway, so at least if it doesn't work out, it won't exactly be a sudden and random dip in quality, haha.

[peachesandbones]

I hear you! Usually my smut exists to advance the relationship between a set of characters instead of just being porny goodness. This bang I will work on changing that.

Subscribing to your journal for cheerleading purposes!

[badass_tiger]

Added back, thanks! Looking forward to journeying to the id with you <3

[alasse_irena]

Ah yes - the descriptions. I am the same. The one time I did write smut, my beta read it and was like "Okay, I know what they're *feeling* right now, well done, but....what are they actually doing???"

[hellkitty]

I started in fandom writing giant robots. For some reason, I'm less awkward about writing two giant robots banging than people. Mostly it's because the terminology is really tough for me when it comes to humans. I mean, what do you call the parts? Half the time it seems so clinical (his penis) and the other half it reads like bad purple prose (his throbbing love shaft).

[peachesandbones]

That is why writing porn is so tricky! Personally, I hate the word 'hole', but like, fuck? What sexier words do I invent to say the same thing? And then it's 'he penetrated his partner's garden of trust'.

And now I really want to read robot porn. I would think it would be harder to write, but I could be totally wrong!

[alasse_irena]

I occasionally frustratedly resolve to only ever write people without penises having sex because I can't find any satisfactory words for penis that don't sound weird in my prose.

[anaraine]

Hogan's Heroes! ♥ Have some icon love.

Also, that's really interesting to me - robot porn vs. human porn. I've recently been running into xeno problems (what do I call a tentacle dick while not using those words) but I wouldn't even know where to begin with robots.