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A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE UNDERLYING THE SUCCESSFUL WRITING OF PORN

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: The Prig (11/16, 10:39AM)

“you say ‘unconventional and effusive’ as it it were a bad thing .. i’ve found it to be pretty successful”

An interesting comment which bears further scrutiny since it touches upon a fundamental principle which underlies all successful writing of porn. What is that principle?

In ordinary circumstances “unconventional and effusive” is generally considered to be a good thing since it attracts the attention of the reader. But, of course, writing porn cannot be considered to be something which is carried out under “ordinary circumstances.” Indeed, I think I can safely say that writing porn is carried out under “extraordinary circumstances”. How is this so?

What we have here is a classic dichotomy which touches upon all successful writing, as for example, in the present instance. That dichotomy relates to the relationship between form and substance. Indeed, that relationship can be formulated in terms of an inverse relationship between content (substance) and style (form). Some call it Montrealman’s first principle of successful porn writing.

You will have noted that the content of this post – the principles underlying the successful writing of porn – is somewhat academic, perhaps even dry. As a consequence, I have chosen to couch it in formal, some might say even flowery terminology. In other words, the style of the post obtrudes into the content to alleviate possible boredom and ennui in the reader. The style lifts his spirits, engages his attention so to speak.

However, and now we come to the crux of the matter, this not the case with porn. With porn the content (substance) is intrinsically interesting and needs no further embellishment by a flowery style (form). The content of porn stands on its own and, indeed, such interest can be diminished by a distracting style. That is why it is imperative that the style adopted with porn be one I have called “structured restraint”.

To write porn with a style that is “unconventional and effusive” – it will be obvious – distracts attention from the quality of the porn. The style must be unobtrusive, subtle, one characterized by structured restraint. It must never intrude upon the porn. So there we have it, Montrealman’s first principle for successful porn writing.

Something tells me that the feather you enlisted to hold you back will soon be blown away by your obviously profound attraction with the content (substance) of porn in general and your tormenting erotic fantasies about Montrealman in particular. I’ll be waiting in my usual posture, one of structured restraint, before we commence our pornographic duet.

A pleasure as always.

Cheerio!