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xssve -> RE: Turning Fantasies into Stories (3/7/2012 5:21:58 PM)
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It's not as easy as it sounds, as you say, fantasies, for the most part tend to be diffuse and fragmented, whereas a story follows a set pattern: at minimum, a beginning, a middle and an end - Three acts.
Ac 1: introduce the characters and define a problem the character/s must resolve.
Act 2: the characters go about resolving the problem, the "story" part.
Act 3: the problem is resolved.
Stories about sex pose particular difficulties when it comes to literature, you can write a story about sex, or you can write a story with sex in it - if the former, the hard part is usually act 3.
A simple outline might be:
Act 1: Wendy Wetpants need to get laid, bad.
That's a simple problem, and it creates tension, "conflict" is the literary term for it, and it's basically what makes the story worth reading, i.e., the character should be sympathetic, and problem should be interesting enough to make the reader care whether it get's resolved or not if you want them to turn the page.
Act 2: Wendy goes on Collarme to find the man of her dreams, who will whip her, beat her, and make her write bad checks. She hooks up with Michael Mastermeat, who is both hypnotically attractive and terrifying (more tension), they agree to meet and things too graphic to mention occur.
Act 2 is basically about milking the tension in order to maintain the readers interest, and the outline needs to be fleshed out a little - when she finds the guy (or girl, or couple) she needs to resolve her tension, you can add twists and turns, new problems or situations can present themselves, could be anything: Mastermeat takes her back to his trailer, where he's staying with his mother and his entire family, his buddies are there, he turns out to be a girl, his penis is a foot long, etc., etc., whatever.
Act 3: After finally satiating her lust, Mastermeat gazes lovingly into her eyes, slaps her on the ass, and orders her into the kitchen to fetch a beer, they live happily ever after, the end.
This is a plotline typical of porn, and act 3 is basically a moneyshot, but you can make it all as complicated as you want, the key things to remember are to develop tension and resolve it at the end.
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