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- From: mapd1@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nigel Ling)
- Subject: Re: Writing Erotica
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.122553.18935@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
- Organization: University of Sussex
- References: <1993Jan26.153706.12066@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <JJAS.93Jan26214908@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu> <1993Jan27.163418.23913@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:25:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.163418.23913@digi.lonestar.org> gpalo@digi.lonestar.org (Gerry Palo) writes:
- [...]
- >
- >As for the literary quality of purely pornographic books, I
- >heard from the instructor of a writing class I took that
- >almost all successful writers have written porn books, and
- >most of those who don't command high royalties regularly
- >do it. These are those 175 page paperbacks for which they
- >receive about $1,000 flat fee, which a seasoned writer can
- >crank out in a week or so. It comes in handy when the
- >rent is due. Does anyone in this thread know whether this is
- >true?
-
- Almost *all* successful writers have written porno books?
- Well, I can imagine how that instructor defines successful
- writers!
-
- I'm not much interested in the difference between erotica and
- porn, although I will say that books containing rude bits which
- were written before explicit stuff became printable are more likely
- to shape up to the label erotic, inasmuch as their authors
- had to use art and subtlety to convey the sex.
-
- Nigel
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