We analyse texts from the fields of fiction and non-fiction and think about how high-quality eroticism can look today. We have no patent remedies, but put our thoughts and convictions on erotic literature on paper.
We regard the texts presented here as “work in progress”, which are constantly being expanded and updated as soon as we find new, exciting examples or topics. Ideally, over time this will create a pool of ideas for erotic literature for all those who write themselves.
The bikini as the first turning point: a scandal on the beach, but no change in everyday life When the bikini was first shown in France in 1946, the appearance of the female belly in public was a shock. The idea of not only showing skin between the chest and hips, but deliberately presenting it, … Continue reading From bikini to crop top: The belly button as a public event
Erotic preferences often feel spontaneous: a fabric, a voice, a particular kind of touch. Many people assume these desires are innate. Psychological research paints a different picture.Desire is rarely a pure biological reflex. It develops in the interplay between early experiences, parental messages, cultural rules, and bodily learning. Erotic patterns emerge where upbringing and body … Continue reading Conditioned Desire – How Upbringing Shapes Erotic Preferences
Pornography is no longer a marginal phenomenon; it’s a global mass medium. It is everywhere, shaping fantasies, influencing body images, and setting expectations about what desire should look like. But porn is also a mirror: whatever is skewed in a culture tends to appear there first, in concentrated form. Gender roles, power imbalances, taboos, violence … Continue reading Pornography as a Mirror of Society – Between Liberation and Exploitation
In erotic writing, “revelation” is not simply the moment when fabric falls or a body part becomes visible. Dramaturgically, revelation is the point where something that has only been hinted at becomes undeniable — a body, a secret, a desire. Nudity without buildup is just information. Nudity with buildup is an event. Your job as … Continue reading The Art of Revelation – From Suggestion to Exposure
Bare legs may seem ordinary—every summer they’re everywhere. But in erotic writing, legs possess a narrative force that few other body parts can match. A bare arm is simply factual, a bare back aesthetic, a bare stomach intimate. But when legs appear, especially unexpectedly, they begin to tell a story instantly. Legs are never just … Continue reading Why Bare Legs Tell More Than Any Other Bare Skin
Shame is not just an emotion; it is a system. It is learned, enforced, and mapped onto the body. It defines what may be shown and what must be hidden. In the history of female sexuality, shame is the invisible architecture that shapes posture, voice, breath. When you feel shame, you don’t only shrink inward; … Continue reading Utopias of Desire – What If Shame Did Not Exist?
Across China, a new storytelling format is reshaping the narrative landscape: micro-dramas. These ultra-short series run for just one to three minutes per episode, yet many stretch across dozens or even hundreds of installments. They deliver love stories, revenge arcs, family intrigues, and erotic tension at the speed of a scroll.“Micro-dramaturgy” is the art of … Continue reading Micro-Dramaturgy – What Erotic Writers Can Learn from Chinese Short-Form Series
No one truly sees themselves as they are. Every perception of the body is filtered — through memory, through comparison, through what others have said. In erotic writing this becomes especially visible: characters never experience their bodies neutrally. Even when they’re alone, they carry the echo of someone else’s eyes. A character who believes she’s … Continue reading Self-Image and the Gaze of Others – How Characters Perceive Their Own Attractiveness
In erotic literature, desire is rarely neutral. It is force, mirror, awakening — yet for centuries, women’s desire was written from the outside. Female pleasure served as response, proof, or punishment, but not as voice. The female body was the stage for male imagination, not the source of it. In feminist erotic writing, this changes: … Continue reading How Much Power Does a Protagonist Have Over Her Own Desire?
Erotic writing often fails not because it’s too explicit, but because it’s too familiar. Bodies, fabrics, gestures – all become predictable if they are written as we expect them to be. Defamiliarization means describing the ordinary as if seen for the first time. The term comes from literary theory, but in erotic prose, it becomes … Continue reading Defamiliarization in Erotic Writing – Seeing the Ordinary Anew
