/lit/ - Literature

Is it possible to purposefully write something like Fifty Shades, i.e. a bodice ripper without adventure and the two main attractions being self insertion and sexual taboo?

And how do you avoid being stacked with other romance novels? Because sure, you can write a book about a girl fresh out of college falling in with a mercenary (and being Tom Clancy about military details) and discovering threesomes with his black Adonis BFF, but it would be written off as crap?

What the hell drags the plebs in and what pushes them away?

>>3846743
>implying target audience of erotica isn't middle aged women

Interesting op, I was also wondering if there's any evidence that the book i'm reading, fifty shades of grey, is about sex.

I just had one of most interesting reads in a while.

http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/08/16/50-shades-of-grey-pedophilia-hiding-in-plain-sight-letter-from-a-reader/

"When you read it, look for the signs. They are all there.

The female character has no sexual experience. None. She is given the age of 21, but that age is itself a cover. Her true emotional age is much-much younger. She has never even masturbated. She has never even experienced an orgasm. That alone is one of the greatest attractions to the pedophile. That is the psychology of that kind of act. You get off on taking purity.

But move from the fact the girl has no sexual experience whatsoever. Now pay attention to her narrative dialogue. Really listen to how she talks. Again, she’s not talking like a young woman, she’s talking like a girl. She talks about cartwheels, and skipping, over and over again it is the language and the imagery of a girl.

After that this girl has her innocence taken from her. The abuser, the older man, makes her think its her choice. Again, you and I both know that is one of the primary tools of the pedophile. They create an environment where the child feels it’s their idea. It’s what they want. But what happens after that innocence is taken away? Then the abuser becomes more openly abusive. Controlling. In this story he tells the little girl how to speak. What to wear. What to eat. He is Daddy and she is daughter. When you read it read it like a mother who is also a woman who is experienced with the real life tragedy of abuse."

That's just horrible. Not only it's a really bad read and popular at the same time, but with very disgusting implications and context.