In addition to finishing up my book, my movies and reading tonight at the JCC (are you coming?) I’m also writing short vignettes for made-for-TV porn. I am by no means an amazing, or highly professional, erotic writer but I’m definitely learning. So I’ve decided to compile a list of five words I feel are overused in erotic stories, even though I’ll admit that I’m guilty of using them.

1. Bulge: As in the bulge in his pants grew bigger, I knew he was ready to enter my sex. Okay, that whole sentence might be overly cliched, but it gets my point across about “the bulge.”

2. Wet: Fine, that’s what happens to most women’s genitals as they get aroused, but it’s an overused word. Unfortunately, I’m not sure that moist is much better, but I’m working on thinking up words to describe the drips of moisture in between her thighs after something like his manhood, a word that for some reason reminds me of two men sword fighting, is revealed. And honestly, wet’s fine, it’s just used often.

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