rhetorical, Ryan...if you would be so kind....

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

Personally, I hate writing. But it certainly sells. I have never been interested in the art of it, but I have never considered my writing craft either. I consider the craft as gaining a sign up because of what I write.
Its like photography. There is very little art in porn photography, but a fair bit of craft. Where porn really falls apart is in video. So few can actually do it well.
I wish I was interested in writing because it certainly is a good way to make a living. I have written tons of copy for broadcast but it bores me silly, so I gave it up.
But all of the above, is good advice, MG.

Thank you, rhetorical.

I'm a writer who fell into porn. I love writing. All kinds of writing, even the "hardcore fuck stories" I do. (I can't in good conscience call them "erotica." D.H. Lawrence writes "erotica." I write hardcore fuck stories for the internet.)

I'd much rather be working on a novel. However, earning a living doth call...and this writer mutters grimly and forges ahead with whatever porn project is on the table.

I do agree that a true craft is constructing sentences, i.e. text links or descriptive banner text, that makes a surfer click and go sign up. That takes a great deal of effort and experience to do correctly. It's very easy to do wrong, though, as a cursory glance around at some porn sites will prove.