The Value of Creative Work

Originally posted at Closet Fetishist's Stories

Let me say that I am glad there's still a passionate following here that are constantly eager for more stories. It means a lot to me and the other writers I'm sure to have people reading and praising the work we do; it's one of the reasons we do it, why we offer our creative outputs for everyone to enjoy for free. We get nothing out of writing a story and keeping it to ourselves, so those that enjoy them, they are what keep us going.

At the same time, many of us, as far as I know, are not making a living at this; it's doubtful we could add this work to any sort of professional portfolio, even if it was to write porn (but then who needs a portfolio to write porn professionally; and who is looking at that portfolio?). Anyways, I'm saying we all have lives outside of this mostly hobbyist pursuit. So there will be lulls, both in content and updates; we appreciate your patience when it comes to these lulls.

We live in a world today where creative work is heavily undervalued; and because this is smut, it's probably the least valued of the creative works. That's because it only gains value through building horniness and loses it all immediately after; that's why porn ads play up the hardcore factor, hoping to get you horny enough to have no choice but to buy. (Have to say that recent Star Wars porn with the Twi'lek looked pretty good, good production value - at least from the advertisement).

I've been writing this stuff since 2006 and I've never made a dime doing it; I never did it for the money and frankly I was a bit afraid to make any given that this was "porn content" and you can barely find a web host willing to house it. But it's 10 years later as well, what started in my youth is now in my adulthood, a time when you look for time sucks and fat to trim from your life; you eliminate things holding you down and taking time from things that matter, things that are valued. You start asking yourself, what do I get out of this? Is it worth it?

At one time, I thought it was merely hard work that allowed one to succeed beyond their wildest dreams. But unfocused hard work, hard work without a goal goes nowhere; maybe that's why some of the best disappear and move on to better things, things with a future. Or maybe they give up their creative pursuits in favor of a more mainstream life, working 9-5. Surely, there's some of both.

I do want to thank those still writing, still offering their work for free to all us; we'd have nothing but our own imaginations without them. They continue to let us into their minds and share with us their incredible stories.

The Power of Horniness

I feel like it's not often addressed but it should be noted that the power of being horny is extremely strong. I've experienced this and used it in my work; meaning to ride the wave and resist climax in order to complete creative tasks like writing a story or doing photo captions. I do this because, I've noticed, once you climax, the desire to follow up on smut related pursuits immediately diminishes; you'll pretty much do anything else once you climax but before that point, you completely and totally focused on the porn.

It really speaks to the driving factor of sex; how it can provide momentum for focus, perhaps merely just for the end result, like the carrot on a string where you're both the chaser and the carrot holder, using self-control and restraint to accomplish and do work.