Which part of a spanking story to you find the most enjoyable to write?

I agree - the actual mechanics of a spanking (raise the hand or implement, bring it down onto the spankee's bottom, note the effect on the bottom and the spankee's reaction, repeat...and repeat...and repeat...until bottom is well-done) can quickly become repetitive.

It's difficult to come up with a fresh new way of describing a spanking, especially in the Library, where there are (quickly checks) 29,150 versions already here!

I think my favourite part is when the idea first occurs to me, and I can tinker with it (...if I set it here, in this place/time/setting, then that implies that... and then that could follow, but I'd need to find a way to account for... well. that could work, or how about... I know! ...that'll work...) - you know the sort of thing - and that needn't be repetitive at all!

Good point. That's part of the challenge; setting a story in modern times is one thing, but setting something back in the 1950's or 1970's or Victorian times takes a lot more planning to get the details right. I've written 3 stories involving the martinet and set them all in France, so I had to do enough research so that a real French person reading it wouldn't throw their arms up in disgust.

I know exactly what you mean, That is why I try to avoid writing the actual spanking part. I do know that many readers enjoy the process of reading about the sound of the cane's swish or the smack of the hand, or to visualise the way the waves of flesh undulate across the bottom and the way the bottom's colour changes, and perhaps enjoy imagining the intimate smell of the procedings, but I sort of take the view that those things are so much better executed in our own minds that for me as an author to impose my will on the reader's fantasy probably takes away from its impact.

I'm in agreement with this, I enjoy the challenge of conveying the characters' thoughts and feelings, even advancing the story's plot, via the dialogue which they engage in. Also, I try to include nonverbal reactions (shrugging, nodding, looking downcast, grinning, frowning, brows furrowing, etc.) which accompany what characters are saying, to further indicate their thought processes.

(I much prefer "Sheila's eyes flashed yellow fire at Nelson," to "Sheila was very angry with Nelson.")

Dialogue, and even occasional use of mentioning a character's direct thinking to him/herself, can also help make the description of the actual punishment more compelling, it seems to me. It's quite challenging to describe a spanking without becoming repetitious, however personal perspective can be of value in that attempt.

So yes, believable dialogue (whether or not the situation itself is credible) strikes me as one critical aspect of a story, spanking-oriented or otherwise...

--C.K.

To CK: Yes, that must be challenging.

I'm most excited when I actually manage to get a plot together that runs smoothly, where the story makes sense and I don't feel that there are any parts missing to make it stick together, and when it leads up to a conclusion that provides a satisfying ending that gives closure. The spankning part I usually wrote first and then spun a story around it. Now I often find myself writing the story and then struggling with describing the spanking, leaving it to last. Even if it is the peak in the plot, after soon 200 stories, it's becoming increasingly difficult to get any variation into the spanking. So I'm trying to alter the setting between each story, even if the way the hand smacks that rump is similar from story to story.

mj2001

If you run a search on Youtube you will find a 1969 documentary on a woman making Martinets in rural France produced by Ina.fr

Using a search "On a retrouvé la mère fouettard et ses martinets INA" should get you there.

PS If you go to Amazon.fr you can buy a genuine French Martinet, so they are still available.

Got me thinking. Not sure I have a favourite part. I think however that a good spanking story has a number of essential elements:
The setting--where and when.
The characters.
The reason(s) for the spanking(s).
The acceptance that there will be a spanking. (Particularly important if this is the first time).
Position and dress.
The main event.
What happens afterwards.

Having listed them I think that setting and characters are the most important elements and the ones that I like developing most because, of course, I know what will inevitably follow, even if I don't know why or how. When considering a new story I always start with them. I say that the rest tends to write itself but that is of course not really true. What happens is that those characters in that setting/situation have to behave in a certain way, so what I have started with then develops inevitably--because those characters in that situation have to behave in a particular way.

I also like writing dialogue. In part because it is a great way to develop character, but also because it gives me the time to write what I would like to say (in those circumstances) and the time to get it right. Real dialogue often suffers from the fact that it is "made up on the hoof". When writing you can avoid "I wish I hadn't said that" or "I wish I had said that" moments.

Of course, describing the actual spanking is also fun and for the same reason as the dialogue. In the heat of the moment you do not always provide the perfect spanking. When writing it you have time to describe exactly what should happen, and because it generally takes longer to write than the actual spanking would, you have all the time in the world to deliver a fictional spanking perfectly.

Geoffrey Stirling.