Quote Originally Posted by dr_mabeuse
...You don't even have to be into violence.

---dr.M.
Or pain for that matter.

Yet based on the number of stories with snuff / extreme / heavy and nc story codes, there are certainly a number of folks who enjoy writing and reading about it. I find that many of the stories here can be easily classified as horror.

I asked if perhaps some people were writing stories because they were angry and maybe writing helps them to have a therapeutic release. - TJ

To answer your question - for me, yes. I began writing BDSM vampire themed novels a few years ago when I was having a very tough time with a verbally abusive client. Instead of writing a journal, I used my time to write stories about characters I'd like to see and wicked characters that should be punished. Punishing the wicked can be great fun.

Am I angry? Not anymore. Was I? You bet.
Writing is a great way to explore my own emotions as I experience life through the eyes of my characters.