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Anyone looking to make money in creative writing should consider erotic literature. Erotic content on Patreon is a growing segment.


Yup. Come up with an amusing and obvious penname (Robert Harder, Felatia Organica, that kind of thing), and then start writing stories about people having sex with monsters/bears/dinosaurs. Crazy market for monster erotic literature.

If you can find a way to convince furries to pay for your stuff then you've really got a goldmine. They've got tons of free fanfiction to work with though so that might be hard.


Romance novels sell pretty well also consider how much there are low-quality novels in market https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/01/freelancer-gig-economy-...


I thought Patreon specifically banned erotic content / porn?


They're playing the game of trying to ban some of it but not all of it. For erotic literature specifically, they're trying to forbid certain genres. It's a weird cat and mouse game and I'm having trouble picking sides.


Super interesting. Is there anywhere I can find a list of the allowed erotic genres vs the banned genres?

Thanks.


I'm generally upset at them over their weird ban-not-ban. I can understand they have to deal with credit card processors, etc - but please give the community clear guidelines and don't play the part of the censor.


I'm not certain there's a way out of it. On Quora I've been seeing pedophiles creating accounts with the intent on pushing boundaries. It's pretty disturbing seeing it taken out of a literary context. I don't envy Patreon's task here.




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