This is my disclaimer. I think I am a fair dancer. People mostly enjoy my dances, but I am far from perfect. My posts are too long, and my dances tend to be overly complicated. My goal in writing a dance, every time, is to simply entertain.
Writing dances can be difficult, because there is no outline you are supposed to follow, no hard and fast rules for how to do it. But it’s also the perfect way for you to show just who you are as a slave.
With that said, here are some suggestions:
Decide what kind of dance you want to write. You can write a dance which is also a story, a dance which purely describes your movements, or a dance based on a type portrayed in the Gor series by John Norman.
I feel that the easiest dance to write is one in which you only describe the movements of your body, so we will focus on that at first.
What do you want your dance to convey? Of course, the immediate response to that is exquisite beauty, but aside from that, your dance, whatever kind it may be, needs to convey an EMOTION.
SO decide which one or ones you wish to portray. Will you be a slave afraid to submit? One who is happily collared? Or perhaps a needy slut trying to beg use through her dance?
Once you decide which emotion you seek to convey, you need to feel it. For me, the best way to accomplish this is to listen to music. So I put on something that sounds lonely or a happy song, depending on what I want to express. If I want to write a really sensual and sexual song, then I play something that makes me feel that way.
You can write an outline if being that organized helps you. I usually don’t. But writing an outline can provide a basic structure for your dance as well as help you organize your thoughts. Write down whatever comes to mind at first, then expand and grow upon each thought.
The first post you enter will be the most important one. You will either captivate your audience of lose them with your first post. Think of your first post like a billboard. You want to attract the readers’ attention so they will continue to partake of what you offer.
Description is very important. Write how your body is moving. Describe how your limbs move. If you get stuck here, get up and dance in reality! Dance around someplace private and watch how your body moves, taking mental notes to use later while writing.
As part of your dance, you need to set the stage for your audience. Describe the setting of your dance. Are you dancing in a sandy pit, in the grass, on a cold stone floor? Are you dancing by candlelight, torch-light or lantern?
You should also describe your self to your audience. Describe your physical attributes and emphasize your best features. Remembers that Gorean Masters found every part of a woman to be beautiful. *grins* I would suggest that you study what you look like and write it down prior to composing any dance. Include your hair and eye color, height, body type, etc. Then use a thesaurus to find new ways to say the same thing (a thesaurus is your BEST friend when writing!)
Describe any clothing or items that you are wearing. Are you naked, in silks, or wearing a camisk or sirik? Do you have any jewelry? Are you wearing slave bells or holding zills? Don’t forget what you are wearing and write something different later in the dance! You can’t suddenly go from wearing a camisk to wearing silks!
Incorporate parts of your appearance into your dance as it progresses. This will greatly enhance the vividness and reality of the dance. Another aspect to include is how whatever you are dancing on affects your movements. If you are dancing in grass, perhaps it is a bit slippery. If you are dancing in sand, perhaps some will fly upwards with your movements and stick to your skin.
Include sound in writing your dance. Not only the sound you may make while dancing, or the jingle of your jewelry, but the music that is playing. Describe it for your audience so that they can hear it too.
The length of both the dance and the individual posts are important. Too long of a dance will cause the Free to squirm in their real life chairs while they continually glance at their watches, while too short of a dance will seem to be over before it begins. I recommend keeping dancing between eight and 14 posts, with each post containing two or three sentences.
When performing your dance, make sure to give your audience enough time to read your post before posting again. I usually slowly read what I just posted before posting a new entry. This is also a good time to make minor changes to your dance. For example, if you originally wrote a description of dancing in a sand pit, but you are now dancing on wood, you can substitute the new description quickly.
Don’t tell the audience what you feel. Describe it. Instead of writing “she feels happy,” write the expression on her face that indicates happiness. If writing that you are afraid, don’t say so, describe the look and feel of fear. If you are unsure what your body might look like in expressing certain emotions, then look in a mirror and study your face as you think of certain things that promote certain emotions. You can always research this online.
Please remember that the beauty of a dance is subjective. One Master may love it, while another doesn’t. Don’t feel rejected if one or few do not like your dance. Just look at it as an opportunity to grow and learn. Always try your very, very best.
Homework: go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YamDoDK71Ds and after watching it, write one post describing some of her dance movements as if it were you dancing.
