A genuine crossdresser is able to write precisely of the ways in which all crossdressers see themselves. On the other hand, a writer who is not a crossdresser, will give himself away by using those elements which are really foreign to most of us. How can a writer, a non-TV, know the inner feminine feelings of those who have the need to crossdress; Such a writer makes a mix of odd things, seasoned and spiced with elements of bondage or super-sex and then expect the TV to enjoy his writing. What is especially alarming is that such pseudo-Tv writers destroy the chances, for future acceptance, of the world of crossdressing, as a worthly segment of our society!

Perhaps we might say that genuine TV writings contain stories and accounts that ONLY crossdressers enjoy reading and that others find boring and uninteresting.

So, what DO we like to see in our crossdressing literature? Surely we want to identify with the principle characters. Such persons must be like us decent and ladylike, and full of feminine feelings and emotions. In such writings, it is the little things that are important to us. We like to read about the voluntary transformations from man to woman. The statement: 'Boys will be girls!' sounds like sweet music in our ears. We also enjoy reading of how a sister or wife or a mother cooperates and helps te crossdresser to 'switch' over. But deliver us from the corporal domination. This is not to say that we crossdressers don't enjoy an occasional story where a male is 'made' to cross- dress if the emphasis is not lingered on and the subject of domination is not present. The sweet persuasive power of the female is a much more refined subject when the writer wishes to show how the boy or man first experienced the finding of his inner feminine self.

Another appreciated subject is the feeling of CHANGING IDENTITY. Fancy dress balls, amateur plays, Mardi Gras, etc., where the crossdresser experiences the joy of being a girl ( and then continues to dress whenever possible), together with the feeling of no longer being a 'he' but now being a 'she.' A natural part of a fiction for Tvs is the description of the inner urge to try on feminine clothes in order to experience how it feels wearing such things. This inner urge, this curiosity and the envy, create a subject we may call the first thrilling experience. Under this category we also find the descriptions of using cosmetics, how to have the ears pierced, how to wear corsets, high heels, etc.

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