The Reason I Avoid Writing Sex Scenes

[dr_pretentious]

What amazes me about having written 3053 words today is that I had several 3K days last November. How on earth did I do it?

Only 7684 words to go. How that will fit into two more days, I have no idea.

42,316 / 50,000 (84.6%)

For the first time, I have written a sex scene that is more than one sentence long. I'm too tired to reopen the file and count, but I would guess that the sex scene in question takes up maybe five or six sentences.

As a matter of general principle, I think one sentence is about the right length for a sex scene, since no writer can titillate the reader's mind as perfectly as the reader can titillate it for herself. If readers didn't prefer to imagine sex scenes for themselves, entirely unfettered by whatever the author has put on the page, there wouldn't be so very much fanfic out there.

Comments

[onyxtwilight.livejournal.com]

re: Harrison -- the first one was okay, a bit slow going at first but it kinda grew on me. Picked up the second because there was nothing else to read, and about halfway through, I realized she actually had me hooked and I was genuinely enjoying them.

Yes, the covers are shitty.

Now, for pure FUN, the Davidsons are really quite good. And they're set in Minneapolis, so lots of fun for us. Fun in general, really. And better writing, in terms of craftsmanship, than the Hamilton stuff. I *never* want to throw the Davidson books against the wall for sloppy editing or poor turns of phrase.