writing about writing

[flambeau]

I used to have a bunch of essays up on my site on various fannish topics, but I took them down when I redesigned, because I just wasn't sure how I felt about them any more. Most of them were written in the late 90s, and I called them rants at one point, but they really weren't; I don't rant well. I've been thinking about making annotated versions,

Comments

[darkseaglass]

"A story designed to be solely about the sex scene works best if there's a sex scene in it."

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[flambeau]

I'm kind of hoping someone takes it as a challenge to prove me wrong! :)

[burntcopper]

...um.... I once had a story where when I was still writing it, I sent it off to have the story checked to see if the rest of it had consistency, character, etc (I have more problem with plot than sex scenes, which just flow) and left inbetween the evening before and morning after '_insert sex scene here_'

my beta fell over laughing and then told me that i'd have to really work at it to live up to that. because if not he'd tell me to leave it as that.

[flambeau]

Hee! So did you manage to insert something suitable? *innocent look*

[burntcopper]

Stuart was inspired. Vince ended up being very puzzled but very pleased.

[flambeau]

*grins* I bet he was.

[nopseud]

See, I would argue that 'Catch and Release' almost fits that already. :-) Or rather, someone recently described it as the hottest story around which didn't really have sex in it.

[flambeau]

What a nice thing to say. :) But that's a story about not having sex; I was thinking more like, if I left the sex out of Plan 3, say, there really wouldn't be any there there.

I always have to think for a couple of seconds when I see that icon. And then I giggle.