Writers Coffee Club: June 4th
4. How do you handle highly intimate scenes?
It varies from story to story. My two current works in progress are horror novels which contain intimate scenes. Sometimes they are there to help the reader connect with characters and care for them, sometimes they are there to maximise horror. I try to avoid explicit content, unless there's a point to it.
I'd also add that they don't come easy to me, and I don't naturally gravitate towards them. I prefer things implied.
It varies from story to story. My two current works in progress are horror novels which contain intimate scenes. Sometimes they are there to help the reader connect with characters and care for them, sometimes they are there to maximise horror. I try to avoid explicit content, unless there's a point to it.
I'd also add that they don't come easy to me, and I don't naturally gravitate towards them. I prefer things implied.