I have to admit that sex scenes are one of the things where I stick to the cliche and often-ignored "write what you know" rule. Maybe when I'm no longer the world's biggest virgin, but until then... yeahno.
GOD IT IS FUCKING COLD, WHY. It's been like -30 here all week. That combined with our lack of public transit and the fact that at -30 salt doesn't melt ice = havoc. There was something like 100 collisions in rush hour yesterday morning. Fail.
Well, that's what always mystified me about my inability to write them...like, not that I'm a big expert or anything, but it is writing within my realm of experience.
Well, okay, I guess my cold rather pales in comparison to your epic Canadian level of cold, but it's still pretty damn cold. Even my hair was cold walking to the Metro this morning.
Wow. I, for one, am very impressed. That's a hurdle I have yet to overcome and don't see it happening anytime soon. My sex scenes are vaguevaguevague.
So anyways, that's a pretty big accomplishment and reason to be geekily proud of yourself.
There are still certain words I can't use, the big 3 "C words" in particular I can't blame you at all. I wouldn't be able to either.
It's really cold here, too! The windchill was below zero when I was walking to class yesterday and I was like, "I am in the south. I should not have to know what a windchill of below zero feels like." I'm very angry at the weather right now.
Well, vaguevaguevague can be nice...there's such as thing as too much detail...but mine tended to be "and they kissed and OKAY THAT SCENE IS DONE NOW."
I think everyone is getting this cold snap, though I'm sure people in, like, Chicago are thinking "Cold? You don't even know what cold IS."
there's such as thing as too much detail Yeah, I'm often sitting there going, "I know what human bodies are like. I don't need an anatomy lesson."
Yeah, my cousins who moved up to Michigan last year are laughing at my complaints about the cold. But truthfully, I'd rather it be 100 degrees with a 90% humidity than this cold. Maybe I should move to Egypt or Fiji or somewhere.
I have written some, but I've not published a story to the interwebs that contained one yet. I still have trouble finding that perfect mix that includes a little dash of vagueness and not too much text-book anatomy, but without the ridiculous "quivering member" purple nonsense you see in Harlequin. I find a decent dose of honest sex!banter can often do the trick, where it's appropriate.
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I have to admit that sex scenes are one of the things where I stick to the cliche and often-ignored "write what you know" rule. Maybe when I'm no longer the world's biggest virgin, but until then... yeahno.
GOD IT IS FUCKING COLD, WHY. It's been like -30 here all week. That combined with our lack of public transit and the fact that at -30 salt doesn't melt ice = havoc. There was something like 100 collisions in rush hour yesterday morning. Fail.
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Well, okay, I guess my cold rather pales in comparison to your epic Canadian level of cold, but it's still pretty damn cold. Even my hair was cold walking to the Metro this morning.
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My hair freezes a lot, yeah. It's weird. And probably unhealthy.
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So anyways, that's a pretty big accomplishment and reason to be geekily proud of yourself.
There are still certain words I can't use, the big 3 "C words" in particular I can't blame you at all. I wouldn't be able to either.
It's really cold here, too! The windchill was below zero when I was walking to class yesterday and I was like, "I am in the south. I should not have to know what a windchill of below zero feels like." I'm very angry at the weather right now.
Have fun on your four day weekend!
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I think everyone is getting this cold snap, though I'm sure people in, like, Chicago are thinking "Cold? You don't even know what cold IS."
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Yeah, my cousins who moved up to Michigan last year are laughing at my complaints about the cold. But truthfully, I'd rather it be 100 degrees with a 90% humidity than this cold. Maybe I should move to Egypt or Fiji or somewhere.
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I have written some, but I've not published a story to the interwebs that contained one yet. I still have trouble finding that perfect mix that includes a little dash of vagueness and not too much text-book anatomy, but without the ridiculous "quivering member" purple nonsense you see in Harlequin. I find a decent dose of honest sex!banter can often do the trick, where it's appropriate.
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