Writing sex scenes- a scandalous and tricky business, don'tcha think? On one hand, you don't want to sound like a prude, but on the other you don't want to make it seem like it's a porno. I confess that the first time I wrote a sex scene in Rules of Vegas, it sounded like a prude. It was so boring. Then, I said to myself, "if you are going to write a sex scene, write a freakin' sex scene!" Granted, I'm sure I could do it better. The wholesome Roman Catholic girl inside me still monitors the writing.
I'm all for tasteful sex scenes so I guess I'll never write a porn script. Good thing it's not on my bucket list.
Anyway, all this chat about sex scenes came about because I wrote a few with Andy's story aka Going All In. Naturally, he's the playboy of characters. I am approaching writing one with Mark's story ( I need a title for this one) and I find it challenging writing something tasteful from a guy's point of view. Andy doesn't need as much as a filter as Mark does. This may sound like I think guys are pigs and I don't believe this, but I think-No, I KNOW they are wired differently.
Well, I'm almost to 13K words and counting...I'll keep you posted when I find that perfect filter for Mark.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in the meantime!
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I give you a lot of credit - I am having a hard time writing a kissing scene for my book!!
ReplyDeleteSex scenes are so hard to get right. I remember the first time I had to write one, for a short story in creative writing class. The fabulous Mrs. Schleicher said to me (and I quote): "Sh*t or get off the pot: are they going to bed together or not?" And so, on the annual publication conference in NYC, I sat in the law school library at Colubmia University and wrote the worst sex scene of all time.
Also, there are actually awards for the worst sex scenes: bad sex awards.
Writing about sex can have great scenes, he must have good experience about sex. I also read about sex on books and online blogs.
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