How To Write About Sex Without Being Boring - io9.
Vary the pace and length of your scenes. A radio play which has five ten-minute scenes, each set in a dining-room, is likely to be less effective than a play which varies its scenes and settings.
The effectiveness of sex writing depends, as with real sex, on getting from point A to point Z via all the letters in between. Too many stories start on the sofa, then segue straight into a.
Image credit: Karoly Czifra via Flickr. Additionally, I was aware of the fact that I was a female author writing a sex scene. I've spoken about the gender bias in the writing industry before, but realised it was incredibly present when it came to interpreting fictional sex scenes. Often, these scenes when written by women are seen as confessions, autobiographical even, which made me feel.
There is softcore, where the sex alluded to, and hardcore where the sex scene is described in graphic detail. You can write Scirotia; erotic with science-fiction elements, Literotica; erotica in the style of Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Gay and Lesbian; homosexual erotica and a myriad of choices in between.
Most of your scenes won’t have one of these out-of-nowhere aspects. But your movie needs to have a few moments that are completely unexpected, so always ask yourself, could this be one of them? Great scenes surprise both the reader and the writer. And to clarify the last point (“Repeat 200 times”), I meant write 200 scenes.
From the template, you can transfer each scene’s summary onto an index card, then lay out all the cards on a table. If you are using the three-act structure, you can lay the cards out in three long rows. Getting a “big-picture” view of your scenes can really help you see what’s missing or in the wrong place.
Writing Kissing Scenes. I received a request for a Tips chapter on writing kiss scenes, and it's a great idea because a lot of writers aren't really sure how to go about writing this. Let's face it, there are a lot of obstacles that can stand in an author's way.