tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post1911439064057152935..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: I don't like ho-hum sex...Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-60196956922295893732009-12-10T16:49:54.095-05:002009-12-10T16:49:54.095-05:00Eileen, I know !! Obviously I read Romance so I...Eileen, I know !! Obviously I read Romance so I'm not a prude but I really didn't see it coming and franckly I was shocked. I didn't enjoy reading it at all. Not romatic and pretty gross to me (the hero had to take a shower afterward OF COURSE, yuk). Lol. Anyway it was my first scene of the genre and I hope it will be the last. I need my romances to be romantic !!;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-19208891004687807632009-12-10T15:17:24.604-05:002009-12-10T15:17:24.604-05:00Sex having no meaning requires that we trust ourse...Sex having no meaning requires that we trust ourselves when being sexual. First, it means making choices from a vast array of options. Will we make good choices? Choices that reveal things about us we're defended against? This is far worse than simply being exposed as having lust in your heart. Will we be attracted to activities that "good people" are not? Will our choices hurt our partner, our family, our country?Phone Sexhttp://www.phonestripclub.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-91425332304180342542009-12-10T13:18:14.814-05:002009-12-10T13:18:14.814-05:00Oh, and Emanuelle? I'm so with you on the eww ...Oh, and Emanuelle? I'm so with you on the eww factor. When did that become romantic?Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-52359775647168466702009-12-10T12:49:02.399-05:002009-12-10T12:49:02.399-05:00For me it's the build up(pun intended)
If an...For me it's the build up(pun intended) <br /><br />If an author does a great job of building sensual tension, the scene could be three paragraphs long, with the most vague wording ever and it would still be satisfying. <br />But too often it feels like the sex scenes are there to increase page count, and add nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-19068118264672939522009-12-10T12:42:56.986-05:002009-12-10T12:42:56.986-05:00I think that sex scenes, like every scene in a boo...I think that sex scenes, like every scene in a book, need to change something. And in a romance, something important. Too may writers seem to think the sex scene is a free pass not to try hard enough to show anything beyond the action. It's gotta be about more than the action...Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-53529351548525402412009-12-10T12:21:13.948-05:002009-12-10T12:21:13.948-05:00Oh, wow! Totally what Molly said. It's a momen...Oh, wow! Totally what Molly said. It's a moment of such intense vulnerability for your characters and can say so very much about them.<br /><br />My last book had the first on-screen sex scenes that I've written in AGES. With chick lit, you pretty much wink and shut the door (or fade to black). With romantic suspense, it needs to be on the page. As an author . . . well, I worry that I'm revealing things about myself that I don't want anyone else to know.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-24406138031232609512009-12-10T11:42:09.572-05:002009-12-10T11:42:09.572-05:00Ms. King... if it was possible to bow in comments ...Ms. King... if it was possible to bow in comments I would do so. <br /><br />And if you happen to check back just know that I'm so thankful to you for such an amazing (and I believe profoundly romantic) series of stories.<br /><br />A dedicated fan.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-75045469026365362442009-12-10T10:53:06.777-05:002009-12-10T10:53:06.777-05:00My blushes, Stephanie...My blushes, Stephanie...Laurie Kinghttp://www.laurierking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-81693410237355489462009-12-10T10:11:39.596-05:002009-12-10T10:11:39.596-05:00Depends on my mood, but needless to say, it has to...Depends on my mood, but needless to say, it has to be well written. I would agree re: Elizabeth Hoyt. Excellent stuff!<br /><br />A well-known author friend of mine sucks at writing sex scenes. She has another author friend who excels at them, so they usually collaborate when my friend needs to add sex to a story. And to be honest, if I didn't know that was the case I would never have guessed. The collaboration works perfectly!Alli Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363202163419352155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-91150833554522440242009-12-10T09:13:09.819-05:002009-12-10T09:13:09.819-05:00Sinead has this annoying thing about how every sce...Sinead has this annoying thing about how every scene has to do something - change something - reveal something. And my favorite sex scenes are the ones that aren't actually about the sex but about what is being changed or revealed. I think JR Ward is a master master master at this and you're right most of the time so is Elizabeth Hoyt. And remember that scene in the John Adams mini-series, the scene in Paris and you saw how all this mutual repect and admiration between John and his 'dear friend' was heavily heavily colored with love and lust - which we hadn't seen before. Such a good scene.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-25896894419202186692009-12-10T08:38:20.265-05:002009-12-10T08:38:20.265-05:00I like my love scenes hot, not to mild, neither to...I like my love scenes hot, not to mild, neither too scorching. I'm ususally a bit disappointed by the "fade to black" scenes although some authors are really good at it, I agree (Kristan Higgins, Julie James). Too much sex doesn't work for me either. Just yesterday I read Trial by Fire and some of the sex was really too hot for me (butt-sex...Ew). I really enjoed the story and the characters though so I don't regret reading it at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com