tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post533842835692277989..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Let's talk about sex baby...Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-3165539689137126172010-07-04T22:15:31.410-04:002010-07-04T22:15:31.410-04:00Don't even think about how much is enough.
I...Don't even think about how much is enough. <br /><br />If the scene is part of the plot and if it reveals characters, then, by all means, go for it. And do it properly. There is one thing even worse than missing an important scene just because it's sex: doing the sex scene that has no passion in it. I don't mean passion of the characters, they have their lives and they'll do it how they feel. But you have to write it truly and with writing passion. And that doesn't stand for omitting things just because some of your readers might be scared. If they want "safe" environment, they should watch TV advertisements.dandellionhttp://www.acidzen.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-58838381008972853282010-07-01T22:16:35.895-04:002010-07-01T22:16:35.895-04:00I've read a lot of non-romance novels with a r...I've read a lot of non-romance novels with a romantic subplot and that they didn't have a sex scene was a disappointment for the very same reason, it's showing a whole different side to your character. <br /><br />Joseph Boyden, who wrote Three Day Road and THrough Black Spruce - all literary, Three Day Road is a world war 1 novel -- great sex scene in each book, that was important and sweet and sad and a little scary.<br /><br />I think some writers choose not to write them because they're hard and probably, thier mother's voices are in thier head.<br /><br />So, all that rambling to say - I can't wait to read your book Steph - it sounds awesome!Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-71638730679411835522010-07-01T15:11:12.483-04:002010-07-01T15:11:12.483-04:00Sex it is then! Looks like I'm going to be spe...Sex it is then! Looks like I'm going to be spending a hot and steamy 4th of July weekend...<br /><br />Because you know it's going to be 90 degrees and humid in NJ this weekend. :)Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-17177030920835316502010-07-01T12:24:57.610-04:002010-07-01T12:24:57.610-04:00Oh, yes! Write that scene, Steph! It sounds fantas...Oh, yes! Write that scene, Steph! It sounds fantastic. Hot and steamy and completely necessary to the emotional development between the characters. It's exactly the right kind of scene.<br /><br />I think the mystery/thriller readers will get it. One of the Chelsea Cain books had a series of sex scenes (or maybe it was just one long one, can't remember) and it made perfect sense and was completely necessary to show both where the characters had been and where they were headed.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-45421482956282233962010-07-01T10:21:52.096-04:002010-07-01T10:21:52.096-04:00Okay, ate that one, too... Maybe I'll wait a w...Okay, ate that one, too... Maybe I'll wait a while and try again.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-33436804071577802672010-07-01T10:21:32.838-04:002010-07-01T10:21:32.838-04:00What the - what the... the dingo ate my baby!!! (T...What the - what the... the dingo ate my baby!!! (Translation, blogger ate my comment!)Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-26712556783692382582010-07-01T10:20:32.171-04:002010-07-01T10:20:32.171-04:00Amen sistah! (About the reasons why sex scenes are...Amen sistah! (About the reasons why sex scenes are in romances.)<br /><br />And go for it with the sex scene even if it's going to be a mystery. Like you said yourself, it's not there for titillation, it's there for the story.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-32575183685432527412010-07-01T09:48:51.486-04:002010-07-01T09:48:51.486-04:00Great post, Stephanie. You should absolutely write...Great post, Stephanie. You should absolutely write that sex scene, because it sounds amazing, and it fits the story.. <br /><br />Some of the best non-romances have amazing sex scenes. that 4th Anita Blake book had a really detailed, really sexy, and really character revealing sex scene, after three books with almost no sex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com