Re: Writing sex scenes...

Justin Bacon wrote:

> M. Baro wrote:
>>> Fingers pressed against her, slipped inside her underwear--
>>
>>But then the reader wouldn't know that his fingers were pressed against
>>her "mound of love", now, would s/he?
> 
> Unless you're writing porn, why does it matter?
> 
> Or you could write something like: "Fingers inched up her thighs and
> pressed against her, slipped inside her underwear--"
> 
>>>>"This time, you bastard. Pour me a cup there will you please,
>>>>sweetheart?" She kissed his cheeks and wrapped her arms around him, her
>>>>fingers grazing his penis.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --grazing down across his skin.
>>
>>Where?
> 
> Unless you're writing porn, why does it matter?

Because it's supposed to seem *real*, concrete, unfuzzy, not arch,
or coy, or I'm-to-inhibited-to-SAY-what-she's-doing?

Clearly the border between "porn" and "non-porn" for us lies in 
different places. I just don't see that there's any kind of general
problem here.

> Well, if you want to include porn in your novel, that's fine. But expect
> people to either giggle or throw your book against the wall unless you're
> actually writing a porn novel.

Having sexually explicit language and action in a novel doesn't make
it automatically porn, not the way I'd use the word, anyway, and not
that I'd have any problem if it *were* porn - apart from placing it
with the right audience. 

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