Re: Writing sex scenes...

Min wrote:

> Dammit, I'm going to have to post my laundry scene now :P.
> 
>       Her laundromat of choice for the day was the one on West Grand Boulevard.
>       In Ghettosville.
>       She sorted her laundry in three piles- whites, greens and reds. The
> blues, depending on their shade, went either in the green pile or in the
> red pile. The beiges went with the reds. She had very few clothing of
> other colours.

She doesn't have any beiges, either - she's got *pinks*.

If she sorts her laundry at all like a sensible person would, you won't
make me believe that she puts anything light in with her red pile.


>       Redford the Third went into the red pile. He smelled of old sleep
> drool. She had bought him at a church sale across the street from where
> she had once lived in Hamtramck. 25 cents for the red toy puppy peering
> at her through a huge pile of other old, discarded toys. 25 cents for
> five years worth of cuddling. She looked around, and when she was sure
> no one looked in her general direction, she kissed Redford's soft black
> nose and threw him into the washing machine.

That tells me far more about the individual than the sex scenes did.

Catja