[ SECRET POST #3358 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3358 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

For multi-chaptered fics or PWPs tho?

I mean, does anyone actually read the sex scenes in multi-chaptered fics? They're usually tacked-on garbage, not erotic at all.

[(Anonymous)]

Given half (it seems) of most people's sex scenes are paint by numbers anyway, chances are most people have failed to notice, and any readers who follow you through various fandoms are giving you a pass.

[ketita]

idk about anybody else, but I usually skim them at best. And when they start taking over the plot, I abandon fic.

[(Anonymous)]

Sure, if the writing is good. If I'm spending time reading a long fic, why would I bother if any of the writing is shitty?

[(Anonymous)]

Nope. I like my stories and my porn pretty separate.

[(Anonymous)]

Same. Because there are few writers who do both well.

[blitzwing]

I don't read authors who write bad sex scenes, so I usually read them, unless they're repetitive or too close together.

[(Anonymous)]

Sex scenes are the only reason I read multi-chapter fic. Fight me.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

If it's a fic that becomes repeated sex scene after sex scene, I am likely to get bored and give up. If it's a plotty fic with one or two sex scenes in it, it will probably work fine.

[(Anonymous)]

I read allllllll the smut. :D I'm lucky that I'm in a fandom where SUPER LONG FICS are not the norm and the smut writing is fab. But experience in other fandoms tells me that quality depends on the writer, really, and multichapter fics can become very repetitive. I was reading some interesting essays on when to write smut and when to write around it, and it turns out I use the same sorts of guidelines (because I hate writing it but know it's narratively necessary at times) and the response to it is incredibly positive. I wrote a long fic recently where one of the main narrative thrusts boiled down to "X & Y have a torrid affair while falling in love and it gets incredibly messy", and despite the shittons of sex it only showed up in the fic a handful of times. And each time served a purpose beyond titilation; establishing the premise, showing them cross boundaries they knew not to, the disparity in the characters' mindsets when it all went to hell, and reconciliation and in sync sex when they finally managed to understand themselves, each other, and the situation they were in. Basically, smut in anything beyond PWP should serve a purpose, not there because it's been awhile and you think they should be getting off again.

[(Anonymous)]

What essay is this?

[(Anonymous)]

It was one "essay" (not really; I remembered the structure wrong) and a series of blog posts, quite old.

http://trickster.org/res/howtowrite.html
http://rosinalippi.com/weblog/sex-scenes-part-one-humor/

I don't agree with everything that is said, but they really helped me articulate why sex scenes do or do not work for me.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT So you hate writing smut and don't view titillation as the primary criteria for good smut. You are exactly the writer I'm talking about.

[(Anonymous)]

The writer with "tacked-on garbage, not erotic at all" ? LOL I will presume you either meant that I'm not the sort of writer you're talking about or we have very different criteria for what constitutes tacked on. Because while I will concede the latter is a possibility (I mean, I got enough comments that found the scenes hot but YMMV), 'tacked on' is the very antithesis of the scenes.

[(Anonymous)]

I was referring to the "not erotic at all".

[(Anonymous)]

Fair enough. Like I said, responses are pretty delighted but different strokes. (And no real ability to judge without linking the fics, and no thanks.) I will say that I *do* consider titalation as a major component of sex scenes, but that titalation is not enough in and of itself to make a scene. And I certainly hope people don't skip mine, from a story point of view, but fair enough if they do.

[litalex]

The only thing I can say is that you're reading the wrong fic. The sex can often be the climax of the plot.

[(Anonymous)]

You've never read a multi-chaptered slow-burn fic whose plot revolves around the pairing getting together?