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So, I've got this idea for a follow-up fic where Character A comes home after a bad day at work and has couch sex with his wife that is so frantic and needed that they don't even declothe all the way. It's so hot in my head, but I can't make any remotely sexy words come.

Also, the impetus for the sexy times is that he was spied on a date with his (closeted to everyone else) genderqueer wife by someone who thought he was out with a man and has just been confronted about it. And while I think it all ultimately goes places that are good, you can see why that might cause some internet wank that I don't particularly want.

"And has couch sex" brings an image to my mind that I don't think you intended.

"Honey, can't you wait until we have it Scotchguarded? Oh, not the cushions. It's so gross when sit down on them and they crunch like crackers."

Heh. I guess that IS one way to read it.

I think you're psyching yourself out for the first part (the sex-writing) because of the second (the controversy), Anon. You'll never get anything done if you're still mired in how it'll be perceived. Which is not to say how it'll be perceived shouldn't be a concern, just probably wait till after you finish it (and before you post it) to worry about that.

As for writing smut, here is my foolproof method (that probably only works for me, so):

1) Really get a good grasp on what's going to happen in the scene. It should play like a movie in your head, so you can picture where everything's going and what everyone's doing and in what order it'll all go down. [It seems like you're at this stage in the process? So hooray!]

2) Write down the basic stuff, in one sitting if possible; and I do mean basic, like at the "tab a into slot b, no attempt to be sexy" level. Just descriptive, and just so you have all the basic motions/actions down and won't forget them later.

3) Back off from it for a little bit. Maybe a day? Enough to let it/yourself breathe, etc.

4) Read it over, see where you are; sometimes you'll look back at things and descriptions you didn't think were sexy at the time (when you were being very clinical and trying to precisely convey what was going on) and realize that just the description of sexy actions can be sexy. [How true this is depends on the writer/reader, obviously].

5) If it's still not at the level you aspire to, now's the time to think of ~sexy turns of phrase. Usually for me this means adding more "how it felt" vs "here's what happened"? IDK.

6) Do whatever proofreading stuff you normal do, get it beta read if that's what you want, etc. Tip: make sure people don't have one hand on X, one hand on Y, and the other hand on Z.

7) Give it one more good read, with the eyes of someone who's never read it before (not easy; usually by this step of the process I am so bored of whatever it is), and make sure it all makes sense. And then voila! You are ready to post your smut.

I feel your pain. I want to write sexy fun times fic for my OTP, but even if I ever manage to write anything I'll never get the courage to post it. I have a finished one that has been siting on my hard drive for nearly three years now.

Make a sock and share! That's what I do with all my sexy and/or dark fic that I'm not comfortable with people knowing I write.

I really thought about that after I finished it, but I chickened out. It's staying on my hard drive though, and some times I go and reread, and rewrite correct things if I think they need it. Maybe someday I'll be brave enough to post it.

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