Today at work we had a lunch talk on colon cancer given by an outside speaker. Referring to the staging of a tumor, she made the comment that its size doesn't matter, it's how far it penetrates.
She was, of course, referring to the tumor growing through the colon wall, not what my dirty, gutter-filled mind came up with.
Apparently I was the only one getting a chuckle out of it.
But it got me thinking on writing sex scenes and how some of us have problems with it. I'm not going into why we might have problems writing sex, as I'm no shrink. Nope, tonight I'm going to try to share some things I read somewhere (hey, it's late, excuse the lack of exact quotes) about how to write sex scenes.
It's just a carry-over of a conversation between the two getting it on (or off as the case may be). All sexual interaction between them should be a way of showing what is going on in their relationship. It should be a way of drawing the reader into the relationship, not just the sex. You can write shocking sex scenes, or behind the door ones, either way, what is going on needs to ring emotionally with your reader.
Make them have some conversation. Sprinkle sex in-between the conversation. Make the characters think something emotional besides what a good fuck he/she is.
That's my advice. What do you think? How do you write a sex scene?
Oh, one other piece of advice. Be sure to get the colonoscopy when you turn 50. That's all.
Good night. :)
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can we wear one of these at conference? 'Cause that would be AWESOME!
For Christie!
hahahahahaha
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Sounds like an unusual topic for a lunch talk. I wonder what next weeks topic will be? Gaping head wounds?
But thanks for the info and I'm glad I don't have to have that test done for a long time. :)
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