Voboy
Sometime Wordwright
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This is not the first time I've been told I'm overthinking things, believe it or not.
I am thinking about the topic of seduction in relation to a story, but I'm mostly wanting to discuss with people here for the sake of having the conversation and bouncing some ideas around. I'm not trying to advocate for breaking seduction into steps; I think I used the numbered list as a way to open the conversation.
I still think you’re approaching this incorrectly. And I strongly reiterate: read some stories, preferably some longer and better-written ones. This is a wheel you needn’t reinvent, mostly because a bunch of different types of wheels can work.
Your very question is predicated on some concept you seem to have that there’s a “right way” or a “wrong way” to describe this. Be assured, there isn’t. You can’t post a laundry list and ask about “elements of seduction,” and then blithely repudiate that list and claim you don’t necessarily believe seduction has any elements.
There’s organic prose, and then there’s write-by-numbers. Both can be successful, but one is insipid and unworthy of effort. I feel your “approach,” numbered or not, will lead you to bad prose.
And please, for God’s sake, have a moderator merge your two identical threads. It’s supremely annoying that you posted two, and that they’re now in the same subforum.
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