By novel in this case I mean new and interesting.
In the series I am writing, after setting the scene in the first chapter where there were only 2 sex scenes at the end plus some oral sex in the middle, all the other stories in the series have averaged 5 or more long sex scenes.
I often get comments like, "it kept me hard all the way through."
However in the last two stories, one submitted but yet to come out, and the other I am still working on, the sex content has dropped off considerably.
In chapter 9, which I already submitted, there was only one sex scene as such, the other being a reported sex scene where one of the characters breifly described their experience.
In chapter 10 which I am still writing, no sex is described until 12 Word pages into the chapter, although I can see that I am getting back into my old ways, because there will probably be 4 or 5 sex scenes before the chapter is completed.
My question is:
Do you think I will retain most of my readership despite a lull in sexual activity so to speak, or do you think that after spoiling my readers with tons of sex, they might be put off by these chapters?
Not of course that I would alter what I write to gain or retain readership, basically I let my stories develop organically in my mind, I am just interested in what sort of reaction you think I might expect.
In the series I am writing, after setting the scene in the first chapter where there were only 2 sex scenes at the end plus some oral sex in the middle, all the other stories in the series have averaged 5 or more long sex scenes.
I often get comments like, "it kept me hard all the way through."
However in the last two stories, one submitted but yet to come out, and the other I am still working on, the sex content has dropped off considerably.
In chapter 9, which I already submitted, there was only one sex scene as such, the other being a reported sex scene where one of the characters breifly described their experience.
In chapter 10 which I am still writing, no sex is described until 12 Word pages into the chapter, although I can see that I am getting back into my old ways, because there will probably be 4 or 5 sex scenes before the chapter is completed.
My question is:
Do you think I will retain most of my readership despite a lull in sexual activity so to speak, or do you think that after spoiling my readers with tons of sex, they might be put off by these chapters?
Not of course that I would alter what I write to gain or retain readership, basically I let my stories develop organically in my mind, I am just interested in what sort of reaction you think I might expect.
