Do you ever get tired...

[Lovepotion69]

..of writing sex scenes?

I'm trying to put together a V-day story for the contest. It's not working, and I can't exactly say I feel it's that good.

My problem is getting stuck on the sex itself. Ok, I know what I want but no clue how to put it down on paper. Also, I'm starting to find it boring to write sex scenes, but it's probably only due to not knowing what to put in them.

I swear, if this story ever gets finished and gets above a 4.0 I'll be more than happy.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I think everyone gets tired of writing sex scenes occasionally LP. There are only so many ways you can put protrusion A into slot B. I am sure everyone has occasionally hit the wall and felt like they were just repreating themselves. But there is so much that goes on besides the mechanics most times you will find yourself able to get past it if you just let the story and characters carry you.

-Colly

 

[cookiejar]

..of writing sex scenes?

I'm trying to put together a V-day story for the contest. It's not working, and I can't exactly say I feel it's that good.

My problem is getting stuck on the sex itself. Ok, I know what I want but no clue how to put it down on paper. Also, I'm starting to find it boring to write sex scenes, but it's probably only due to not knowing what to put in them.

I swear, if this story ever gets finished and gets above a 4.0 I'll be more than happy.

I have the same problem. I once had a thread about it. I know what Colly is saying but as I read more and more stories I find myself getting bored. No matter how creative the story the sex is the same. No ones fault, it's hard to be inventive when it's all been done a thousand times before. My writing goes fine till the sex and I stall.

I will watch for your story and good luck.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Boring people have boring sex. If you have an interesting character, they'll usually have an interesting sexual experience. The mechanics get boring; there's only so many things human beings can do by way of sex. It's the people themselves and what think about what they do that make it interesting.

---dr.M.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Yes. SOmetimes I feel like I just put in a few pokes into the story in order to make it qualify for Lit. It would be just as good a story without the sex scene.

 

[gauchecritic]

Looks to me what you're more than likely up against is 'show don't tell'.

Are you tired of people feeling joy? Of meeting the love of their life? Of discovering the person they like makes them sad because they are gay?

I've misquoted this before and still can't remember who the actual people are but:

Walking along the beach with his friend, Mozart(?) was listening to him bemoaning the fact that all the best music had already been written, that there was nothing new to write. Mozart (or whoever) pointed seaward and declared "Yes, and look there, the last wave in the world washing ashore."

Even if you're tired of writing 'the prick goes in the pussy', who is to say that is what your readers think?

OK this won't make you grow as a writer, but that is down to you. If you don't want to write another sex scene, then don't. Who's making you? Start the next scene with "He leant across her body, pressing his manly chest to her firm 38Ds and whispered 'Wake up sleepy head, it's morning'"

Gauche

 

[Guest]

... Are you tired of people feeling joy? Of meeting the love of their life? ...

Gauche, that was a lovely reply (and all told); wish I had thought of it, if only for myself. Then you made me laugh at the end. You're a fine bloke.

Perdita

 

[shereads]

Start the next scene with "He leant across her body, pressing his manly chest to her firm 38Ds and whispered 'Wake up sleepy head, it's morning'"

::fanning myself; staggering toward my fainting couch::

What about his, um, manhood? How long was it?

 

[Guest]

What about his, um, manhood? How long was it?

Aye, ella. Manhood cannot be measured. You know, like in those MasterCard ads... priceless.

Perdita

 

[Uther_Pendragon]

I can get tired of writing them, and of reading them.
One ameliorating technique, not a cure, is to concentrate
on the feelings of the characters. Instead of "tab A went
slot B, then went in and out faster and faster," try:
"he gasped as her slot B surrounded his tab
A; it was so wet, so warm, so welcoming."
How did he feel? How did she feel? Now, when you write
nearly 30 stories about the same couple, some involving
multiple acts of intercourse, even that can become
repetitive. Still, there is much more variation possible
in the heads than in the genitals.

 

[oggbashan]

Leave it out

I have had reasonable ratings with stories which have no overt sex scenes at all.

My short Valentine's Day entry is an example. You can leave the physical sex to the reader's imagination. You wouldn't win the competition without fully described sex but you could produce an acceptable story that is relevant to Literotica.

Og (who is still stunned by his first E for that "sexless" entry.

 

[Stefan_J]

I'll paraphrase what someone else either said, or meant, or whatever: the sex is only as boring as the characters you're constructing. I'm the first to admit that at times I feel frustrated at writing sex scenes (and no, not that sort of frustration!), but when there's real tension and chemistry between the characters, well, the sex flies faster than Superman on steroids. My favourite aspect of writing is in fact the prelude to the sex, the build up, the teasing is half the fun!

It isn't the sex that's most important, it's the characters, their thoughts, dialogue and interaction with one another. When all these factors are mixed together they can take the basic construct of sex and make it steamy, hot and hopefully altogether different than any other characters in any other story - because they're different people, and no two people ever think or act the same. If your characters have no face, then neither does the sex, it will just seem lifeless and boring.