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So I'm writing a new story at the moment, and it's very slow, hard going (hence all the procrastinating around here), and I worked out that one of the main reasons for this is that it's not going to have a m/m sex scene in it.
God, I love writing m/m sex scenes. Partly that's because they're just fun to write... no, let me be more precise about that. Hmm. They kind of structure themselves (set-up, sex, orgasm, one-liner, post-coital angst), which is liberating because I don't have to worry about where to start or finish the scene, unless I feel like doing something show-offy. And they just... distill all my favourite things about writing. Usually writing them feels like transcribing something I'm watching, and there's something really enjoyable about finding ways to convey the specificity of each moment. They're really multi-dimensional to write, as well: physical sensation, movement, emotion, dialogue, characterization, all at once. (Before you ask, no, it's not because find writing them particularly erotic: I never get turned on by my own sex scenes. Well, almost never. There's one exception.)
I guess that's partly because m/m sex scenes are such a set-piece in the slash tradition. Like storms in classical epic. They're the place where you get to show off what you can do within a traditional framework (set-up, sex...), and they're totally the payoff for what can sometimes be tens of thousands of words of boring old plot and character development. But I hadn't quite realized before that I see them as the "treat" that motivates me through writing all the rest of the story.
What do you people like writing best, and why? Does anyone else bribe themselves through writing [x] with the promise of writing [y]? |
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