Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

*scribble scribble scribble* I'm having one of those weeks where I sit down and write and feel like I made HUGE amounts of progress, and then realize I've written 300 words or so. :P But I suspect that means I'm at some meaty and action-packed parts of a couple of stories, and progress is always a little slow there.

Also, I am staring blankly at another story that really does require a sex scene there, it's very important for character and relationship development, I'm just...not...good at them. I give myself credit that I'm pretty good at creating erotic atmosphere--seduction, foreplay, the mental state--but once actual physical bits get involved everything tends to go off the rails somehow and fade to black just seems the least embarrassing option all around. *sigh* How are things going for you? Making more or less progress than it feels like at first blush?

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[prince0froses]

I'm just...not...good at them

Whaaaaaat?? I think you're good at them! I've never read a sex scene of yours that I've had a single complaint about.

I feel like I have the opposite problem though - I can manage the physical bits fine, but I feel like I'm very weak at creating erotic atmosphere.

Less progress happening here, but I keep reminding myself that I'm healing from months of stress and it'll take a bit before I'm up to my old antics.

[mithen]

Oh, you MUST be joking about the erotic atmosphere, right? Those Giacomo/Rose scenes make me swoon just to remember, and there's nothing at all physical about them! That's so impressive...

I hope you are healing up well and finding emotional refreshment! *hugs*

[prince0froses]

I wasn't thinking at all of Giacomo and Rose, actually, so thanks for the reminder. I will further articulate and say that I feel like I fail at creating an erotic atmosphere (or at least, that I am sub-par at it) in scenes that actually include the sex. That I'm OK at writing the mechanics of the act but that, to me at least, the build up I write tends to come off as stale and failing to set the tone. I will admit that I seem to be OK at it when the sex doesn't actually happen

[mithen]

Ha! OK, I guess I can accept that (at least in your mind) as long as the atmosphere is the focus, you do fine, but the setup is tougher to write. (I still disagree!)