Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
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superhero_muses--How do you feel about smut?
I'm very pro-smut! But I've discovered I have a hard time writing it in longer, plottier stories, especially those that aren't romances. I suspect that's because plot developments don't often take place during smut scenes (unlike in a romance, where of course sex scenes can provide really key relational development) and so it feels kind of...extraneous? I find it a lot easier to write in one-shots, somehow...
In writing, I have a one-shot story and a chapter done and betaed and ready to post, whoo! However, I'm not posting them because I'm getting on an intercontinental flight in twelve hours and I don't like to leave comments entirely untouched for so long... But it feels really good to have some writing done and ready to post, that's for sure! How about you?
I'm very pro-smut! But I've discovered I have a hard time writing it in longer, plottier stories, especially those that aren't romances. I suspect that's because plot developments don't often take place during smut scenes (unlike in a romance, where of course sex scenes can provide really key relational development) and so it feels kind of...extraneous? I find it a lot easier to write in one-shots, somehow...
In writing, I have a one-shot story and a chapter done and betaed and ready to post, whoo! However, I'm not posting them because I'm getting on an intercontinental flight in twelve hours and I don't like to leave comments entirely untouched for so long... But it feels really good to have some writing done and ready to post, that's for sure! How about you?
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Date: 2015-02-10 12:26 am (UTC)Long romances make me really happy to write because there's a very organic reason for the smut! It furthers the relationship, which is the key part of a romance, in a way that it doesn't further something action/adventure...
I've done really well this week, meeting my goal every single day. Until today where life's been super-busy. I plan on getting words in but I'm not sure I'll make my 4000 word goal today.
Yay! I'm with my parents now and I keep trying to get up earlier than them to get a little writing done--but no luck so far, alas! And the new novel sounds GRAND, I'm glad to hear you're having fun with it! You sound like you're really galloping along...