Up swept me away for all those reasons. (And I had an eleven-years-old next to me.)
Writing sex: good luck. I'm embarassingly Victorian about it for the most part, in that I either go for the fade away as soon as it becomes explicit or go for hints and reactions. I guess what I'm afraid of is the involuntary comedy effect (some sex scenes in fanfic read like gymnastics descriptions to me). I think the most explicit thing I've ever written was Mariel performing oral sex on G'Kar in "Diplomatic Relations", and there the fact she does is mentioned in half a sentence and otherwise the emphasis is on G'Kar's serious revenge issues and how these tie into his sexual fantasies, i.e. it's not meant to be erotic for the reader.
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Writing sex: good luck. I'm embarassingly Victorian about it for the most part, in that I either go for the fade away as soon as it becomes explicit or go for hints and reactions. I guess what I'm afraid of is the involuntary comedy effect (some sex scenes in fanfic read like gymnastics descriptions to me). I think the most explicit thing I've ever written was Mariel performing oral sex on G'Kar in "Diplomatic Relations", and there the fact she does is mentioned in half a sentence and otherwise the emphasis is on G'Kar's serious revenge issues and how these tie into his sexual fantasies, i.e. it's not meant to be erotic for the reader.
Shag, cliff, marry: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Severus Snape. :)