Covenant - This is "IT"
Dec. 25th, 2007 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ostarellaI am about to embark on something which I never (or hardly ever) considered doing before.
I am going to write a sex scene.
Okay - now that you have all climbed back up onto your chairs, let me qualify that. ;-) While this will undoubtedly send the rating to an "R", I have no intention of writing a rutting scene. Nor will it be wine and roses.
And no - it's not going to be male on male.
Now, how I happened to be thinking about this on a bright and crisp Christmas morning, - don't ask. But, at this point in the story (whether or not it happens in this chapter or the next), some revelations need to be made about the main character. Only he's not ready for that - maybe he never will be, who knows - but the story demands it for future reference. Erego - he must have an "intimate" - someone who he feels able to say things to that he normally would never feel comfortable even thinking. And someone wise enough (or experienced enough) to connect the dots between what he says and what he does - and all that other rigamarole.
Anyway, I didn't want to just write A goes around B and into C. So I did some checking around the web and found many sites that tell you exactly how to do this. But I wanted someone to tell me (or at least give me some guidance) in writing it the way *I* wanted it, not raunchy, not romantic, not as *the point* of the scene. And I found two sites that did exactly that:
http://www.pamcrooks.com/writers_tips.htm
http://www.hodrw.com/lovescenemaryg.htm
I am nervous as hell about this, and yet I'm looking forward to it. Another experiment in a story that seems to be full of them. We shall see if it works, or blows up in my face. ;-)
I am going to write a sex scene.
Okay - now that you have all climbed back up onto your chairs, let me qualify that. ;-) While this will undoubtedly send the rating to an "R", I have no intention of writing a rutting scene. Nor will it be wine and roses.
And no - it's not going to be male on male.
Now, how I happened to be thinking about this on a bright and crisp Christmas morning, - don't ask. But, at this point in the story (whether or not it happens in this chapter or the next), some revelations need to be made about the main character. Only he's not ready for that - maybe he never will be, who knows - but the story demands it for future reference. Erego - he must have an "intimate" - someone who he feels able to say things to that he normally would never feel comfortable even thinking. And someone wise enough (or experienced enough) to connect the dots between what he says and what he does - and all that other rigamarole.
Anyway, I didn't want to just write A goes around B and into C. So I did some checking around the web and found many sites that tell you exactly how to do this. But I wanted someone to tell me (or at least give me some guidance) in writing it the way *I* wanted it, not raunchy, not romantic, not as *the point* of the scene. And I found two sites that did exactly that:
http://www.pamcrooks.com/writers_tips.htm
http://www.hodrw.com/lovescenemaryg.htm
I am nervous as hell about this, and yet I'm looking forward to it. Another experiment in a story that seems to be full of them. We shall see if it works, or blows up in my face. ;-)
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Date: 2007-12-25 08:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-12-27 02:08 pm (UTC)I see Leslie as the girl who broke his heart, and I always like to think that maybe something could of/would of happened with Amy ;o) Just because she was the things he described Leslie as ;o) and really if she was tagging along with the team for 18 months (or however long) she probably knew Face better than the *bombshell's* he went out with. Well that's all in my little head, anyway ;O)
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Date: 2007-12-29 09:17 am (UTC)As to knowing Face better than the bombshells, definitely agree. Interesting thought - what were the guys like during a mission when they weren't actually involved with the job at hand? Amy would have first hand (and somewhat of an "outsider's") view of them during the down times. Which we really never saw much of in the show.
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Date: 2007-12-29 07:32 pm (UTC)Its hard to tell about Face and Amy in the beginning. Maybe they both had their guards up on each other ;o)
I just think that one thing she didn't try to do was change them, (a woman hanging around with four guys like that, one might try to get them to change their ways, okay she occassionally nagged them to stay out of trouble, but that was because of her own concern for them i think) and that would maybe appeal to Face... but I've said enough....I've sooo many ideas about their relationship floating around my head, bunnies sprouting out from all angles... and they aren't all the romance kind either ;o) When I start thinking like this, I keep thinking I should write my sequel to Saving Amy ;O) although I want to explore some stuff with A Beautiful Lie.
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Date: 2007-12-27 12:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-27 01:27 am (UTC)Mary Sue, here I come...no no no no LOL