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| A comprehensive primer for the budding smut writer. |
| Got sex on your mind and want everyone to know all about it? Then this would be a good time to write a sex scene. You can do this one of two ways. You can either write it into your epic novel or just write a short story based on the scene. The latter would be called a PWP?. Meaning: Plot? What Plot? A PWP? is the easiest way to relinquish those gutteral thoughts from your brain. No need to worry about a story line. Although, I have seen some stories that were written around the sex scenes as background noise. Most PWP?'s are written with Xena and Gabrielle as the main characters. But original characters will work just fine because most PWP?'s take them so out of context and character, the authors might as well have given them different names. Follow the same guidelines that you would normally use when writing. Just eliminate the plot line: for a tried and true PWP? has no plot. You still need a setting, characters, climax (as many as your little heart desires), and an ending. Your PWP? can range from a tender, loving, beautiful experience to a sleazy, smutty, pornographic tale of unbridalled primal fucking. That can all be determined with the use of sexual euphemisms. Sexual euphemisms are the key element of your PWP?. The usage can either make or break your fantasy. Let's take the vagina for instance; you can go from one extreme by calling it "her sex" to a "throbbing mound" to "blazing loins" and finally (with many varying degrees) the "sopping, drenched pussy". Or in some extreme cases, the "cunt" or "snatch" which can be hammering(?) or in the worst case scenario; "swampy"--but we'll talk more about that word later. Be original, be creative. Jumble up adjectives, nouns, and verbs to get your point across. By all means find your niche. As Blue is fond of calling the clitoris a "hooded bundle of nerves" when she very well have called it a "sopping apex", a "throbbing pleasure beacon", a "witch's knob", or a "raging clit". But no, she had found her "hooded bundle of nerves" and stuck with it. Some euphemisms can be overused. Such as "throbbing mound" and "heated mound" or "throbbing member". So be careful on what you use. Try to use your euphemisms only once in a particular scene or your work will become predictable. A little bit on scenes. Please, please do NOT make me read another encounter in the bathroom of a lesbian bar. I have read one too many that it has become a stereotype of the "first time". Same with the Xena and Gabrielle campfire scene. Someone hang from a tree or off a cliff for my personal sanity. Next up will be the climax. Screaming, finding God, and soaring to new heights is good. But you can use your imagination to bring the reader to your orgasmic place of choice. Tension, shuddering, and inner muscle clamping works well within the climax. Try to make the reader experience that same climax as they come to it also. Kink factors. Many writers involve some sort of kink in their work. It is up to you on how kinky you want it to be. You can have a no kink zone and just normal every day sex or you can pull out all of the stops in your little piece. You can go from erotic (using just the feather), or to kinky (using the whole bird). And in some extreme cases; summoning an entire gaggle of geese. An important key to kink is to know your kink. If a vibrator or strap on comes into play, make sure the reader knows how large it is. There's nothing like a reader with a twisted imagination who may take an innocent 6 and a half inch X inch and a half wide AAA powered vibrator for an up to the elbow, forearm long and wide double donger that requires a jump from a '69 Ford Fairlane . That is where research come in. Check out some sites such as www.AdamandEve.com for strap on, vibrator, and dildo specs. You may even want to sample some for yourself. You need to write what you know. You must never forget to have a "safe word" if the scene involves bondage (Public Service Announcement from The Amazon Sweat Hut). Any word will do. As our dear Patty used "Bob" in her very first PWP? (ah the memories thus spawning The Amazon Sweat Hut). If the play gets too rough for the submissive, they can always end it with that one little word. It is often ignored by many writers. It is either that they do not know their kink or were just too caught up in their little world. So make sure there is a safe word. Last, but not least: Moisture. There must be moisture. Somewhere in just about every sex scene, whether it be a PWP? or a Harlequin Romance novel; there must be some sort of form of MOISTURE. Moisture:adj;moist, damp, watery, humid, wet, dank, clammy, muggy, dewy, juicy, saturated, soggy, reeking, dripping, soaking, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, marshy, and paldual. For obvious reasons, there are a few words you will not use. But you must have moisture in one form or another. Chafing is an enterprise no one wants to undertake. No moisture will mean a very painful experience. You can have "Moist folds" or a "pooling love chamber". You can have a "silky wet center" but never, ever have a "swampy orafice". That can just dry up any thought of impending moisture in the reader. Choose your form of moisture carefully. But remember: the more moisture, the better. One last comment, Clean-up. If you are one of those that must undertake the entire experience by hand, please remember to wipe down the mouse and keyboard. Just a quick washing of your hands will work. Hell, keep a jug of those little handy wipes around for those sticky situations. I hope I have covered all grounds. If I remember anything I missed, I will be sure to let you know. |
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