Writing an erotic love scene

Sometimes writing a love scene is easy but it can be hard to keep it original and fun to read. Think about it. How many times have you read something that came out stale and technically challenged. Put slot A into slot B and shabang. You didn't know you were writing a sex ed class when you started did you?

In order to make it sound a little more emotionally charged you have to add words that make an emotional attachment to the physical event and this also helps the reader want to continue reading

I have a notebook at home filled with words like:

greed, hunger, longing, ravenous, relish, thirst, urge, voracious, yearning.

This may not sound like they are even related to sex, more like eating, but it works and it works well. This adds a need to the sex drive and puts it on a deeper level.

I started the collection because I didn't want to sound boring but it all began with a thesaurus and synonym dictionary. How many times can you use excited in a sentence and keep it sounding original? Sometimes I use repetition to drill something into the readers head, but in most instances repetition is boring so a synonym dictionary is one of my most valuable assets in my weapon arsenal as a writer. I need it and use it daily.

If you have to access to the internet you can use an online dictionary/thesaurus/synonym dictionary for free. Just keep it open in a browser while you write.

Hope this helps you to write action packed and detailed love scenes that people love to read.

Keep on loving!
Missy Lyons
www.missylyons.com

Isuckitis is not a disease the doctor can diagnose

Isuckitis is real and it is dangerous to writers. When you are pounding out your first draft you can't stop and worry about the details. You can't stop writing until you get to the end.

There are dangers. That little editor in the back of your head is normally helpful, but today he is spitting out insults about what you just wrote. You heard the voice right? The one that says this is terrible stuff that will rot your brain.

Isuckitis is all your doubts and fears rolled up into a ball keeping you from the keyboard or urging you to press the delete key. It is worse than writers block because it doesn't just stop you from writing anything new, it makes you want to throw everything you just wrote into the trash.

I've been feeling this way a little lately. I had to try to get started writing again after a long stint of nothing. It's hard and I know what I am up against. My first draft is all about getting the words on the page and then I have something to work with. I need big numbers everyday to keep me going. Pages that can't be blank. Every one of those 300 pages has to be filled with words. So what do I do? I set my timer and start typing. I try to run as hard and fast as I can and jump over the wall when I run into it.

After you finally finish the first draft you can let your little internal editor out of it's cage and go to town. This is where you need his help to get the story just right. Until then you may want to put a gag in his mouth.