December 7th, 2009

11:24 pm

niqaeli: how (not) to write smut that doesn't leave me dashing for IM to torment my friends with - Describing just the physical actions is... well. Yeah. It's mechanical. Mechanical isn't generally sexy. And when you focus solely on describing the action, it is really, really easy to end up at terrible and unfortunate places. If you make a point of focusing on the people and their motivations and headspace(s), even if you stumble, it is probably going to be a lot, lot better. -
(tags: fanfic writing)

verasteine: Thoughts: With a Side Order of Straight, Please (1.4, 2.1 & 3.5) - Here's another thing, though, and what the two above have talked about: it doesn't, at all, allow room for the myriad of female authors who copy the heteronormative power dynamic onto the template of (read) homosexual desire. -
(tags: slash fanfic trope)

niqaeli: how (not) to write smut that doesn't leave me dashing for IM to torment my friends with - Describing just the physical actions is... well. Yeah. It's mechanical. Mechanical isn't generally sexy. And when you focus solely on describing the action, it is really, really easy to end up at terrible and unfortunate places. If you make a point of focusing on the people and their motivations and headspace(s), even if you stumble, it is probably going to be a lot, lot better. -
(tags: fanfic writing)

verasteine: Thoughts: With a Side Order of Straight, Please (1.4, 2.1 & 3.5) - Here's another thing, though, and what the two above have talked about: it doesn't, at all, allow room for the myriad of female authors who copy the heteronormative power dynamic onto the template of (read) homosexual desire. -
(tags: slash fanfic trope)