Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th - Page 877

Thalia · 01-05-2012, 08:48 PM

I wrote a sex scene when I was a very little kid. Like, 11 or 12. The worst part is it wasn't half bad.

Also not very detailed.

lisalulu09 · 01-05-2012, 08:55 PM

Haha. I read something ages ago about the worst sex scenes the previous year. I found it via the NaNo websites. I'll see if I can find something similar...

I don't see why you can't write about sex just because you haven't had it...

Ivi942 · 01-05-2012, 08:57 PM

If anyone followed that logic, I wouldn't be allowed to write kiss scenes :P

lisalulu09 · 01-05-2012, 09:00 PM

I can't seem to find a dropbox on the uni website... *confused*

Thalia · 01-05-2012, 09:00 PM

Yeah, as long as you watch porn, you're fine.

lisalulu09 · 01-05-2012, 09:01 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...rize-shortlist
ETA:

amlptj · 01-05-2012, 09:04 PM

If you never had it i think you could still write about it. Wouldnt have first hand experience, but i've also never killed anyone and i write about that all the time. I'm not a Freak either but i can write about all the stuff it entails really well.

I just dont want to write it because i wouldnt feel comfortable doing so. When i brought up how i dont like writing kiss scenes once back when i first joined on some random thread, someone advised me to go kiss someone more and then write about it afterwards, yeah, didnt work at all. Just dont like writing about that stuff i guess.

ETA: See i think that's another reason i could never write a sex scene, never watched porn. I'm 21 and i still turn my head during sex scenes in movies. Guess i'm a weirdo.

Bookgirl2021 · 01-05-2012, 09:10 PM

No you're not, Ally. I don't watch them, either. And I'm older than you (slightly). There are a lot of people who would rather not watch a sex scene.

ETA Although I will admit that compared to a lot of people, I am kind of weird when it comes to this stuff. Not only do I not watch sex scenes, I get uncomfortable talking/thinking about it. I also generally prefer G or PG kiss scenes (*REAL* PG. Not what they're calling PG now. Half of that would've been PG-13 ten years ago (or less)).

Allaboutwords13 · 01-05-2012, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amlptj

If you never had it i think you could still write about it. Wouldnt have first hand experience, but i've also never killed anyone and i write about that all the time. I'm not a Freak either but i can write about all the stuff it entails really well.

I just dont want to write it because i wouldnt feel comfortable doing so. When i brought up how i dont like writing kiss scenes once back when i first joined on some random thread, someone advised me to go kiss someone more and then write about it afterwards, yeah, didnt work at all. Just dont like writing about that stuff i guess.

ETA: See i think that's another reason i could never write a sex scene, never watched porn. I'm 21 and i still turn my head during sex scenes in movies. Guess i'm a weirdo.

Don't worry, i'm the same. Except, I've never kissed a guy (or girl) so I don't even have that to compare to. I've tried writing sex scenes and I feel like my mum's peering over my shoulder (even though she isnt) because I'm that uncomfortable and awkward.
lol

lisalulu09 · 01-05-2012, 09:26 PM

Why do I always make my character bios. like something off Wikipedia??

Ivi942 · 01-05-2012, 09:30 PM

I always get the feeling that someone is peering over my shoulder when I'm drawing people kissing xD But I've managed to get over it... somewhat. I just choose a position from which no one can peer over my shoulder.

ETA: I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't watch porn/sex scenes in movies, actually. So long as you don't start thinking that your significant other watching porn = cheating, you'll be fine.

amlptj · 01-05-2012, 09:33 PM

See i dont mind watching kissing scenes at all, and i dont mind the "fade to black" kind of sex scenes in movies. I just get toooooo uncomfortable watching anything else. Which I find is weird because my mom let me watch movies and TV shows that no child should ever be allowed to see at a very young age, and at inapproperate parts she would just make me turn my head.

Kat- you dont really need anything to compare it too. Honestly kissing was exactly how i thought it would be so i was relieved i sort of protrayed it right in my books before i actually had my first kiss... and i was rather late to get my first kiss. (with my one an only boyfriend at 17. All my friends had there at like 12-14) SHHHHHH dont tell my boyfriend but i was very dissapointed by my first kiss, i thought there would be more too it in a way. Thought fireworks would go off or something... but they didnt.

amlptj · 01-05-2012, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lisalulu09

Why do I always make my character bios. like something off Wikipedia??

HAHHAHAHAHAH I DO THE SAME THING!!!

Ivi942 · 01-05-2012, 09:35 PM

Heh, I haven't kissed anyone yet, but it's probably close to what I've had dreams of. Nothing special, but still pleasant.

ETA: I can't write character bios... I go off in tangents and write about the little details of their lives instead.

Parametric · 01-05-2012, 09:36 PM

A lot of kissing scenes in YA novels are incredibly vague. It's all, "Our lips met and I had an unspecific experience of generalised happiness. How amazing!" It doesn't take any real-life experience to write that.

amlptj · 01-05-2012, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivi942

Heh, I haven't kissed anyone yet, but it's probably close to what I've had dreams of. Nothing special, but still pleasant.

Exactly right. Well said.

lisalulu09 · 01-05-2012, 09:38 PM

I'm trying to make it nice to read (I'll never know when I'll need it), but still informative. Not that I don't like Wikipedia, but...

ETA: Dinner time.

Parametric · 01-05-2012, 09:41 PM

Case in point! I'm currently reading Gwen Hay3s' FALL1NG UNDER and this just came up:

Quote:

I kissed him then. It was a promise of heartache. Something tugged at me from the inside, loosening the knot of desire I’d kept hidden, and unleashing dark, mysterious tendrils of yearning. Haden’s breathing changed, causing a flare of white-hot awareness to my core. I needed him, needed to be closer, to touch his skin.

Note the vagueness? "I kissed him. Something vague happened. I had vague feelings of yearning." Anyone can do this.

amlptj · 01-05-2012, 09:43 PM

My character profiles well are just lists of things.. name, nickname, decription, personality.

Well unless were talking about the Freak Files... I wrote those like detailed lab reports!

amlptj · 01-05-2012, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Parametric

Case in point! I'm currently reading Gwen Hay3s' FALL1NG UNDER and this just came up:

Note the vagueness? "I kissed him. Something vague happened. I had vague feelings of yearning." Anyone can do this.

And i think this is the perfect example of why i cant write kissing scenes well, because, well... none of that stuff mentioned I ever thought of or really felt while kissing. hahahaha.

"causing a flare of white-hot awareness to my core." Like i get its for the purpose of imagery and stuff but nope never happened to me.

Parametric · 01-05-2012, 09:52 PM

I don't think it's meant to be realistic.

Parametric · 01-05-2012, 09:54 PM

I was going to make an inappropriate comment about all the euphemisms in that passage, and what a "flare of white-hot awareness" in a character's "core" actually means, but then I remembered that there are young teenagers reading this thread.

Ivi942 · 01-05-2012, 09:58 PM

Pffft, Para xD

I draw reference pictures instead of writing bios, mainly because it's far too easy to get lost without those >_>

amlptj · 01-05-2012, 10:00 PM

Actually when i read it I thought the same thing!

Thalia · 01-05-2012, 10:03 PM

Pffffffft, Para. I think you just made a comment.

01-05-2012, 08:48 PM	#21901
Thalia zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Land of Always Winter Posts: 6,953	I wrote a sex scene when I was a very little kid. Like, 11 or 12. The worst part is it wasn't half bad. Also not very detailed. __________________ A constellation of tears on your lashes Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes In the end everything collides My childhood spat back out the monster that you see Last edited by Thalia; 01-05-2012 at 08:55 PM.

01-05-2012, 08:55 PM	#21902
lisalulu09 Potterhead Gleek Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 14,605	Haha. I read something ages ago about the worst sex scenes the previous year. I found it via the NaNo websites. I'll see if I can find something similar... I don't see why you can't write about sex just because you haven't had it... __________________ Stupid Cupid - YA Romantic Comedy - Out in the world Ollie - MG Retelling of Oliver Twist -On hold Rome Forever After - YA Contemporary Romance - Writing the first draft (12K/24K) Reading: "Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens "Tweet Heart" - Elizabeth Rudnick Facebook Blog Twitter

01-05-2012, 08:57 PM	#21903
Ivi942 practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Lithuania Posts: 205	If anyone followed that logic, I wouldn't be allowed to write kiss scenes :P __________________ Currently working on: Coffee and Tattoos(temp. name) Angels and Demons(more temp. names!) The short with the vampires(this one's obvious)

01-05-2012, 09:00 PM	#21904
lisalulu09 Potterhead Gleek Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 14,605	I can't seem to find a dropbox on the uni website... confused __________________ Stupid Cupid - YA Romantic Comedy - Out in the world Ollie - MG Retelling of Oliver Twist -On hold Rome Forever After - YA Contemporary Romance - Writing the first draft (12K/24K) Reading: "Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens "Tweet Heart" - Elizabeth Rudnick Facebook Blog Twitter

01-05-2012, 09:00 PM	#21905
Thalia zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Land of Always Winter Posts: 6,953	Yeah, as long as you watch porn, you're fine. __________________ A constellation of tears on your lashes Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes In the end everything collides My childhood spat back out the monster that you see

01-05-2012, 09:01 PM	#21906
lisalulu09 Potterhead Gleek Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 14,605	http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...rize-shortlist ETA: __________________ Stupid Cupid - YA Romantic Comedy - Out in the world Ollie - MG Retelling of Oliver Twist -On hold Rome Forever After - YA Contemporary Romance - Writing the first draft (12K/24K) Reading: "Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens "Tweet Heart" - Elizabeth Rudnick Facebook Blog Twitter Last edited by lisalulu09; 01-05-2012 at 09:06 PM.

01-05-2012, 09:04 PM	#21907
amlptj Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10,272	If you never had it i think you could still write about it. Wouldnt have first hand experience, but i've also never killed anyone and i write about that all the time. I'm not a Freak either but i can write about all the stuff it entails really well. I just dont want to write it because i wouldnt feel comfortable doing so. When i brought up how i dont like writing kiss scenes once back when i first joined on some random thread, someone advised me to go kiss someone more and then write about it afterwards, yeah, didnt work at all. Just dont like writing about that stuff i guess. ETA: See i think that's another reason i could never write a sex scene, never watched porn. I'm 21 and i still turn my head during sex scenes in movies. Guess i'm a weirdo. __________________ Legend of the Freaks YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) Last edited by amlptj; 01-05-2012 at 09:06 PM.

01-05-2012, 09:10 PM	#21908
Bookgirl2021 A place where dreams are born Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In your head. I'm the little voice you hear all the time. And you thought that was your conscience! Posts: 5,546	No you're not, Ally. I don't watch them, either. And I'm older than you (slightly). There are a lot of people who would rather not watch a sex scene. ETA Although I will admit that compared to a lot of people, I am kind of weird when it comes to this stuff. Not only do I not watch sex scenes, I get uncomfortable talking/thinking about it. I also generally prefer G or PG kiss scenes (REAL PG. Not what they're calling PG now. Half of that would've been PG-13 ten years ago (or less)). __________________ "Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead." ~Gene Fowler WIPs Awaking Melody: 93k/110k OLS: Editing My Website/Personal Blog A BookGirl's Reviews Last edited by Bookgirl2021; 01-05-2012 at 09:13 PM.

01-05-2012, 09:26 PM	#21910
lisalulu09 Potterhead Gleek Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 14,605	Why do I always make my character bios. like something off Wikipedia?? __________________ Stupid Cupid - YA Romantic Comedy - Out in the world Ollie - MG Retelling of Oliver Twist -On hold Rome Forever After - YA Contemporary Romance - Writing the first draft (12K/24K) Reading: "Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens "Tweet Heart" - Elizabeth Rudnick Facebook Blog Twitter

01-05-2012, 09:30 PM	#21911
Ivi942 practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Lithuania Posts: 205	I always get the feeling that someone is peering over my shoulder when I'm drawing people kissing xD But I've managed to get over it... somewhat. I just choose a position from which no one can peer over my shoulder. ETA: I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't watch porn/sex scenes in movies, actually. So long as you don't start thinking that your significant other watching porn = cheating, you'll be fine. __________________ Currently working on: Coffee and Tattoos(temp. name) Angels and Demons(more temp. names!) The short with the vampires(this one's obvious) Last edited by Ivi942; 01-05-2012 at 09:34 PM.

01-05-2012, 09:33 PM	#21912
amlptj Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10,272	See i dont mind watching kissing scenes at all, and i dont mind the "fade to black" kind of sex scenes in movies. I just get toooooo uncomfortable watching anything else. Which I find is weird because my mom let me watch movies and TV shows that no child should ever be allowed to see at a very young age, and at inapproperate parts she would just make me turn my head. Kat- you dont really need anything to compare it too. Honestly kissing was exactly how i thought it would be so i was relieved i sort of protrayed it right in my books before i actually had my first kiss... and i was rather late to get my first kiss. (with my one an only boyfriend at 17. All my friends had there at like 12-14) SHHHHHH dont tell my boyfriend but i was very dissapointed by my first kiss, i thought there would be more too it in a way. Thought fireworks would go off or something... but they didnt. __________________ Legend of the Freaks YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!)

01-05-2012, 09:35 PM	#21914
Ivi942 practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Lithuania Posts: 205	Heh, I haven't kissed anyone yet, but it's probably close to what I've had dreams of. Nothing special, but still pleasant. ETA: I can't write character bios... I go off in tangents and write about the little details of their lives instead. __________________ Currently working on: Coffee and Tattoos(temp. name) Angels and Demons(more temp. names!) The short with the vampires(this one's obvious) Last edited by Ivi942; 01-05-2012 at 09:37 PM.

01-05-2012, 09:36 PM	#21915
Parametric useless idiot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 9,088	A lot of kissing scenes in YA novels are incredibly vague. It's all, "Our lips met and I had an unspecific experience of generalised happiness. How amazing!" It doesn't take any real-life experience to write that.

01-05-2012, 09:38 PM	#21917
lisalulu09 Potterhead Gleek Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 14,605	I'm trying to make it nice to read (I'll never know when I'll need it), but still informative. Not that I don't like Wikipedia, but... ETA: Dinner time. __________________ Stupid Cupid - YA Romantic Comedy - Out in the world Ollie - MG Retelling of Oliver Twist -On hold Rome Forever After - YA Contemporary Romance - Writing the first draft (12K/24K) Reading: "Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens "Tweet Heart" - Elizabeth Rudnick Facebook Blog Twitter Last edited by lisalulu09; 01-05-2012 at 09:40 PM.

01-05-2012, 09:43 PM	#21919
amlptj Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10,272	My character profiles well are just lists of things.. name, nickname, decription, personality. Well unless were talking about the Freak Files... I wrote those like detailed lab reports! __________________ Legend of the Freaks YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!)

01-05-2012, 09:52 PM	#21921
Parametric useless idiot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 9,088	I don't think it's meant to be realistic.

01-05-2012, 09:54 PM	#21922
Parametric useless idiot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 9,088	I was going to make an inappropriate comment about all the euphemisms in that passage, and what a "flare of white-hot awareness" in a character's "core" actually means, but then I remembered that there are young teenagers reading this thread.

01-05-2012, 09:58 PM	#21923
Ivi942 practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Lithuania Posts: 205	Pffft, Para xD I draw reference pictures instead of writing bios, mainly because it's far too easy to get lost without those >_> __________________ Currently working on: Coffee and Tattoos(temp. name) Angels and Demons(more temp. names!) The short with the vampires(this one's obvious)

01-05-2012, 10:00 PM	#21924
amlptj Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10,272	Actually when i read it I thought the same thing! __________________ Legend of the Freaks YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!)

01-05-2012, 10:03 PM	#21925
Thalia zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Land of Always Winter Posts: 6,953	Pffffffft, Para. I think you just made a comment. __________________ A constellation of tears on your lashes Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes In the end everything collides My childhood spat back out the monster that you see

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