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lierdumoaCheck out my new icon. I made it to reward myself for all the work I got done on Bitter Water.
So I rewrote the lemon. It's 700 words. Exactly. I now bring you The Rough Draft -- Version 2.0 (And in case you hadn't guessed, this version is NC-17.)
You might wonder at my frantic yelpings over losing my lemon the first time. I know, I know -- it doesn't sound like I wrote that much. But consider this -- I'm painfully meticulous with my lemons. You see, the most important thing about a well written lemon (in my opinion) is style. It has to flow well -- like poetry. Only...not. Word choice and word placement are very important. For example, there are only so many ways you can describe the male sex organ without resorting to medical terminology (too clinical) or romance novel pseudonyms (positively cringeworthy -- also giant turnoff), but you don't want to be repeating the same words over and over either. With longer lemons, it's easy to fuck up and start repeating yourself.
Originality is very important -- nothing kills me like a bad sex cliche (I'm talking figures of speech, here. Situational cliches are acceptable so long as they are well written). I've written quite a few lemons. It takes work to make each original and memorable. Analogies are useful, but they can backfire on you. A general rule of thumb -- try to state things implicitly, as opposed to expilcitly, whenever possible. Of course, there are times when I want to be expicit. It depends on the kind of sex scene you're writing. Romantic, vanilla sex requires slightly more flowery language than, say, angry sex (my fav!). Angsty sex is another matter altogether. I generally go for "dark, yet poetic" when I write angsty sex. Don't ask me about BDSM[1]. I might be a kinky bitch, but that stuff (in general) just doesn't float my boat.
Hey look -- I even found a quiz to describe my lemon writing style! (ganked from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
titti)
Personally I don't think my lemons are that realistic. I suppose I'll agree that they're relatively realistic considering the only sex scenes I've written thus far have been between wizards. But I think I've digressed from my point. My lemon. I did my best to make it realistic, creative, non-repetitive, angsty, and here's the kicker -- dialogue free. I'm not saying there's anything easy about dialogue, but it is a challenge to write a really long lemon without any.
And I had to write it twice.
I really need sleep.
Note:evenstarjuliet (cause you're the only one who gives a fuck), a clean version of my fic will be posted HERE at such time as I have finished with the final draft. I can promise that you won't be missing out on any major plot developments -- the only real difference will be the lack of a graphic sex scene at the end of Ch. 4.
So I rewrote the lemon. It's 700 words. Exactly. I now bring you The Rough Draft -- Version 2.0 (And in case you hadn't guessed, this version is NC-17.)
You might wonder at my frantic yelpings over losing my lemon the first time. I know, I know -- it doesn't sound like I wrote that much. But consider this -- I'm painfully meticulous with my lemons. You see, the most important thing about a well written lemon (in my opinion) is style. It has to flow well -- like poetry. Only...not. Word choice and word placement are very important. For example, there are only so many ways you can describe the male sex organ without resorting to medical terminology (too clinical) or romance novel pseudonyms (positively cringeworthy -- also giant turnoff), but you don't want to be repeating the same words over and over either. With longer lemons, it's easy to fuck up and start repeating yourself.
Originality is very important -- nothing kills me like a bad sex cliche (I'm talking figures of speech, here. Situational cliches are acceptable so long as they are well written). I've written quite a few lemons. It takes work to make each original and memorable. Analogies are useful, but they can backfire on you. A general rule of thumb -- try to state things implicitly, as opposed to expilcitly, whenever possible. Of course, there are times when I want to be expicit. It depends on the kind of sex scene you're writing. Romantic, vanilla sex requires slightly more flowery language than, say, angry sex (my fav!). Angsty sex is another matter altogether. I generally go for "dark, yet poetic" when I write angsty sex. Don't ask me about BDSM[1]. I might be a kinky bitch, but that stuff (in general) just doesn't float my boat.
Hey look -- I even found a quiz to describe my lemon writing style! (ganked from
titti)
Personally I don't think my lemons are that realistic. I suppose I'll agree that they're relatively realistic considering the only sex scenes I've written thus far have been between wizards. But I think I've digressed from my point. My lemon. I did my best to make it realistic, creative, non-repetitive, angsty, and here's the kicker -- dialogue free. I'm not saying there's anything easy about dialogue, but it is a challenge to write a really long lemon without any.
And I had to write it twice.
I really need sleep.
[1] BDSM = bondage, domination, sadism, masochism
Note:
evenstarjuliet (cause you're the only one who gives a fuck), a clean version of my fic will be posted HERE at such time as I have finished with the final draft. I can promise that you won't be missing out on any major plot developments -- the only real difference will be the lack of a graphic sex scene at the end of Ch. 4.
