Shanna Red
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Nina Milton:
Do people such as yourself read urban novels/memoirs,and if so,will you read the Erotica genre? about Erotica, what are the limits to writing about it? Me,personally get graphic and I was told that it can turn a reader away,but I want to be realistic as possible.
Nina Milton
I do like to have honest sex in the books I read (and write); which means, I guess, that I don't like the opposite, which would be gratuitous sex, written just to get the reader going.
The same would apply to violence. I'm reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, and I'm finding it hard going because of the descriptions of inflicted pain and torture in the book. What Flanagan wanted was to document what happened to Australians in the 2nd WW, but to do so he needs to be very graphic.
So; the same with sex, really. If what you want to say in your story requires very graphic sex, go for it. But don't forget there is a 'Bad Sex Award,' given every year for the worst sex scene. It's the one prize you don't want to win.
The same would apply to violence. I'm reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, and I'm finding it hard going because of the descriptions of inflicted pain and torture in the book. What Flanagan wanted was to document what happened to Australians in the 2nd WW, but to do so he needs to be very graphic.
So; the same with sex, really. If what you want to say in your story requires very graphic sex, go for it. But don't forget there is a 'Bad Sex Award,' given every year for the worst sex scene. It's the one prize you don't want to win.
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