What's Your Opinion on Cheesy and Laughable Sex Scenes in Novels?
Hi All,
I wanted to address readers and fellow authors. As a writer, I know that writing sex scenes can be the hardest thing to do. You try your best not to make them awkward, the characters need good chemistry and you don't want to make the scene too cheap and cheesy. Obviously judging from some of the books I've read, a lot of authors have this problem, LOL!
One time I read a book where the love scenes were SO BAD that I laughed each time the couple made love. It was extremely funny. I can't remember the book or author but the story took place on a farm. The lady's husband died and she took in a drifter. (Yeah I know what you're thinking, cliche' city)!
First off the set up was bad because the woman didn't trust him at first but let him stay with her if he worked on her farm. BUT, she started to have sex with this man (who she hardly knew) about two weeks later. And it was one of the worst sex scenes I've ever read! It was horrible but extremely funny. Did I throw out the book? No. The scenes were so darn funny and ridiculous that I kept reading just to get to the sex scenes. The plot sucked so I guess she'd stuck in so much sex to take readers' minds off the lame story. I guess to the author, bad sex is better than no sex. I am not sure about that one myself, LOL! Some books don't need sex and this was one of them! The author was middle aged yet wrote like she didn't know a darn thing about sex or expressing the emotions and capturing the feelings of it. Her scenes were not only fake sounding but amatuerish and awful! But like I said, hilarious too!
My question is, do cheesy or bad written sex/love scenes make you give up on a book? Fellow authors do you go out your way to make sure your sex scenes are realistic? Readers, does a bad sex scene turn you off or make you laugh?
Can't wait to read these responses! LOL!
http://www.stacy-deanne.net
I wanted to address readers and fellow authors. As a writer, I know that writing sex scenes can be the hardest thing to do. You try your best not to make them awkward, the characters need good chemistry and you don't want to make the scene too cheap and cheesy. Obviously judging from some of the books I've read, a lot of authors have this problem, LOL!
One time I read a book where the love scenes were SO BAD that I laughed each time the couple made love. It was extremely funny. I can't remember the book or author but the story took place on a farm. The lady's husband died and she took in a drifter. (Yeah I know what you're thinking, cliche' city)!
First off the set up was bad because the woman didn't trust him at first but let him stay with her if he worked on her farm. BUT, she started to have sex with this man (who she hardly knew) about two weeks later. And it was one of the worst sex scenes I've ever read! It was horrible but extremely funny. Did I throw out the book? No. The scenes were so darn funny and ridiculous that I kept reading just to get to the sex scenes. The plot sucked so I guess she'd stuck in so much sex to take readers' minds off the lame story. I guess to the author, bad sex is better than no sex. I am not sure about that one myself, LOL! Some books don't need sex and this was one of them! The author was middle aged yet wrote like she didn't know a darn thing about sex or expressing the emotions and capturing the feelings of it. Her scenes were not only fake sounding but amatuerish and awful! But like I said, hilarious too!
My question is, do cheesy or bad written sex/love scenes make you give up on a book? Fellow authors do you go out your way to make sure your sex scenes are realistic? Readers, does a bad sex scene turn you off or make you laugh?
Can't wait to read these responses! LOL!
http://www.stacy-deanne.net
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Permalink Reply by Karoline on
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yes, they make me give up the book. I hate them and avoid them at all costs. A little romance is okay but it's cliched, and a la harlequin forget it I won't even get close to that book.
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Permalink Reply by pussreboots on -
Less is more when it comes to sex in books. Just hint at what's going on and leave the details to the reader's imagination.
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Permalink Reply by Sam Moffie on -
If the plot and characters call for it -- why not enjoy it? There is such a thing as cheap and cheesy sex in real life, so why not in books?
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Permalink Reply by Barbara Desmond on -
I don't really read romances but that book sounds funny. I don't think I'd give up on the book if it was giving me a good laugh.
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Permalink Reply by Allan Russell on -
I have always struggled with sex scenes in books, they tend to either be boring, or cheesy. If the book has something else I don't throw it across the room in disgust. I think the scenes that work best build on hints and allusion.
I have frequently tried to write sex scenes, I quite frankly struggle with them. Even If I really like the characters and they are getting on together, so to speak, when it comes to writing what I visualise... well the result is pure cheese.
As a result, even if the characters have to have sex for plot reasons it simply doesn't appear in the narrative, I hint a bit and skip right to the next scene.
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