If someone asked me what I wish I had known when I first started writing that would have helped me now, I think my answer would have been starting my electronic organising earlier. Throughout my time of writing, I have amassed huge amounts of scenes, notes, ideas, plots, character profiles, lists, maps, pictures and more. All of which is connected to SEVERAL novel series’, so yes, an organised system was needed.
This is the second part of my article on writing realistic sex scenes. If you missed it, check out How to write realistic Sex Scenes (pt 1). Sex scenes can appear in many books, not just romance and/or erotica. Making the scenes more realistic can add detail to your character and be enjoyable for your audience.
The terms "talent" and "skill" is often be banded about. I see many young writers, new writers who speak in awe of someone's talent. This is often followed with "I'll never be that good" or "I wish I was that talented." It's easy to get disheartened in the creative arts. When I was young, my writing would suffer every time I read a great book. As the wow factor of the book faded, it would be replaced by a bitterness in myself and my work. This led to my own novel festering away alone as I refused to "waste my time" on it. Thankfully, I grew out of that bad habit and while I do still read books that wow me, they are now just a measuring stick by which I can gauge my own development and know what I am aiming for.
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