tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291157166360423354.post6963112844328697089..comments2023-06-25T11:02:00.806-05:00Comments on The Lazy, Yet Discerning Ficster: GuestEssay: Less is MoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291157166360423354.post-65932989099053616132009-09-19T22:39:23.488-05:002009-09-19T22:39:23.488-05:00Lol yeah I have to admit I do love reading lemons,...Lol yeah I have to admit I do love reading lemons, but what you guys say is so true. i mean that's probably why Steph's books held us for so long is the intensity of their relationship & the emotional conection. They didn't even have sex until book four, where they were married & even then it was not the MOST descriptive, but everyone loved it. So yeah you don't need lemons to complete a story, and in some ways it's probably healthier not to be constantantly reading them (lol I will keep telling myself that). Boycotts & Barflies was a great example of that. I loved that story. Ploughkeepsie was another that held you with the story without just being lemons. So thanks for your insight, will try & stick with it ;)bouncy72https://www.blogger.com/profile/15509137321021403429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291157166360423354.post-16369186086361008862009-09-19T20:33:40.787-05:002009-09-19T20:33:40.787-05:00There is so much more to a story than sex and I re...There is so much more to a story than sex and I really believe in the whole buildup version expressed here. While some old-fashioned luvin' is needed (and at times necessary in a story), sometimes a simple hand-hold or light kiss could be as completely erotic as going all the way. Bravo for bringing this train of thought to the forefront!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291157166360423354.post-6818940766144689092009-09-18T18:59:01.948-05:002009-09-18T18:59:01.948-05:00Oh, you included the famous 'leg hitch' sc...Oh, you included the famous 'leg hitch' scene. That scene blew me away. I've read some seriousl schmexin here at the fandom, but Stephenies leg hit is probably the single, most sexy thing I have ever ever read.<br /><br />I think actually building a relationship instead of having the characters just go at it is very hard to do and is probably why a lot of fics fail - they miss out on the slow burn and the emotions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291157166360423354.post-48580397116653470142009-09-18T13:00:01.384-05:002009-09-18T13:00:01.384-05:00OMG....still doing from Mo saying up the pooper.
...OMG....still doing from Mo saying up the pooper.<br /><br />Ok - now that I am done snarfing...ITA with all the points (big surprise). Give me intimacy, give me emotional connection. There are a number of ways it can be done with and without physicality. Make me feel physically and emotionally. Make me remember what that rush of first love felt like...that was the inherent appeal of the books to so many of us, and what I love about some of my current faves.hmonster4https://www.blogger.com/profile/00565429249423300194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291157166360423354.post-51959210352535364232009-09-18T11:06:12.495-05:002009-09-18T11:06:12.495-05:00I agree completely that you need to really explore...I agree completely that you need to really explore your characters and their relationship before you can make a lemony scene believable. That's probably because I like my literature and fanfic like I like my sex: with a lot of emotional investment. I've never been a fan of superficial quickies, either in real life or in what I read. <br /><br />If you throw in lemons for the sake of getting more hits, you're doing a disservice to your characters. I think that's especially true for those who write "Twilight" fanfiction. Of course, sometimes out-of-character stories work very well. But by and large, stories in which a high-school Bella and an old-fashioned Edward have raging, frequent, explosive, uncharacteristic sex -- as if they've been doing it for years -- just doesn't strike me as realistic.<br /><br />Sure, it's frustrating that fewer people read my story because it's not an NC-17. But I can't stand even the thought of adding sex where I know full well it doesn't enhance the story line. At some point, I'll develop another story where the partners have a real connection and sex is a logical part of that. That's another challenge of writing; I think those of us who really care about what we write should do our best to meet it.MeilleurCafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241331714893618804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291157166360423354.post-68922613023252362222009-09-18T09:10:39.586-05:002009-09-18T09:10:39.586-05:00I definitely agree that many people think without ...I definitely agree that many people think without a lemon they won't be as "popular", but you have to think about your characters and how it fits in the story. The first priority needs to be to craft a good story.<br /><br />Throwing lemons in simply for the sake of being popular or because they seem to be "required" seems like selling out to me. <br /><br />This is what I liked about the love through lemons contest, it made people think about how to put a lemon in that said something, that had a purpose and a meaning. <br /><br />This is also part of the reason we went the way we did with the When Love Was New contest, to strive to get authors to write love without a lemon, to show them that it is entirely possible to write a great story with only touching and no sex. <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I love a good lemon, but I do feel that more and more people are throwing them in every.single.chapter and it is getting to be a bit much. Since normal intercouse is getting "boring" from reading about it so much, now we are seeing a huge influx of anal sex to "stand out". Only certain fics can put them in every chapter and still work and while anal sex certainly has its place in fic, certainly virginal high school Bella isn't going to take it up the pooper only 3 weeks after popping her cherry. That simply isn't realistic.Shannon @ So You Think You Can Painthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11529962814085581747noreply@blogger.com