Then they go on unicorn rides through Candy Land and have a threesome with Queen Frostine

[the_deep_magic]

Holy crap, my Muse is super-schmoopy these days.  One of my Pintofest fics is so... I don't even know.  It's like I'm not in control of the schmoop anymore.  I fully expect Chris to adopt a stray unicorn named Mr. Fuzzums who eats sunshine and poops rainbows.  I'm trying to make the other fic extra-porny to compensate, but there is only so much porn-per-sentence you can write before it devolves into a simple list of names, body parts, and suggestive verbs.

On a somewhat related note, I have the hardest time writing kisses.  There's a very narrow window between abstract vagueness and distracting anatomical detail that I can't seem to find.  I can usually just write straight through a sex scene and be satisfied with it after minor edits, but if I've written a kiss, you can bet I spent hours rewording and rearranging the same three sentences and am still not completely happy with it.  From what I've read, it seems to be a fairly common problem in fandom (and maybe fiction in general) -- not that people write kisses poorly, but that there are very few that are written memorably well.

So I'm curious: what things do you find difficult or frustrating to write?

Comments

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There are really that many people confused by "labia"? In that case, I should think it would be a public service* for you to use it and force people to look it up. On the internet. Eh, never mind. What really gets me is when a writer refers to EVERYTHING below the waist as a vagina. Sure, the parts don't all have fun, sexy names, but "vagina" is not a catch-all term.

*Yes, I really wanted to type "pubic service."