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Should i include some sexual content in my novel?
Hi, I'm a 14 year old boy, i've written a sad love novel having about 40000 words "TLL". Should i include some parts like making love in it? Do you like reading this kinda stuff in a novel?
and thanks in advance....
thanks for all the persons who replied me,,,, I love you all
It is a true story of a guy who is having leaukemia, he is 16..and the girl is 15.
11 Answers
- patticharronLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Given that you are fourteen, you likely do not have the experience to write "sexual content" other than what you know based on movies or other romanticized views of it.
Writing "sex scenes" is difficult at best for the most experienced writer. Sex scenes can very easily become silly, trite and hackneyed and then tumble off the edge into pornography.
So writing sex stuff is two-fold: you must know what you are talking about in great depth AND you must know how to write it well, which is all about experience with that sort of thing (both literally and figuratively). It takes quite a talent to write a sex scene that says it all without saying too much. Suffice it to say that it also takes talent to have the entire thing ring true.
My advice to you would be to avoid the issue totally.
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- DanyLv 41 decade ago
Thats an adult book. Once you have love making in full out details in your book, it is targated to an older audiance, because not many 13,14,15 year olds and maybe even further have the full impact and all the details in the books they read.
Personaly, if its a good book ill like it no matter how much sexx love making or whatever is in it. In a way i lioke it better because, ill use twilight as an example... I felt as if I was reading such a childish book becauser it didnt have the word sexx in it! Honestly, what are we? Naiv little children?
But, seeing as how your fourteen, and well i am to, you probabaly dont have the like, full concept of pure, how would you call it, like not pleasure, but like how to do everything. You know if you have a lot of expiriance then go for it, but a 30 year old person who is writing books that have sexualll detail in it then they will probably do a better jobe because of expiriance...
I do like it in a book though.
Maybe by reading books that have sexx in it you would get a better grasp, or you would write it better. good books are....
OOOOO! you want good books, ill give you AMAZING books! Adult if you want to know ;) The two most WONDERFULLLLL books in the world are....
The Bronze Horseman By Paulina Simons
The second one is
Tatiana and Alexander
Here is the summary.....
http://www.paullinasimons.com/bronze.htm
Good books that have ALOT of sexx in it are by Christine Feehan
Not sure what the hell is wrong with me tonight but i cant spelll... good luck with the bpook!!!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
two things... 1/ given your age and life experience and how hard it is to do love scenes tastefully, i'd say stay away from the topic. not completely, but don't get into the actual act of love making. maybe explore the characters curiosity of the subject. 2/ your question had 8 answers in 12 minutes. that's the most in the shortest time in this thread i've seen today! Why? you had SEX in the title! its true what they say, 'sex sells'!
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- IgnatiusLv 41 decade ago
Consider your story first and formost. Do you feel it needs sexual content? Don't add something you don't need, otherwise you'll just blur the storyline.
Secondly, who is your audience? If you are writing to children, which I doubt, then no, definently not. If you are writing to your own age group, some content would be ok but nothing too graphic or you lose your audience.
I am fairly neutral on reading this sort of thing in novels, primarily because it is seldom done well and often sticks out. But when it is done well it can really drive home the emotions or physical reality of the story, as well as add a level of realism in some cases.
- Wesley BLv 71 decade ago
Don't include anything that doesn't serve the story.
If you've already written it and it wasn't necessary, then I'd suspect it isn't necessary. And good writers don't waste time on the unnecessary (heck, Twain never even described what Huck Finn looked like).
If it does serve the story, add it. But, nothing personal, coming from a 14 year old, a sex scene is probably going to sound pretty, well, false. Even if you've had sex, which you should have, you haven't truly experienced loving, passionate love making and it will probably come through in the way you describe the act.
If you do think it would help the story, you can just allude to the fact that it will or has happened, without actually telling us about the scene itself. Just have them wake up naked in bed together and we, as readers, will put two and two together. Then you get the fact into the story that it happened, without writing a sex scene you obviously aren't comfortable writing and don't think people want to read anyway (for me written sex scenes almost always come off as awkward and mis-paced, even by masterful writers. There's nothing wrong with leaving something to the imagination).
- Mark IXLv 51 decade ago
Always remember that the best stories are written from personal experience. Good luck.
- 1 decade ago
You don't have to but you can stick it in there. Make sure it flows nicely and not stuck in there just to have it. Don't let it become too cheesy or overly descriptive. In fact you can just imply that there are sexual activities going on without actually describing it in depth. Overly descriptive words can just take away from the plot and make it seem like it's there just to be there. I hope that makes sense.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
k what does TTL mean, and maybe. You have to include how old the characters are, the plot, falling action,etc. Plus a novel written by a 14-year-old boy is never gonna sell,(unless it is absolutely amazing) so you might wanna leave that part out. :) Just for future reference. ♥