This work is in the public domain: Franz von Bayros. Sweet Snail circa 1910 Can you tell what naughtiness someone's been watching in their spare time from what they like to read or, if they're an author, from what they write? I've seen a comment recently where exactly that was declared. That many erotic scenes are written to appeal to readers who have seen so much porn that they automatically connect the written scene with the visual ones in their memory bank. So apparently...ahem...if you love details in those sex scenes you read or write, it's all due to the porn you watch. Tut tut. No more clits or rampant cocks for you, dear readers, we must draw back and watch from afar. I tend to have a more broad-minded attitude here, and I actually, strangely, believe that different people get aroused by different things, and that different people actually have their own minds that aren't clones of this person who disdains porn as being non-erotic. Though I do agree that porn can be so overly manufactured that it sometimes looks like all the participants are only going through the motions for the camera. A bit of true lust and mutual attraction goes a long way toward making videos truly erotic. I'm curious as to whether others think most sex scenes in books are written to cater to people who watch too much porn.
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18/4/2013 03:01:13 pm
I am doing a Scooby Doo head tilt with this one. Book sex scenes catered to people who watch too much porn? Did someone actually say that?
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Cari Silverwood
18/4/2013 04:02:58 pm
Yes, Sara, someone did say that. And I did a Scooby Doo head tilt too, and a Grrr. I found it insulting to me as a writer, and to my readers. I like to write in details for the reason you mentioned - so as to immerse myself and the readers in the scene. But not as spectators, as participants. In a good story, you're inside the mind of the character.
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Cal Mathews
5/5/2013 01:31:45 pm
How about putting some pictures opposite chapter beginnings like Sweet Snail circa 1910 which I think are very appropriate for entertainment within a book. Cartoons even. Teases like a cover but leading into that chapter.
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Cari Silverwood
5/5/2013 09:54:26 pm
Thank you, Cal.
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Cari silverwood
5/5/2013 10:08:59 pm
Correction, the drawing is in the public domain. Not being a lawyer, I'd want to be quadruple sure before sticking these drawings in a book though.
Carocaro
5/5/2013 05:19:21 pm
I firmly believe some people are visual learners and responders and porn is the visual stimulation for them. Sorry this is slightly stereotyping but more men than women respond to visual porn. Not to say all people can or can't, just natural preferences.
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Cari silverwood
5/5/2013 10:07:28 pm
That idea that men respond more to visual porn may not be true. One study showed that women do respond and get aroused by pictures, though they may not reveal it in obvious ways.
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