tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post8872758016325167291..comments2024-02-14T13:04:30.499-05:00Comments on Good To Begin Well, Better To End Well: Kissing ScenesAmalia Dillinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-12745892758796724882013-12-10T15:47:36.370-05:002013-12-10T15:47:36.370-05:00I've never been kissed and am waiting for my w...I've never been kissed and am waiting for my wedding day, so this is my little secret pleasure,! lots of detail in the kiss! but no sex, blegh!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-63209484847746083022012-10-01T10:41:01.976-04:002012-10-01T10:41:01.976-04:00I hate kissing scenes with too much description. E...I hate kissing scenes with too much description. Especially of what their tongues are doing. Descriptions of emotions are good, though. Purple prose generally pulls me out of the flow of the story. I think others will agree that some scenes are almost too painful and (let's be honest) ridiculous to read, though when done well these can be some of the most satisfying scenes both to write and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-18768105208032243932012-05-05T13:33:46.379-04:002012-05-05T13:33:46.379-04:00I'm writing a romance but I never seem to get ...I'm writing a romance but I never seem to get the scene where my two protagonists kiss. I had to rewrite it like 12 times(no kidding) before I had the perfect scene. I mean, I can't make it too steamy 'cause I want to keep it a PG13(if there even is such a thing)!<br />I also hate kissing scenes in books where they only say that they kissed and nothing else. For a good scene you have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-48875509577171604392010-07-30T20:48:53.172-04:002010-07-30T20:48:53.172-04:00Ooo! Battle Scenes! Yeah, I have a rough time with...Ooo! Battle Scenes! Yeah, I have a rough time with them too. You're right, it really is a careful juggling act between information and speed!Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-22032631560748323882010-07-30T17:14:34.462-04:002010-07-30T17:14:34.462-04:00I haven't written any kissing scenes, yet. I&#...I haven't written any kissing scenes, yet. I'm not sure how I'm going to write them when they come up.<br /><br />I have trouble with battle scenes. They tend to want to go fast, but there's so much to tell. It's hard to find balance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-62015733756876799282010-07-30T12:12:18.201-04:002010-07-30T12:12:18.201-04:00Laurel: I can totally believe it! It's so hard...Laurel: I can totally believe it! It's so hard to strike the right note. I might take your advice and go read through some of my other books for kisses that I feel are done well! Good luck with the slow-builds! <br /><br />Beast!: Unfortunately, I needed a historical knitting zombie romance kissing scene for this particular work. BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SCENE LESS AWESOME.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-84224043289240006032010-07-30T10:51:15.854-04:002010-07-30T10:51:15.854-04:00I already WROTE your kissing scene for you. SHEESH...I already WROTE your kissing scene for you. SHEESH!!!!<br /><br />You know how I write them, though. With tons of explosions and bird flipping.BEAST!https://www.blogger.com/profile/11990300271440918619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-19114139917872625612010-07-30T10:16:14.949-04:002010-07-30T10:16:14.949-04:00I think I rewrote my story's kissing scene lik...I think I rewrote my story's kissing scene like 10 times. For me the trick was getting the right balance so that it felt appropriate to the characters. I tended to write it too steamy, rewrite it boing, rewrite it again too steamy, then too boring...<br /><br />I seriously had to go pick up a stack of books I loved and carefully study how the kissing scenes worked and why. I used a few in Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-20553269782877767842010-07-30T10:00:08.200-04:002010-07-30T10:00:08.200-04:00KM: Agreed. That's what I do too. Lips touchin...KM: Agreed. That's what I do too. Lips touching alone is just kind of boring. For a kiss to have meaning it needs emotion behind it!<br /><br />Jaleta: I do too! I think maybe that's part of my problem with this scene, also, though I hadn't considered it until now-- I don't normally write a lot of first person, and this kiss is from the 1st person PoV. <br /><br />I kind of love Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-61394434563986147312010-07-30T06:28:53.130-04:002010-07-30T06:28:53.130-04:00I plan to have basically no kissing or sex scenes ...I plan to have basically no kissing or sex scenes in my fantasy novel. Romance, yes, but my readers can fill in the physical details for themselves. Lack of kissing and sex has never done Terry Pratchett any harm, after all!<br />The historical novel is trickier, as it revolves around a marriage (which a lot of sex with other people preceeding it). I've written a comic flirting scene, but I Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-5390207225602321852010-07-30T06:09:57.364-04:002010-07-30T06:09:57.364-04:00Every first kiss is unique, so I stress. How to ma...Every first kiss is unique, so I stress. How to make sure each action, and reaction, remains true to what we (the reader) should know about each character, as well as what we don't know. CHALLENGE.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-60819543004551985342010-07-30T03:18:40.959-04:002010-07-30T03:18:40.959-04:00Well, I don't generally have a problem with th...Well, I don't generally have a problem with them. I don't have difficulty writing them either, but I do tend to sway more towards what's going on my MCs head rather than the physicalness of it (if that's a word). Though I don't mind reading dirty description - ha! I guess that has to do with growing up with an exhibitionist as a mother!Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-35301006546533088282010-07-30T02:10:22.400-04:002010-07-30T02:10:22.400-04:00Short and sweet, describing emotion and feeling, r...Short and sweet, describing emotion and feeling, rather than the actual kiss itself. I'd be a horrible erotica or romance author.Miranda Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880449368013410349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-12321963823975785922010-07-30T01:21:32.908-04:002010-07-30T01:21:32.908-04:00Yeah, when it comes to kissing and other intimate ...Yeah, when it comes to kissing and other intimate scenes I think less is definitely more. I read somewhere that the reader's imagination does a better job coming up with anything you could put into words so I like to leave it at that.Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-87742083390363564012010-07-30T00:27:29.113-04:002010-07-30T00:27:29.113-04:00While I don't read it much, because I'm no...While I don't read it much, because I'm not into kissing or other intimacy scenes it's not that same as the writer. When I write, it depends on the type of novel. Erotica, for example, has more description and a little more tongue mentioned. But regular fantasy and such, keeping it simple is better.Dawn Embershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00214560861614476799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-23037125431860746362010-07-29T23:35:06.651-04:002010-07-29T23:35:06.651-04:00I *hate* kissing scenes with too much physical des...I *hate* kissing scenes with too much physical description. I don't care what they are doing with their facial parts. I care what the kiss is doing to them internally. I've got one kiss in my novel (spoiler alert! Not really!). It was hard to write, more because the book is first person and I had to stand in the MC's bare feet and describe what it did to her. She's never been Jaleta Clegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442641418941475763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-9701630637279715912010-07-29T23:33:36.781-04:002010-07-29T23:33:36.781-04:00I hate lots of description on tongue, as well. Umm...I hate lots of description on tongue, as well. Umm...eww. Keep that in your mouth for my sake or at least don't go into excruciating detail about it. My personal favorite type of kissing scene doesn't talk much about the kiss at all but what else is going on. I always try to focus on the entire body - what are the hands doing? What are the thoughts going through each person's head? Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851403823244758904noreply@blogger.com