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Writing Intimacy

i often see writers sharing a sentiment of struggling with writing kiss scenes which honestly bleeds into other portrayals of physical intimacy. i see it a lot in modernized styles of writing popularized by the recent trend in publishing to encourage short, choppy sentences and few adverbs, even less descriptive language. this makes intimacy come across awkward, like someone writing a script or clumsy recounting of events rather than a beautiful paragraph of human connection.

or just plane horniness. but hey, horny doesn't have to be mutually exclusive with poetic or sensual.

shallow example: they kissed desperately, tongues swirling and she moaned. it made her feel warm inside.

in depth example: she reached for the other woman slowly and with a small measure of uncertainty. the moment her fingers brushed the sharp, soft jaw of her companion, eliza's hesitance slid away. the first kiss was gentle when she finally closed the distance between them. she pressed her lips lightly to gabriella's in silent exploration. a tender question. gabriella answered by meeting her kiss with a firmer one of her own. eliza felt the woman's fingers curling into her umber hair, fingernails scraping along her scalp. everything inside eliza relaxed and the nervousness uncoiled from her gut. a warm buzz of energy sunk through her flesh down to the very core of her soul. this was right. this was always where she needed to be.

the first complaint i see regards discomfort in writing a kiss, feeling like one is intruding on the characters. the only way to get around this is to practice. anything that makes you uncomfortable in writing is something you should explore. writing is at its best when we are pushing the envelope of our own comfort zones. if it feels cringy, if it feels too intimate, too weird, too intrusive, good. do it anyway! try different styles, practice it, think about which parts of it make you balk the most and then explore that, dissect it and dive into getting comfortable with the portrayal of human connection.

of course the biggest part comes to not knowing what to say other than "they kissed" or, of course, the tried and true "their lips crashed and their tongues battled for dominance" 😐. so this is my best advice: think beyond the mouth. okay, we know their mouths are mashing. but what are their hands doing? are they touching one another's hair? are they scratching or gripping desperately at one another? are they gliding their hands along each other's body or are they wrapping their arms tightly to hold each other close? do they sigh? do they groan? do they relax? do they tense? are they comfortable with each other or giddy and uncertain? is it a relief, or is it bringing more questions? is it building tension or finally breaking it?

get descriptive with the emotions. how is it making the main character/pov holder feel? how are they carrying those emotions in their body? how do they feel the desire in their body? desire is not just felt below the belt. it's in the gut, it's in the chest, it's in the flushing of cheeks, the chills beneath the skin, the goosebumps over the surface of the flesh. everyone has different pleasure zones. a kiss might not always lead desire for overtly sexual touches. a kiss might lead to the desire for an embrace. a kiss might lead to the impulse to bite or lick at other areas. a kiss could awaken desire to be caressed or caress the neck, the shoulder, the back, the arms etc. describe that desire, show those impulses of pleasure and affection.

of course there is the tactile. what does the love interest taste like? what do they smell like? how do they kiss? rough and greedy? slow and sensual? explorative and hesitant? expertly or clumsily? how does it feel to be kissed by them? how does it feel to kiss them?

i.e. examine who these individuals are, what their motives and feelings are within that moment, who they are together, what it looks like when these two individuals come together. a kiss is not about the mouth. it's about opening the door to vulnerability and desire in one's entire body and soul.

hmmmnnnnn why do i always have no ideas and then i get drowned in like seventy???? Why can't i have one idea then move onto the next and so on???

writing tip #3642:

in a world of reboots and remakes and sanitised slush you gotta fight back by writing something really really fucking Weird

writing tip #3641:

yeah well could an AI do THIS? *starts crying*

reblog if you're a writer but would rather drink straight cyanide than show any of your family members your work

The problem w writing fiction is that you'll be like tee-hee I'm going to write a story about a fucked up little scenario that's got nothing to do with anything in real life, just some pure messed up nonsense, and then you finish it and take a step back and go aw rats I made a metaphor again

hehehe wrote a short (abt 500 words) prologue for a fic and i'm feeling !!! So good oughhh

literally foaming at the mouth because i feel like i can't write what i wanna write to the skill level i wanna write it aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh

Okay i know i know i said it'd take me forever but genuinely GENUINELY i put on music and wrote abt 1k ish words because i'm just Like That okay aughhhhhh still writing but took a sec to say this because holy shit i'm!!!!! Writing!!!!

I saw your tags on my silly post and you should totally write about Zakkura trying to make it as mercenaries in midgar, or maybe how that dinner Zack invited Cloud to in Crises Core went

Full disclosure, it takes me ForFuckingEver to write, but i'll most definitely keep these in mind when i finally get around to it. i'd definitely love to write a sorta novella-ish sized fic of cloudy and zack trying merc stuff...

(if you'd perhaps like updates on it and hopefully other zakkura writings if i ever get around to it, you can find my writing and whatnot at @writing-shit-ig if not tho that's fine as well, just figured i'd tell ya since i probably wouldn't post it here :) )

this is so mean but sometimes i see published writing and suddenly no longer feel insecure about my own writing ability. like well okay that got published so im guessing i dont have much to worry about

By reading my works you are signing an agreement that if you put my works through AI or repost my works or anything like that, i get to hunt you for sport

im going to have a stroke

if you say you like my writing i build a little shrine for you in my mind and lay imaginary flowers at it every day. just so u know

your wip just called. hey man your wip just called. its asking where you've been man.

the problem with being creative is that you start to feel very guilty when you haven’t created anything in a while

god i hate when i've got the want to write something but that omonious Something is not quite able to be pinned down so i just sit there trying to make an idea out of vibes and don't get any writing done. Ugh.

Hey friends. Do this:

This probably took this person 3 seconds to do but it immediately told me that they liked my story enough to come back and read it again and they liked it again the second time.

Your favorite writers Do Not Know that you think about their stories after you read them. I generally assume that my stories make people happy for the few minutes they’re reading and then they never think about it again. To know that that’s not the case and that someone has returned just makes my little heart swell with joy.

I needed this today. If you’re the person who left this comment (or if you’ve ever commented on any of my writing) I love you.