I don't agree with this. I have read many novels, different genres, that have more than one sex scene, and they were not considered erotica. Depends on how integral the sex is to the plot, and how explicit the scenes are.
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I don't agree with this. I have read many novels, different genres, that have more than one sex scene, and they were not considered erotica. Depends on how integral the sex is to the plot, and how explicit the scenes are.
there were at least two in "IT" I remember reading as a kid
there were probably two or three in "Jhereg" or "Yendi", not sure which
there were a boatload in "Firefly", but that was a steaming crap-fest
Laymon usually has at least two or four, and pages of sexually-charged bits about seeing nipples through silk blouses, etc.
There are generally 1-3 in most of the books I've seen by Koontz or King, and I suspect a good many more in something by someone like Oates, but I have not read any of her longer work.
On the other hand, there probably are relatively few with more than three; we certainly don't revel in them here in the states
Later in my WIP I'll have to deal with this same question of dubious consent (thanks nkkingston for the term), again with a woman forcing herself upon a somewhat reluctant male. Since I am still on the beginning of my WIP, I have been trying to just write without worrying about what is publishable and what is not.
I'm relieved to see that I'm not the only one on AW working on an erotic horror novel.
I'm relieved to see that I'm not the only one on AW working on an erotic horror novel.
In his dome tome Stephen King has a straight-up anal rape scene. It's also one of the main characters who it happens to.
It seems to me that having a sex scene in a horror novel, and quite a few of them have such scenes (Koontz, King, Hautala, etc.), is not necessarily a bad thing - and if the editor thinks that you've written a great sex scene they're probably going to be more open to the rest of your book.
It seems to me that having a sex scene in a horror novel, and quite a few of them have such scenes (Koontz, King, Hautala, etc.), is not necessarily a bad thing - and if the editor thinks that you've written a great sex scene they're probably going to be more open to the rest of your book.
A dozen graphic sex scenes sounds way too much. Not too much sex that is, but too much of the same thing. Wouldn't it get repetetive?
Maybe you have done it in a good way so that it doesn't feel like too many sex scenes, I don't know. But you can consider to concentrate on a few sex scenes and delete the rest, or just mention them with a few words in narrative.
I think as long as it doesn't glorify the act of rape and is essential to moving the plt forward, I say go for it. I like sex in books, but if it's in there just to be there, then what's the point?
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