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What type(s) of plot structure do you all hang your sex scenes on? 
How does/doesn't that work well with supplying your readers with a steady supply of sex scenes? I know some publishers ask that there be a sex scene in every chapter.
Or, how about character dynamics? What kinds make for the most sizzling romances? Mutual love at first sight doesn't work real well because once the characters sleep together there isn't any conflict left, but unrequited love doesn't work well either because if one character isn't interested either no sex happens or it's non-consentual. Personally I like set-ups where one character's motives are in doubt: Were they hired to seduce the other character? Is one character motivated by shallow lust while the other wants true luv? Does a dominanat character want to humiliate and subjugate the other, or make them writhe in pleasure?
How does/doesn't that work well with supplying your readers with a steady supply of sex scenes? I know some publishers ask that there be a sex scene in every chapter.Or, how about character dynamics? What kinds make for the most sizzling romances? Mutual love at first sight doesn't work real well because once the characters sleep together there isn't any conflict left, but unrequited love doesn't work well either because if one character isn't interested either no sex happens or it's non-consentual. Personally I like set-ups where one character's motives are in doubt: Were they hired to seduce the other character? Is one character motivated by shallow lust while the other wants true luv? Does a dominanat character want to humiliate and subjugate the other, or make them writhe in pleasure?
