Now, before I go into it, let me tell you why I want to know. Recently, I was reading a book, and found myself skimming past the sex parts. I mean really, skimming past the sex parts! No way! But I did. Then I realized why. For me, there wasn't much emotion involved in the excerpt. I have a small collection of books that I keep on hand and continually read. And I read the sexual excerpts the most.
So, I thought to myself, why do I read those, and not this one. That's when it hit me. It's for the emotions. The raw intense passionate responses between the characters. A hero that not only can he not keep his hands off the heroine, but is driven to his knees by his need to have her and only her.
That's what I came up with. I decided that I need real emotion to be a part of it in order to like it. Am I alone here. I've read sex scenes where I can't feel anything, just sex. And where, yes, there are those novels that are just about sex, not about emotions, but since it's such a personal act, I think emotions are always involved. So to write a sex scene without emotion, would be a travesty in my opinion.
Is it just me? Am I alone in this whole sex and emotion gauntlet? Let me know your opinions. Yay or nay, would love to hear them!
Amethyst Winters
2 comments:
I have read many books that've had me skimming the sex scenes. I think you're right--the emotion makes the sex, not the other way around. If there's no emotion, I'm going to skim.
And there you have it. The answer to the age old question we've always asked. Why can't we just go out and have sex and get our instant gratification?
Because sex without emotional attachment/involvement isn't worth it.
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