A bit of cheating here as this is for a novel I am co-writing, but figure I may one day do this with screenwriting as well. So, anyone have any thoughts they would like to share on how to effectively write sex scenes? My novel is semi-autobiographical and tells the story of my coauthor's escape from...
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Keep it simple or it turns into porn.
Egad! It's a jungle out there! Thanks for the post.
Hey Joyce...re: choreography, I'm afraid I cannot speak for the directors, not the least because I am only now in the process of having something produced for television and the director is a buddy. W...
Expand commentHey Joyce...re: choreography, I'm afraid I cannot speak for the directors, not the least because I am only now in the process of having something produced for television and the director is a buddy. Would recommend you open it as a new question in the lounge, particularly as I would love to know the answer to that myself.
For screenplays with sex scenes aiming for a general market, anything much more than a sentence is too much.
As far as your novel is concerned there are no limitations. From a screenplay perspective. Look at it from an actor's point of view. What quality actor are you going to get for your script? There's a...
Expand commentAs far as your novel is concerned there are no limitations. From a screenplay perspective. Look at it from an actor's point of view. What quality actor are you going to get for your script? There's a reason Julia Roberts or Tom Hanks don't make movies like Nymphomaniac. Be careful about padding your script with bloated explicit sex descriptions. A) Either the reader will think you're trying to write your male fantasy. B) Or your script lacks story so you went overboard with the scene (sex) descriptions.