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Yeratel:
"Do you enjoy Kipling, young lady?"
"I'm sure I don't know, sir," she blushed, "I've never kippled."

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: Yeratel on March 02, 2008, 10:25:48 PM ---"Do you enjoy Kipling, young lady?"
"I'm sure I don't know, sir," she blushed, "I've never kippled."

--- End quote ---

"But, my man, have you done your chores ?"
"What chores ?"
"Thanks, I'll have a pint of Strongbow."

THETA:
Uhh, i prefer classy graphic.  Richelle Mead is a pretty good example.  The sex is definitely there, but the description is a little vaguer.  Instead of "I felt his cock" it turns into "I felt him."  You know, small stuff like that make the difference between a harlequin and an actual literary novel.

Blaidd:
I'm with Theta on stuff like:


--- Quote ---Instead of "I felt his cock" it turns into "I felt him."
--- End quote ---

However I write a lot of what could be considered fetish (not porn, not even sex) and that does involve a lot of where the rope goes and how deep it cuts and an awful lot of synonyms for 'flesh'. Some would say it is graphic because it's descriptive. I could say 'he tied her up' but there are just so many ways of doing that to a person. Can she reach the phone? Can she scratch that really irritating itch on the end of her nose?

When I want her to feel fear, I don't want to tell you she's scared, I want you to just know, simply from her reaction. Make your own mind up how she feels. I don't write in the first person so I can't asy for sure myself.

Rather, I go by the rule of: could I possibly persuade one of my workmates (ok maybe one of my more imaginative workmates) to read this without cringing, or would it simply look better sat next to Deep Throat?

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