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>Now I'm talking erotica... not pornography---though, of course, I've heard
that the difference between the two is simply the lighting. :-)

I've heard that it's porn when men write it and erotica when women write it=
, but I
digress.  This is a rather touchy topic.  I can write a sex scene.  I've
wr= itten enough
of them in other stories (especially the rock band stories I wrote in the 7= 0's and
80's, the current non-Trek story I'm writing has a couple too), but never i= n Trek.
I'm almost with Garry in showing the leadup to a possible erotic scene, and=
 then
leaving the rest to the imagination.  I'd worry that any attempt to write
t= he actual
scene would degenerate into porn.  I've read Joe's "The Nature of the Beast=
," and
though the sex scene in question was vital to the story, it was also in the=
 "porn"
zone in my mind (and my boundary might vary from others). I don't think I c= ould
write a similar scene with the Athena characters.  I would have a tendency = to
get too graphic, and that simply would not fit in with the established feel=
 of the
stories.  Another consideration is that I basically follow the same limits
= as one would
see on television.  If the scene couldn't be shown on television, it's
unli= kely to appear
in an "Athena" story.

This topic brings to mind an "Athena" story that I've plotted but
not yet w= ritten, where
Thorpe and Matsubara do get intimate.  It'll become very obvious in subsequ= ent
stories that they do in fact have sex, but in the story in question,
"Pursu= it or
Capture," I'm still deciding in how far I should go in describing what
is h= appening, or
in Garry's terms, at what point do I draw the curtains (or close the door,
= in this case).
I probably won't know until I actually write the scene, but no doubt I'll
b= e thinking
about it and fretting over it.

Steve
The Universe Unbounded.

Visit "Star Trek: Athena" at http://ussathena.iwarp.com


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>Now I'm talking erotica... not pornography---though, of
course, I've
heardthat the difference between the two is simply the lighting.
:-)
 
I've heard that it's porn when men
write it and
erotica when women write it, but I
digress.  This is a rather touchy
topic. 
I can write a sex scene.  I've written enough
of them in other stories
(especially the rock band
stories I wrote in the 70's and
80's, the current non-Trek story
I'm writing has a
couple too), but never in Trek.
I'm almost with Garry in showing
the leadup to a
possible erotic scene, and then
leaving the rest to the
imagination.  I'd
worry that any attempt to write the actual
scene would degenerate into
porn.  I've read
Joe's "The Nature of the Beast," and
though the sex scene in question
was vital to the
story, it was also in the "porn"
zone in my mind (and my boundary
might vary from
others). I don't think I could
write a similar scene with the Athena
characters.  I would have a tendency to
get too graphic, and that simply
would not fit in
with the established feel of the
stories.  Another
consideration is that I
basically follow the same limits as one would
see on television.  If
the scene couldn't be
shown on television, it's unlikely to appear
in an "Athena"
story.
 
This topic brings to mind an
"Athena" story that
I've plotted but not yet written, where
Thorpe and Matsubara do get
intimate.  It'll
become very obvious in subsequent
stories that they do in fact have
sex, but in the
story in question, "Pursuit or
Capture," I'm still deciding
in how far I should
go
in describing what is happening, or
in Garry's terms, at what point do
I draw the
curtains (or close the door, in this case).
I probably won't know until I
actually write the
scene, but no doubt I'll be thinking
about it and fretting over
it.
 
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
 
Visit "Star Trek: Athena" at http://ussathena.iwarp.com;">http://ussathena.iwarp.comhttp://ussathena.iwarp.com">http://ussathena.iwarp.com;
 






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