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To Write a Sex Scene or Not Write a Sex Scene, That Is The Question (Today’s Wednesday Wisdom)
At several of the book club discussions I’ve attended over the year about my first novel, many women have asked me why I didn’t write the sex scene between Michael and Annabelle when they first became intimate. I have two answers for you: 1—My parents would read it. I’m not sure how I’d feel discussing that particular scene at a family gathering… and, 2—I believe much can be left up to the imagination of the reader. It is difficult, I think, to write something that is so intimate, and at times magical, as a moment where sex is not just sex, but rather a sort of spiritual melding of two…