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Advice for writing relationships

Ship Dynamics

How to create quick chemistry

How to write a polyamorous relationship

How to write a wedding

How to write found family

How to write forbidden love

Introducing partner(s) to family

Honeymoon

Date gone wrong

Fluffy Kiss Scene

Love Language - Showing, not telling

Love Language - Showing you care

Affections without touching

Giving the reader butterflies with your characters

Reasons a couple would divorce on good terms

Reasons for breaking up while still loving each other

Relationship Problems

Relationship Changes

Milestones in a relationship

Platonic activities for friends

Settings for conversations

How to write a love-hate relationship

How to write enemies to lovers

How to write lovers to enemies to lovers

How to write academic rivals to lovers

How to write age difference

Reasons a couple would divorce on good terms

Reasons for having a crush on someone

Ways to sabotage someone else's relationship

Ways a wedding could go wrong

Arranged matrimony for royalty

Signs of a Toxic Relationship

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Writing Tip June 4th

A list of body language phrases.

I’ve included a very comprehensive list, organized by the type of body movement, hand and arm movements, facial expressions etc. In some cases, a phrase fits more than one heading, so it may appear twice. Possible emotions are given after each BL phrase unless the emotion is indicated within the phrase. (They are underlined for emphasis, not due to a hyperlink.)

Note: I’ve included a few body postures and body conditions as they are non-verbal testimony to the character’s physical condition.

Have fun and generate your own ideas.:-)

Eyes, Brows and Forehead

arched a sly brow:  sly, haughty

blinked owlishly:  just waking, focusing, needs glasses

brows bumped together in a scowl:  worried, disapproving, irritated

brows knitted in a frown: worried, disapproval, thoughtful

bug-eyed:  surprised, fear, horror

cocky wink and confident smile:  over confidence, arrogant, good humor, sexy humor

eyes burned with hatred: besides hatred this might suggest maniacal feelings

eyes flashed: fury, defiance, lust, promise, seduction

eyes rolled skyward: disbelief, distrust, humor

forehead puckered:  thoughtful, worried, irritation

frustration crinkled her eyes

gaze dipped to her décolletage: sexual interest, attraction, lust

gimlet-eyed/narrowed eyes: irritation, thoughtful, mean, angry

gleam of deviltry:  humor, conniving, cunning

kept eye contact but her gaze became glazed: pretending interest where there is none/bordom

narrowed to crinkled slits:  angry, distrust

nystagmic eyes missed nothing (constantly shifting eyes):  Shifty

pupils dilated:  interested, attraction to opposite sex, fear

raked her with freezing contempt

slammed his eyes shut:  stunned, furious, pain

squinted in a furtive manner:  fearful, sneaky

stared with cow eyes:  surprised, disbelief, hopeful, lovestruck

subtle wink:  sexy, humor/sharing a joke, sarcasm

unrelenting stare: distrust, demanding, high interest, unyielding

Place To Place, Stationary Or Posture

ambled away:  relaxed, lazy

barged ahead:  rude, hurried

battled his way through the melee:  desperate, anger, alarm

cruised into the diner:  easy-going, feeling dapper, confident

dawdled alongside the road:  lazy, deliberate delay for motives, unhurried, relaxed

dragged his blanket in the dirt:   sadness/depressed, weary

edged closer to him:  sneaky, seeking comfort, seeking protection, seeking an audience

he stood straighter and straightened his tie:  sudden interest, sexual attraction

held his crotch and danced a frantic jig: demonstrates physical condition – he has to pee

hips rolled and undulated:  sexy walk, exaggerating for sex appeal

hovered over them with malice/like a threatening storm: here it’s malice, but one may hover for many reasons.

hunched over to look shorter:  appear inconspicuous, ashamed of actions, ashamed of height

leaped into action feet hammering the marbled floor:  eager, fear, joyous

long-legged strides:  hurried, impatient

lumbered across:  heavy steps of a big man in a hurry

minced her way up to him: timid, sneaky, insecure, dainty or pretense at dainty

paced/prowled the halls:  worried, worried impatience, impatient, diligently seeking pivoted on his heel and took off:  mistaken and changes direction, following orders, hurried, abrupt change of mind, angry retreat

plodded down the road:  unhurried, burdened, reluctant

practiced sensual stroll:  sexy, showing off

rammed her bare foot into her jeans: angry, rushed

rocked back and forth on his heels: thoughtful, impatiently waiting

sagged against the wall:  exhausted, disappointment

sallied forth:  confident, determined

sashayed her cute little fanny:  confident, determined, angered and determined

shrank into the angry crowd:  fear, insecure, seeking to elude

sketched a brief bow and assumed a regal pose: confident, mocking, snooty, arrogant skidded to an abrupt halt: change of heart, fear, surprise, shock

skulked on the edges of the crowd: sneaky, ashamed, timid

slithered through the door:  sneaky, evil, bad intentions

stormed toward her, pulling up short when: anger with a sudden surprise

swaggered into the class room:  over confident, proud, arrogant, conceited

tall erect posture:  confidence, military bearing

toe tapped a staccato rhythm:  impatience, irritation

tottered/staggered unsteadily then keeled over:  drunk, drugged, aged, ill

waltzed across the floor:  happy, blissful, exuberant, conceited, arrogant

Head Movement

cocked his head:  curiosity, smart-alecky, wondering, thoughtful

cocked his head left and rolled his eyes to right corner of the ceiling:  introspection

droop of his head: depressed, downcast, hiding true feelings

nodded vigorously: eager

tilted her head to one side while listening:  extreme interest, possibly sexual interest

Mouth And Jaw

a lackluster smile:  feigning cheerfulness

cigarette hung immobile in mouth: shock, lazy, uncaring, relaxed casualness

clinched his jaw at the sight:  angered, worried, surprised

curled her lips with icy contempt

expelled her breath in a whose:  relief, disappointment

gagged at the smell: disgust, distaste

gapped mouth stare:  surprised, shock, disbelief

gritted his teeth:  anger, irritation, holding back opinion

inhaled a sharp breath:  surprise, shock, fear, horror

licked her lips:  nervous, sexual attraction

lips primed: affronted, upset, insulted

lips pursed for a juicy kiss

lips pursed like she’d been chewing a lemon rind: dislike, angry, irritated, sarcasm

lips screwed into: irritation, anger, grimace, scorn

lips set in a grim line: sorrow, worried, fear of the worst

pursed her lips:  perturbed, waiting for a kiss

scarfed down the last biscuit:  physical hunger, greed

slack-mouthed:  total shock, disbelief

slow and sexy smile:  attraction, seductive, coy

smacked his lips: anticipation

smile congealed then melted into horror

smile dangled on the corner of his lips: cocky, sexy

smirked and tossed her hair over her shoulder:  conceit, sarcasm, over confident

sneered and flicked lint off his suit: sarcasm, conceit

spewed water and spit: shock

stuck out her tongue: humor, sarcasm, teasing, childish

toothy smile:  eagerness, hopeful

wary smile surfaced on her lips

Nose

nose wrinkled in distaste/at the aroma

nostrils flared:  anger, sexual attraction

nose in the air:  snooty, haughty

Face in General

crimson with fury

handed it over shame-faced

jutted his chin: confident, anger, forceful

managed a deadpan expression:  expressionless

muscles in her face tightened:  unsmiling, concealing emotions, anger, worried

rested his chin in his palm and looked thoughtful

rubbed a hand over his dark stubble:  thoughtful, ashamed of his appearance

screwed up her face:  anger, smiling, ready to cry, could almost be any emotion

sneered and flicked lint off his suit: conceit, derision, scorn

Arm and Hand

a vicious yank

arm curled around her waist, tugging her next to him:  possessive, pride, protective

bit her lip and glanced away:  shy, ashamed, insecure

brandished his fist:  anger, threatening, ready to fight, confident, show of pride

clamped his fingers into tender flesh:  anger, protective, wants to inflict pain

clenched his dirty little fists: stubborn, angry

clapped her hands on her hips, arms crooked like sugar bowel handles:  anger, demanding, disbelief

constantly twirled her hair and tucked it behind her ear:  attracted to the opposite sex, shy crossed his arms over his chest: waiting, impatient, putting a barrier

crushed the paper in his fist:  anger, surrender, discard

dived into the food: hunger, eager, greedy

doffed his hat:  polite gesture, mocking, teasing

doodled on the phone pad and tapped the air with her foot:  bored, inattention, introspection

drummed her fingers on the desk:  impatient, frustrated, bored

fanned her heated face with her hands: physically hot, embarrassed, indicating attraction

fiddled with his keys: nervous, bored

firm, palm to palm hand shake:  confident, honest

flipped him the bird: sarcastic discard

forked his fingers through his hair for the third time:  disquiet/consternation, worry, thoughtful

handed it over shame-faced:  guilt, shame

held his crotch and danced a frantic jig:  physical need to relieve himself

limp hand shake:  lack of confidence, lack of enthusiasm

propped his elbow on his knee: relaxed, thoughtful

punched her pillow:  restless, can’t sleep, angry

rested his chin in his palm:  thoughful, worried

scratched his hairy belly and yawned:  indolent, bored, lazy, relaxed, just waking

shoulders lifted in a shrug:  doubtful, careless discard

slapped his face in front of God and country:  enraged, affronted/insulted

snapped a sharp salute:  respect, sarcastic gesture meaning the opposite of respect

snapped his fingers, expecting service:  arrogant, lack of respect, self-centered

sneered and flicked lint off his suit

spread her arms wide: welcoming,  joy, love

stabbed at the food: anger, hunger, determined

stood straighter and smoothed his tie:  sudden interest, possible sexual interest

stuffed his hands in his pockets: self-conscious, throwing up a barrier

sweaty handshake:  nervous, fearful

touched his arm several times while explaining:  sign of attraction, flattery, possessive

wide sweep of his arms:  welcoming, all inclusive gesture, horror

Sitting or Rising

collapsed in a stupor:  exhausted, drunk, drugged, disbelief

enthroned himself at the desk:  conceit, pronouncing or taking ownership

exploded out of the chair:  shock, eager, anger, supreme joy

roosted on the porch rail like a cock on a hen house roof:  claiming ownership, conceit, content

sat, squaring an ankle over one knee:  relaxed and open

slouched/wilted in a chair and paid languid attention to:  drowsy, lazy, depressed, disinterest, sad, totally relaxed, disrespectful

squirmed in his chair: ill at ease, nervous, needs the bathroom

Recline

flung himself into the bed: sad, depressed, exhausted, happy

prostrated himself: surrender, desperate, miserable, powerless, obsequious, fawning, flattering

punched her pillow:  can’t sleep, anger, frustrated

threw himself on the floor kicking and screaming: tantrum

Entire body and General

body stiffened at the remark:  offended, anger, alerted

body swayed to music:  dreamy, fond memories, enjoys the music

bounced in the car seat, pointing:  excitement, fear, eager

cowered behind his brother:  fear, shyness, coward, desperate

curled into a ball:  sorrow, fear, sleepy, defensive

heart galloping:  anxiety, joy, eager

held his crotch and danced a frantic jig

humped over his cane, each step shaking and careful: pain, aged

inhaled a deep breath and blew out slowly: buying time to find words/thoughtful, reconciled

quick and jerky like rusty cogs on a wheel:  unsure of actions, self-conscious, tense, edgy

rocked back and forth on his heels:  impatient, cocky, gleeful

manhandled the woman into a corner:  bully, anger

slumped shoulders: defeat, depressed, sad, surrender

stiff-backed:  priggish, haughty, affronted

stood straighter and straightened his tie:  sexual interest, wants to make an impression

stooped and bent: aged, arthritic, in pain

stretched extravagantly and yawned:  tired, bored, unconcerned

sweating uncontrollably: nervous, fear, guilt

tall erect posture:  confidence, military bearing

was panting now at:  afraid, exhausted, out of breath, sexual excitement

-Sharla Rae

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Writing Body Language

How to Improve your writing

This is something that happens every day in your life. A shift of your eyebrow in skepticism, or the way your lip may twitch to a half smile cause you’re trying not to laugh. These behaviors are vital for writing in character, because not only do the allow you to visually see what is happening but it is also reaffirming whatever emotion your character is showing.

So why should you write it?

Much of human communication is non-verbal which means you need to also translate this non-verbal reaction in a post. It allows you to greatly enhance the emotions of another character and always another person to ‘visually’ see how they feel in a post. Most of all, this will add depth and volume to your post to make it feel more real. IT will make your character feel like a human instead of just another fictional person you look at from above.

Below you will find a list different type of emotions and what sort of body language can be exhibited to them.

Three ways to accent an action.

When writing about emotions, there are different ways to verbally write them out. Each one is unique in their own way, allowing you to show more about the emotion.

Emphasize the Emotion. But doing this, you are expressing both the emotion and the body language. We’ll use a simple example. It’s short and simple yet you can sense he is happy. John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall.

Complicate the Emotion. Sometimes, even when you are feeling one emotion, deep down rooted underneath the facade of it all, there is actually an underlining emotion they feel. This is something you have to truly express otherwise no one will know. John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall. However, it was obvious by the way his nose crinkled that he was disgusted by the actions beforehand. Instead, John covered it up by appearing pleased today.

Contradict the Emotion. This is a little different than complicate. Contradicting means that you are claiming one thing when in fact its the other. In many ways, this has a variety of uses, from inner depth of the truth to what you see in person, or someone creating a wall. It could be considered a lie, but when is anything that easy? John felt so happy that he was humming a tune while walking down the hall. In truth, once he was in the classroom, his shoulders slumped and a pout crossed his lips when no one was around, showing just how displeased he was with the situation.

Remember that you do not always have to contradict or complicate anything. Sometimes all you need to do is emphasize and that will be just fine. You don’t always have to have an underlining complicated for an emotion to make it more enhanced.

Do be afraid to use the Thesaurus to also improve an emotion. Such things as “happy” is a nice emotional word, but think of how much more powerful it is when you heard some is “overjoyed” or “content.” She how these emotions matched up with a body language can give two different styles of happiness? Mix and match to find what works best for your character at the time.

More In Depth Information

What I’ve stated above is more of a simplistic overview. IF you truly want to improve yourself, go to this

LINK HERE

To see just how much body language can reveal about a person. You will find things such as how a person lies, how the eyes reaction, the positioning of a person in personal space, mouth, and head body language and so much more.

Use these resources to greatly increase the reactions of your character to another and create a more life-like world.

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How to Write Smut: Permission

Hi folks! This is going to be the first in a series of posts I plan on making about the whole art of writing smut. Although I write my smut solely within fanfiction, and I know most of my readers/mutuals are also into it for fanfic, this is all advice I have for writing smut (also known as “erotica”) outside of that genre as well.

Be advised that I will mention potentially triggering topics centering around sex and sexuality and gender. Sometimes race and ability will also come up. I intend to handle these topics as sensitively as possible and try to do my research where I am ignorant, but I also beg your patience. If I’m a dumbass or read the wrong research, I’m happy to make corrections. I want to be helpful and not harmful, and my goal is talk about these things in healthy ways. I want to focus upon consensual and adult smut only. Technical terms as well as porny terms will happen frequently. As it says on the tin: I have a filthy and smart mouth. 18+ only.

So, if you do not want to read this or future posts in this series, please add “how to write smut” to your tag blacklist or filters. :)

How to Write Smut Without Wanting to Die of Embarrassment: It’s About Permission

Here you are, dear writer, reading this post and some of y’all are already just burning in your seats and clutching your pearls thinking oh my god I can’t believe I’m doing this, someone’s gonna read over my shoulder let me disappear now. And some of you are just nodding and thinking, yeah yeah whatever get to it, this is no big deal. This post is actually for both of you types of folks.

I don’t have to tell a lot of you that western society has a lot of fucked-up notions about sex and sexuality that hasn’t stayed in its filthy little niche in the world, but spread its grubby mitts everywhere. The fact that some of y’all are outside of the United States of Puritanical America and blushing like someone saw your frilly knickers is proof enough. Folks who have thrown the middle finger at all of that and come out on top (heheh) have fought some hard-won battles with all that, and my hats are off to you. Conquered, right?

Keep reading

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ways to describe facial expressions in writing

humans can obviously talk to communicate, but you have to remember that, naturally, we use our face to show expressions as well.

EYES

- widened in surprise/shock, filled with confusion/hurt

- narrowed into a glare

- filled with tears

- looking down at the ground defeatedly

- gleaming with mischief

- shining with hope/determination

- burning with hate

- emotionless stare

EYEBROWS

- raised in surprise

- furrowed in confusion/thought/worry

- one eyebrow perked to show attitude

NOSE

- scrunched in digust

- blushing with embarrassment

- lifted higher = more confidence/bigger ego

- aimed lower = less confident/weak

MOUTH

- in a pout = upset

- gaping with shock/confusion

- lips shaking from trying to hold back tears

- pursed in thought

- pulled into a smirk

- widened into a grin

PUTTING THEM TOGETHER

- Eyes wide and mouth gaping, they felt numb with shock.

- They felt their face begin to burn as they shifted their gaze to the ground.

- They pursed their lips as they concentrated, brow furrowing.

- Their eyes gleamed with mischief as they smirked.

using facial expressions is very useful in writing. simply using dialogue to express your characters’ emotions and thoughts will lose your audience’s attention and interest.

keep these in mind while writing!

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Pro-Writing Tips

Hey all.

So, I don’t normally do this, ‘cause, well, I just don’t, but sometimes, you’re out and about reading some glorious smutty fanfic (as you do) and the action is happily simmering along, things are getting slippery and then…

The thesaurus truck comes barreling into the damn thing, getting into a pile up with the I’ve-never-had-sex-before mini van, the-I-can’t-call-a-cock-a-cock roadster, and the useless-chapter-break-of-doom SUV.

So, let’s sit back, and chat a moment about writing fucking HOT sex. Panty-melting, oh my god, I’m going to hell just for reading this SEX. 

Lesson 1: You do not need to have done whatever the hell it is you are writing about to write it well. In addition to sex, I write shape-shifting dragon knights. Shockingly enough, not only have I not done more than half of the sex I write (not being physically equipped for it) I also don’t use magic to morph into dragons. Imagination can take you pretty much anywhere, but, just like with how to write a good flying scene, it’ll often need some help.

That said, everything in the universe is on Google, so RESEARCH. Which does not mean go read/watch a lot of porn. (It doesn’t mean don’t go do that, whatever floats your boat, just for research purposes, this isn’t where you want to go.) Look for people talking about real life experiences, pay attention.

Pictures are your friend. Again, you’re probably not looking for porn here, because a lot of porn is shot to look good, not feel good. So, if you’re looking at a reference picture, try to imagine if those poses would feel good. If you can’t imagine getting into that pose on your own and not hurting yourself, I can promise it won’t be fun with someone else.

(Pro Tip: Daz 3D, it’s free 3d rendering software. Why is this useful? Along with the software comes the base characters. They’re male and female and entirely pose-able. Want to see if that pose you want to do works? Model it. You’ll rapidly get a feel for things like, no one on earth has a dick long enough to make this happen/this dude has an anti-gravity charm or three arms, because this just isn’t possible with just two, and the like if you can see what you’re trying to describe.)

Lesson 2: Language choice. There’s a saying among writers, that if you’re not comfortable having your grandma read it, don’t write it, because you’ll muck it up. 

Nowhere is this more clear when what had been a happily churning along story turns into near-synonym salad as the author attempts to cover the fact that they’re blushing while they type with an onslaught of words that appear nowhere else in the story, and shouldn’t be here, either. 

There’s a place for flowery, synonym heavy poetic prose. There’s even a place for it in a sex scene, assuming the rest of the story is written that way. If, however, you had a good fifty pages of tight, fairly stream of thought writing, and suddenly, when your characters round second base the adverbs start creeping into every sentence and there’s all of these heavy words that do not mean what you think they do. (Seriously, put the thesaurus down. I can almost promise you that if you are looking for synonyms, you are not going to pick the one that works in the sentence you’re going to plop it into. Just use the original word. Trust me, it works better. Really. Yes, I can tell when you went and grabbed the thesaurus and looked up something you thought meant what your original word did. It’s close, but not right. If you want to use the thesaurus, use it when you’re not writing to build your vocabulary, so that when your writing your new words are the original ones you intended to put into the sentence. They’ll work MUCH better.) 

If you are uncomfortable with writing sex, stop. Fade to black. There is nothing wrong with NOT writing smut. You do not have to churn out slippery friction if it makes you uncomfortable, and if you can’t call a dick a dick (or whatever it is your character would call it) then put the keyboard down, back away, go do something else, and fade to black.

(Bonus tip: no man in the history of maleness has ever called his cum essence, if you are writing a male pov, take the time to figure out what your boy calls his jizz, and then use that, or write around it. No one has ever read, “And with a last, hard thrust Bob pulsed into Sally, shuddering in bliss,” and thought, “I wonder if he actually got off? No essence in that sentence.”)

Lesson Three: Oh hell no! Not there! No fading to black THERE!

Readus-Interruptus.

Okay, this is the exception to rule two. Do not write half of a sex scene, get your readers hot and bothered, and then just stop.

And if you write half of a sex scene, and then stop in the middle of it, giving your readers terminal blue balls, and then start the fucker over again right where you left off in the “next chapter…”

No, just NO!  Do NOT DO THAT!

Chapters 101. You are not done the chapter until you have wrapped up whatever plot point you were working on is. 

Let’s back up further. Stories 101: Your story has an overarching plot line. Each chapter is supposed to be a unit of story that deals with one bit of said line, pushing the greater arc forward. Chapters break when whatever that unit is, is done.

So, if you’re characters are happily fucking away, and then the chapter just stops, you are killing your story.

Now, if you’ve got an interruption, a cock block, if one character finishes whatever the hell it was they were trying to do (character A climaxes, chapter ends, next chapter starts mid-coitus with character B’s POV,), there’s some emotional arc that wraps up mid-fuck, whatever. That’s fine. Go for it. Tension is your friend, build that fucker up.

But each chapter should have a climax that wraps that little bit of plot up, and if you are writing a sex scene, well the climax should be pretty obvious, and that’s when everyone is slippery and glowing.

Lesson Four: If lube is sticky, put the damn stuff down, and use spit. Sticky is the exact opposite of what lube is supposed to be, and at this point I’ve seen four separate fics describe it as sticky. BY ALL THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY DO NOT USE STICKY LUBE!!! You will get hurt if you use sticky lube. 

All righty, there’s four tips for hot sex scenes. Go forth and give literal and metaphorical boners to all of the glorious people out there in reader land!

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How I Taught Myself to Write Smut

So this is something I’ve talked about with a couple of friends and decided why not make a post about.

This is the method that I used when I was starting out writing smut and it felt awkward and weird to write.

I just call it sentence expansion.

I started with the bare bones a to b sentence, what it is happening:

They walked down the hall to the bedroom

 Add a little bit of emotion: 

They walked eagerly down the hall 

Now better show that emotion/tweak it so that people feel what they feel:

They hurried down the hall hand in hand, and Merlin brought Eggsy’s hand to his lips as the stumbled along, not watching where they stepped.

Then you need to add the heat so to speak:

They hurried down the hall, desperate to reach the bedroom. Merlin was so hungry for Eggsy that when he brought their joined hands to his mouth, what was supposed to be a kiss was almost a bite, a claim. Eggsy gasped as they stumbled along, feet moving from muscle memory because they were too busy touching, kissing to pay attention to where they stepped.

A slightly more graphic example

bare bones:

He sucked his husband’s cock

Add a little emotion:

Phil smiled as he sunk to his knees to suck Clint’s cock

Better show the emotion:

Phil loved the feel of Clint’s skin and had missed with how long they had been apart. He smiled as he sank to his knees to suck Clint’s cock. He made sure to hide the wince as his bad knee hit the ground a little wrong; he didn’t want Clint to notice and stop what he was about to do, what he had been dreaming about.

Give that last push:

Phil laid a hand on the scar on Clint’s ribs; he had missed this skin, the texture, the heat so much while they had been apart for too fucking long. He ran his nose along Clint’s jaw and smiled as he sank to his knees. Clint had already undone the buttons of his jeans and Phil pushed them all the way down. He hid the wince caused by the ache in his bad knee in the curve of Clint’s hip. If Clint had seen it he would have paused what was happening, checked on him, and he didn’t want that to happen. Too many dreams of this moment had happened and he wanted the reality of it. Phil rested a hand around the base of Clint’s cock and opened his mouth and swallowed around the length, not going all the way down, just letting the weight and warmth rest on his tongue.

So there you have it how I taught myself to write smut, and it is a system that I still sometimes use if a scene just isn’t working the way I want it to.

Hope this might help someone.

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How to Write Smut: Permission

Hi folks! This is going to be the first in a series of posts I plan on making about the whole art of writing smut. Although I write my smut solely within fanfiction, and I know most of my readers/mutuals are also into it for fanfic, this is all advice I have for writing smut (also known as “erotica”) outside of that genre as well.

Be advised that I will mention potentially triggering topics centering around sex and sexuality and gender. Sometimes race and ability will also come up. I intend to handle these topics as sensitively as possible and try to do my research where I am ignorant, but I also beg your patience. If I’m a dumbass or read the wrong research, I’m happy to make corrections. I want to be helpful and not harmful, and my goal is talk about these things in healthy ways. I want to focus upon consensual and adult smut only. Technical terms as well as porny terms will happen frequently. As it says on the tin: I have a filthy and smart mouth. 18+ only.

So, if you do not want to read this or future posts in this series, please add “how to write smut” to your tag blacklist or filters. :)

How to Write Smut Without Wanting to Die of Embarrassment: It’s About Permission

Here you are, dear writer, reading this post and some of y’all are already just burning in your seats and clutching your pearls thinking oh my god I can’t believe I’m doing this, someone’s gonna read over my shoulder let me disappear now. And some of you are just nodding and thinking, yeah yeah whatever get to it, this is no big deal. This post is actually for both of you types of folks.

I don’t have to tell a lot of you that western society has a lot of fucked-up notions about sex and sexuality that hasn’t stayed in its filthy little niche in the world, but spread its grubby mitts everywhere. The fact that some of y’all are outside of the United States of Puritanical America and blushing like someone saw your frilly knickers is proof enough. Folks who have thrown the middle finger at all of that and come out on top (heheh) have fought some hard-won battles with all that, and my hats are off to you. Conquered, right?

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10 Tips for Writing (Good) Smut

so. let’s do this.

About a year ago, I had to read a book for my school’s summer reading assignment called How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster. It’s not a bad book, pretty decent actually, but there was this one chapter about sex scenes in literature. And one of the first sentences was along the lines of “writing sex is boring.”

and I did a double-take. Bc in my experience, that is absolutely not the case, and if you do find yourself bored while writing smut, then you’re not doing it right. See, Thomas’s main argument was that there’s only so many ways you can write sex scenes, because there’s only so many sex acts you can choose from. (My boy Thomas is clearly a vanilla dude, but let’s not hold that against him.) 

But one of the most important things to keep in mind while writing smut is that it’s not necessarily just about the act itself. So while Thomas is right that there are limits as to how many ways ppl can have sex, he failed to realize that writing sex is about a LOT more than that. And I’m gonna prove it to you.

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Advice for writing relationships

Ship Dynamics

How to create quick chemistry

How to write a polyamorous relationship

How to write a wedding

How to write found family

How to write forbidden love

Introducing partner(s) to family

Honeymoon

Date gone wrong

Fluffy Kiss Scene

Love Language - Showing, not telling

Love Language - Showing you care

Affections without touching

Giving the reader butterflies with your characters

Reasons a couple would divorce on good terms

Reasons for breaking up while still loving each other

Relationship Problems

Relationship Changes

Milestones in a relationship

Platonic activities for friends

Settings for conversations

How to write a love-hate relationship

How to write enemies to lovers

How to write lovers to enemies to lovers

How to write academic rivals to lovers

How to write age difference

Reasons a couple would divorce on good terms

Reasons for having a crush on someone

Ways to sabotage someone else's relationship

Ways a wedding could go wrong

Arranged matrimony for royalty

Signs of a Toxic Relationship

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[7:44pm] Imagine non-idol! au joshua hong wearing multiple disguises and large sunglasses, just so he could go to a political rally, and throw a shoe a tr*mp

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Going through articles of Taeil leaving...his bestfriend unfollowed him.....Haechan ..Doyoung unfollowed him....but the most shocking...TAEYONG UNFOLLOWED HIM AND DELETED ALL THEIR GROUP PHOTOS ....Taeyong who literally loves all NCT members and cares the most for them being the leader .. unfollowed him and deleted their photos.....TAEIL DID A HUGE THING.......

I am appalled

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Words to replace said, except this actually helps

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested

JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed

LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned

ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore

SMARTASS Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized

ASSHOLE Bellowed Boasted Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered

SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

FIRST OFF Began

LASTLY Concluded Concurred

WEAK PUSY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted

HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged

FINE Consented Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered

JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched

WASN’T ME Denied Lied

EVIL SMARTASS Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened

BORED Droned Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached

OH SHIT Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled

ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered

ANNOYING Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered

SURPRISE BITCH Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

BITCHY Tattled Taunted Teased

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Got7 as college students:

Mark: Gamer boy who either never leaves his room or is never there in the first place. Probably a STEM major who hangs out with mostly other STEM majors. Has a matching tattoo with frat boy! Bambam

Jaebeom: Emo art hoe whose also good at sports, gets invited to all the parties but rarely goes. Artsy aesthetics on Instagram, has many text messages from women, but only replies to a few people. Definitely has a Soundcloud to promote his music.

Jackson: Athletic scholarship, will add you to his server on Discord, and is friends with the majority of students on campus.

Jinyoung: classy theatre major whose done with his friends, highly focused on his schoolwork, and would probably leave you on read.

Youngjae: Chaotic music major who posts dog and other aesthetic pictures. Sometimes posts memes on Twitter, but spends more time hitting the books or binge-watching his favorite shows.

Bambam: Frat boy who is actually smart, but plays dumb for fun. Shows up to class in fashionable clothing, takes notes well, and aces his assignments. Has matching tattoos based on inside jokes with Mark

Yugyeom: Performance Arts student who procrastinates his assignments until the last minute. Probably the type that asks Bambam for notes. Definitely sleeps in class.

a/n: finally got this published y’all

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imagine dr. frankenstein au! jaemin creating the perfect partner for y/n because you couldn’t find one in the physical realm

a/n: inspired by @zhanghaos-hairclips

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RIP MOONBIN :( be a shining star for this world mourns

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