Warning - Question regarding sexual content?

by Catherine Kemp
5th July 2015

Hi everyone. This is a little bit of a delicate one. I'll try and word it as nicely as I can.

My question regards sexual content in written work. Obviously we're all writing for a specific audience. But I can't decided how much is 'okay'.

Can anyone offer some kind of guideline?

It goes without saying that I'm not writing a work of erotica but I still think that sexual relationships are an important part of the main storyline. Do you shy away from it entirely? Mention it extremely delicately or just go all out and describe everything?

My sincere and most humble apologies, please delete if this post is not acceptable.

-Cate

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An artist reflects life and sex is an integral part of that. Since it's important to your story, I say, yes, of course why not. It's how you describe the act or the emotions. I will be looking at the originality of your language in the context of your story. Why don't you put a sample chapter on Shared Works? Then others can judge the context and the language.

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