Comments on: How Soon Is Now (Including Hot Love Scenes)

By: Suzanne Jones

Suzanne Jones — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:13:24 +0000

Oooo jealous - would love to go to Natalie's workshop.

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By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:08:29 +0000

Lacey – you can do that! 🙂

By: Lacey Devlin

Lacey Devlin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:53:31 +0000

Ooo I’ve seen that interview too and really enjoyed it :). It’s amazing how many interviewers seem to be stuck on that one question. I hope I get to go to the conference next year I’ll have to live vicariously through you 🙂

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:37:33 +0000

Sally – must check out You Tube! What is it with interviewers and love scenes? Sigh. Sex brings in the viewers I guess.
But I’m the same re a misplaced word. It can drag me out of the scene completely. Like ‘I want you,’ is so much hotter than ‘I want you, babe.’ At least, I think so cos I hate the word babe. And yeah, a bit of sexy talk is fine but you don’t want to get to the point of wishing they’d shut up and get on with it. 🙂

By: Sally Clements

Sally Clements — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:31:22 +0000

Ooh I’m jealous too! I came across a you tube interview with Natalie yesterday (when I was supposed to be loading my backlist to write to, but that’s a whole other story) and she was blushing when the interviewer kept questioning her about love scenes. Very rude of the interviewer!
I hate ukky dialogue, and even a misplaced word can shatter the mood if its one I don’t like. I like sparky witty dialogue between H and H, but not when it comes to love scenes, it should leave them speechless (more or less) imho! Great post, as usual, Jackie!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:30:00 +0000

Cat - LOl! I can just hear it now!
"dive, dive!" :-)
Thing is, if you think too hard about some dialogue it can be unintentionally hilarious.
And yeah, the best scenes utilise all of those things.

By: Cat Schield

Cat Schield — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:15:55 +0000

Corny dialog. Way back in the 90's, I read a lovescene where the hero said, "Take me deep." It wasn't wrong in terms of heat of the moment thing, but when I showed the scene to my writer friend she added an alarm sound for a submarine preparing to dive and to this day that bit of dialog followed by an "ah oo ga" makes me giggle.

I love hot scenes, reading and writing. For me, it's all about the sensual, emotional, but also the psychological experience.

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:21:14 +0000

Joanne – we’d love to have you. It’s a nice, intimate little conference we have down here, especially compared to some. Will have to do a conference post and pass on the tips.
And somewhere new is always good hmm? 😉

By: Joanne Coles

Joanne Coles — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:55:45 +0000

Heck, I'd just love to get to NZ! To visit and attend the conference? Would think I'd died and gone to heaven!!

The talk sounds fab, I love Natalie's love scenes. She always gets so inventive. Gotta love that :-)

I like writing mine a little different. There's nothing wrong with sex in a bed, but I like my characters to have different experiences, let them try somewhere new!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:35:06 +0000

Janette – so true. If I’m not in the right mood, a love scene can take all day to write and then I end up deleting it. But sometimes I can’t get it down fast enough. hehe. Yep, red wine can do the trick all right. And/or the martini of your choice. 😉