The Technique for Love Scenes

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The Technique for Love Scenes Readers seem to enjoy novels that contain some sizzling love scenes, so long as the scenes are not contrived. This does not mean that the scenes have to be torrid or in some instances even pornographic, because frequently, less is better than more. If you leave the conclusion of a love scene up to the imagination of the reader, it can frequently be more dramatic than the writer could ever describe on paper. The imagination is an extremely strong force and if left up to the individual reader could be even more powerful than anything the writers would think of. The love scene can take on a greater importance in the manuscript if handled by a writer with real sensitivity. An abundance of idle conversation in a love scene, doesn’t necessarily mean a strong theme, for instance, if after the second or third date the man asks the woman whether he can come into her home for a “nightcap”, she can let the reader know what her intentions are by saying