Literary Lemonade
Oct. 19th, 2006 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsI finished Sterlings episode 3. The first time through it, I was really unhappy with it. Although I'd managed to get Polly and Rhiane into bed, there wasn't any energy in the sex scene I'd written.
I debated re-writing it, but decided instead to make lemonade out of a lemon. If there scene lacked energy, maybe I should keep it that way. A bad sex scene is as broadening and revealing to the characters as a good one. And it sets up all kinds of nifty unresolved conflicts. The fact that Polly got some of what she wanted only to learn that it would have been better to play all-or-nothing says a lot about her, especially when we finally get her into bed with the very kinky Lieutenant Zia Chi.
Two words about Polly: "Pronoun trouble."
I debated re-writing it, but decided instead to make lemonade out of a lemon. If there scene lacked energy, maybe I should keep it that way. A bad sex scene is as broadening and revealing to the characters as a good one. And it sets up all kinds of nifty unresolved conflicts. The fact that Polly got some of what she wanted only to learn that it would have been better to play all-or-nothing says a lot about her, especially when we finally get her into bed with the very kinky Lieutenant Zia Chi.
Two words about Polly: "Pronoun trouble."
