Let's talk about porn!

So justbreathe80 had a really interesting post about writing porn yesterday, and it's got me thinking. One of the things she mentioned was the importance of word choice -- because, yeah, there are some words that are Just Not Sexy, and if your goal is to be writing something hot, maybe you should think twice about using them.

And the thing is, I agree with that in general principle, but not completely. Because the thing is, I think there are times when the judicious use of otherwise completely unsexy words in your smut CAN be amazingly hot, or effective, or just RIGHT. It all depends on the context and the characters. Sometimes the overly crude term or the overly clinical term, which is a complete turn off on its own, just WORKS in your story. And, oh man, when that happens? There are seriously few things I love more, because it just feels right.

Okay, so I just looked through my stories for example of what I mean. Obviously these are all totally matters of opinion, because isn't porn always?, and possibly totally turn off everyone else who reads them. But these are actually all bits of writing I actually really like, and the contrast and unexpectedness and character-specificity is part of that.

( Billy Tallent and Joe Dick use REALLY unsexy words, because they are gross )

( Ray Kowalski, is it necessary to say jizz? Really? )

( Benton Fraser likes to use clinical terms, but it can be hot anyway, I swear )

Or, using other people's stuff for a moment, I know that some of the stuff that stays hottest in my mind, remembering things later, can be stuff that isn't intrinsically sexy on its own. I wouldn't not have guessed Fraser using the word "ejaculate" could be amazingly hot, but then I read kassrachel's In Uniform, and oh my GOD.

This is the point in the entry where I should make a conclusion and reveal my point, isn't it? But I have lost track of what it is. I guess that while I understand how certain words can be automatic turn-offs for others, for me it really is all about context. In the right situation, almost ANYTHING can work.

ds snippet: dinner! and dancing! and groping!

Earlier I poked brooklinegirl and justbreathe80 in email, because I was cranky and BLEH and I wanted to WRITE dammit and why couldn't I wriiiiiiiiite anymore HELP.

Surprisingly, this actually worked. Secret to any productivity from me ever is, apparently, simple BRIBERY. This should not come as a surprise to anyone.

( Ray turned into a girl. Because when you can't write porn about that, what CAN you write porn about? My lord. )

saturday night's all right for ... something

Here is what I have accomplished today:

+ I wrote a little bit! Yay!

+ I did all my linguistics reading for the next week! I am ahead of the game! Even if it is only the first week of term, that is still awesome. Yay!

+ I have watched lots of Doctor Who. mayatawi showed me a few episodes when I was in Boston, and then I came home and downloaded the entirety of the Ninth Doctor. I'm currently almost through with 1x07 (The Longest Game) and I expect I will probably be watching many more episodes tonight. While I am never going to be fannish about this, wow, is this show incredibly enjoyable! Time travel! Space travel! Aliens! Zombies! Fun fun fun. I am totally not surprised at how everybody on my friends list was shipping Nine/Rose, considering they don't seem to do anything at all except flirt. Also, I find Rose's accent very pleasing. Lots of glottal stops. Awesome.

+ Here is part of an email I just sent to justbreathe80 about Ray Vecchio and Stella having babies:

( I don't know )