boring sex scenes. argh.

[burntcopper]

writer's block most of the bloody weekend. Not good in the slightest. First Indy and Jack were being fucking awkward about getting around to flirting, and *then* when I thought 'fuck it'and skipped to the smut, the smut was ... you know where you feel like you're writing stage directions rather than an actual event? Normally smut is *easy* for me, and not only was it an effort, I think I actually managed to make it boring. Indiana Jones and Jack Harkness. I thought it was actually impossible to write smut involving *either* of them that was boring. It kinda felt like the time Julie Benz described filming a sex scene - all directions and 'now flip, and pout, and don't mind the weird lighting and the three cameramen in there with you...' While writing, I flipped back to previous sex scenes I have written just to see what I was doing wrong. I remember the *damn process* of writing the Guy/Sheriff ones, and just how easy they were. Wailing was done about 'how can this be difficult? HOW?'. It's not even character problems, since I can normally channel Jack easily. After several attempts and going back and re-sorting, I eventually gave up and posted the fucker. darkisrising for anyone who wants to check - tell me if it's just me, will you? 2k words short due to the fucking block, even if the sex scene did dispense with 2k by itself as I'd predicted.

Hopefully the morning after and further adventures, which I've got either plotted or written out will do wonders. And after that, back to present day and spies, and bloody finally get to the *point* of this novel, which is the actual adventure to get the glove.

Having one of those days where I'm getting comments that veer from 'my word, leather trousers' and 'good lord, you so didn't get any sleep, did you' (humungous eye bags) to '...have you been shagging? you look good'. (clearly the problem with people who don't hang out with congoers; leather trousers are seen as going-out gear rather than '... I just can't be arsed to wear jeans today, really')

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[transtempts.livejournal.com]

Oh, hon, I have had days like that too; and the smut is something like 'right hand here and then move left hand two inches to the left.' So not sexy.

*swats Jack* Cooperate, already.


:)

If it makes you feel better, the AU I *thought* I was haphazardly working on this month turned into an original idea. With a completely different plot. ::facepalm::

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

have decided to abandon the whole linear plot thing and write the Jeremy Northam character's porn for Special Journalistic Purposes scene. It helps that Wigram is a complete controlling louche bastard. Jack will be slammed up against things and told to shut up several times.

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

Ah, much better.