It totally depends. I mean, I love reading a good, hot sex scene. But as well the sex itself, there are context things that make it good. Does it fit the story? Does it progress the story?

If you're writing a novel that is not a romance, then by all means include sex, but keep the description brief. Don't exclude it altogether if it fits the story, but spend more time and effort on what is going on in her life, which may happen to include some sex, rather than spending a couple of pages on what happened that week, and then ten pages of porn, if you see what I mean.

It's also really important that the reader gets why the character is having sex. Are they having a deep and meaningful exchange with a long-term partner? Explain how that feels. Are they scratching an itch? Is it someone they know, or a bar pickup? What's their criteria for picking their partner?


Don't know if that really helps, but.



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