(I figured that title would get this crew’s attention.)

Revisions continue for me.  But as I plod my way along, I’ve debated including another sex scene.

That’s right lads and wenches; I’m going to talk about sex today.

I’ve read thousands of novels.  I’ve pretty much read about every position, caress, action, etc that a romance novelist feels comfortable including in a book.  So, for me, gratuitous sex in books gets skimmed over the same way gratuitous description does. 

I may be being harsh, marginalizing some very good gratuitous sex scenes.  I’m certain there are plenty of sex scenes out there that were nearly superfluous but I trudged my way through, you know, for the continuity of the book, of course.

But I’m speaking on the whole here.

In that way, I think if I’m to avoid having the sex scenes I write get skimmed, these scenes need to “do” something for the plot, just like every other scene in my story.

I’ve come to a point where an emotional change occurs between my characters and I think the best way to make that change is during a sex scene.  My hero pulls away from my heroine, but currently my story doesn’t show him doing it and I was thinking the best way to show that would be for him to pull away from her in those moments that humans feel the most vulnerable: while in the arms of someone they care for greatly.

How about you?  What do you think makes a good sex scene and what makes you skim?  Do you ever skim or is it just me?  What do you like the best about sex scenes?  What kind of sex scenes do you have in your story?