#or maybe you're like...hm...did not need that much info lolol

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cris that javi drabble...WHEW....how do you write such hot smut pls share your secrets

hahaha hi anon; thank you! i’m not sure to which one you’re referring (is it this one? maybe this one that’s making the rounds today?) 

in all seriousness, though, thank you! less than a year ago i couldn’t even write a simple kiss without breaking into a bright-red blush, lmao (to be fair, sometimes i still blush when i write smut). 

i think the thing is to a) ease into it and b) find some people that you’re comfortable talking about sex / smut fic with! 

more under the cut for others who are looking for some advice:

i started posting my fic on here last june and you can tell in my first fic that i was very uncomfortable writing even just a kiss. part of that was confidence, part of that was the vulnerability it takes for an author to write something that intimate. 

by september, i had shared my first smutty fic. i kept it non-explicit to match my own comfort level and to match the feel of the fic in the first chapter, and by the time i wrote the second one, i was ready to move on to something more /spicy/. 

fast forward, like, six weeks later and here i am publishing this piece of infamous filth. believe it or not, that fic took me at least three weeks to write because every time i opened the doc i got a little overwhelmed with how...well...filthy it was. it was wholly new territory to be writing about those things (and just using words like ‘cock’ sounded SO WEIRD to me when i was writing, even if it didn’t bother me in other people’s work). 

and now i can spit out drabbles like that and barely break a sweat (writing-wise, anyway. i make no further comment about how affected i can be by what i write, lol). 

sometimes smut for one-shots and multichapters is still hard to write, usually because i put a lot of pressure on myself and i find it so difficult to externally judge that aspect of my writing in particular. 

but the POINT is that, well, i’ve had quite an evolution in my comfort level in writing smut, and a lot of that has to do with the PEOPLE i met and started talking fic with. 

a few people have been especially influential in helping me get more comfortable with writing smut, and i’m very thankful to them for helping me get acclimated. it’s much easier to write about it in a fic when you’ve already been running through smut ideas with someone via DM or text -- you’re comfortable with that person, you feel as though you can speak freely without being judged on your kinks (if you have any!) and the like. for me, it was more a process of like, feeling safe to talk about these topics with certain people. also, especially if you haven’t written a smut fic yet but you’re looking for help, approaching them about their smut and what you liked about it is a good way to ease into the conversation. (special shoutout to @profkenobi for guiding me thru my first smut and @frannyzooey for truly releasing the inner filthy whore). 

in terms of the writing itself -- as in, mechanics -- i pay a lot of attention to the emotions of each character, as well as build up. anticipation is an ingredient to good sex, imo, and that still holds for fictional characters! 

i also try to call attention to all five senses -- touch, taste, sound, sight, smell -- and weave them continuously throughout the fic. it’s not so much about what they’re doing that makes it hot but how that’s described through what they feel on a physical, as well as emotional level. DETAIL IS (USUALLY) YOUR FRIEND WHEN WRITING SMUT SCENES. 

EDITED TO ADD: don’t get caught up on “oh i can’t write that because i haven’t done it.” i guarantee you that that is not a problem. build on what you know and what you’ve read. i may not have had sex with javier peña while he’s wearing a tac vest or oral with ezra in a sound booth but i can imagine it! i can take other experiences and build on them and invent new things. 

another thing is to stay true to your style! if you don’t like writing super explicit sex you don’t have to! if you like that, then by all means go ahead! don’t try to fit it into a category you think other people will like. 

i also work very hard to keep each person in character. some ideas i have will work great for some characters and not so well for others because of how i interpret each other motivations and mental/emotional states. 

i really hope this helps, anon! 

#i did not mean to write so much omg #ask #anon #writing things #i hope this helps anon! #or maybe you're like...hm...did not need that much info lolol #all i remember from october is furiously exchanging increasingly filthy texts with kelli #she basically co-wrote that vest fic