The Mystic Marriage: the challenge of chapter 19

[hrj]

The challenge of chapter 19 is to continue presenting romantic protagonist #1 as a sympathetic figure even while, having despaired (prematurely) of moving out of protagonist #2's "friend zone", she decides to have wild animal sex with the next willing warm body that presents herself because, hey, a woman has needs. This chapter includes the closest I've come to writing an explicit sex scene (hint: not very close). But do not despair -- eventually protagonist #2 has her chance at being a clueless idiot and nearly screwing everything up thereby. There must be balance.

Comments

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

i totally believe this story line. Clearly protagonist #1 is grieiving and needs proof of being desirable, ergo the wild animal sex. In fact, I think there should be multiple wild animal sex encounters with different willing bodies. With lots of confusion, remorse and guilty enjoyment. I haven't read any of your book, but I am very sympathetic.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

wait! for good measure, one failed encounter with a man. A really crazy-grieving chick would totally doubt her self-identity after being rejected by her true love and if courted by the right guy, might talk herself into experimenting.

Just saying.