I think you can get away with much more in fiction than you can in movies anyway. Novel writing isn't like fanfic where everyone's clamoring for more porn, but you don't really have ratings on books other than "Child", "Young Adult", and "Adult", and the former two have a significant amount of crossover. Hell, even genres have a lot of crossover: my favorite author is alternately in the plain fiction and sci-fi/fantasy sections, and reading what I have of you I'd say you'd probably be too. In this day and age, readers are generally liberal people, so you can get away with almost anything without complaint since they don't see anything to complain about.
You shouldn't have to change your story unless there's a significant story flaw or something is becoming too long-winded or some other GOOD reason to change it. One of the few things they tell us that I think is actually useful in class is that you need to be as honest as possible, both with yourself and with your characters. And if that involves sex, if that involves violence - so what?
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Date: 18 Mar 2005 02:53 am (UTC)You shouldn't have to change your story unless there's a significant story flaw or something is becoming too long-winded or some other GOOD reason to change it. One of the few things they tell us that I think is actually useful in class is that you need to be as honest as possible, both with yourself and with your characters. And if that involves sex, if that involves violence - so what?