Well I don't think anyone has mentioned my absolute favourite yet. One name...
Roarke.
For those who have read J D Robb's (aka Nora Roberts) 'In death' series, you will know why. For everyone else, Roarke is... the ultimate. Irish in decent (God that accent!!), slim, muscled, toned, gorgeous thick wavy black hair. Incredibly smart, disgustingly rich, generous, giving, dangerous, on the edge. Oh and sex on legs.
I want him.
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Just-SJ
Over 90 days ago
Straight Cis Female, 39
0 miles · Western Australia
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I think 2nd person is the most difficult viewpoint to write from. I think when it's done right, it can really make an erotic story something special. But it is so rarely done right!
Unless your prose is in the form of a letter to another character or such, the whole point of 2nd person is to talk to the reader. To draw them so deeply into your tale that they can't leave until the end. To make them feel a part of the story, and to make it personal to them. I think where it often fails is that an author tries talking to the reader, and then launches into vivid detail about how the character looks. When I read that, I think 'Hold on a minute. I am definitely not 5'9 with long legs and beautiful blue eyes' and I wrinkle my nose and lose interest. If you want your reader to feel you are talking to them, don't be giving descriptions down to the tiny detail. Be vague, let them picture themselves in your scenario. Let them get involved.
If you're writing with a male's voice, you have a real chance to make your female readers feel involved, and like the only woman in the world. If you're writing with a woman's voice, you can give every man his fantasy.
If you do it right.
I've written one story from this perspective and received good feedback. There are one or two things that I would change if I had to do it again, but for the most part it seemed to work. The biggest problem I found was I kept accidentally changing from 2nd person to 1st. But once I got that down, the story really seemed to flow. Course, I am sure several out there passed on it when seeing it was in 2nd person!
I think we all have preferences for viewpoints as readers, and that's what it will really come down to!
Unless your prose is in the form of a letter to another character or such, the whole point of 2nd person is to talk to the reader. To draw them so deeply into your tale that they can't leave until the end. To make them feel a part of the story, and to make it personal to them. I think where it often fails is that an author tries talking to the reader, and then launches into vivid detail about how the character looks. When I read that, I think 'Hold on a minute. I am definitely not 5'9 with long legs and beautiful blue eyes' and I wrinkle my nose and lose interest. If you want your reader to feel you are talking to them, don't be giving descriptions down to the tiny detail. Be vague, let them picture themselves in your scenario. Let them get involved.
If you're writing with a male's voice, you have a real chance to make your female readers feel involved, and like the only woman in the world. If you're writing with a woman's voice, you can give every man his fantasy.
If you do it right.
I've written one story from this perspective and received good feedback. There are one or two things that I would change if I had to do it again, but for the most part it seemed to work. The biggest problem I found was I kept accidentally changing from 2nd person to 1st. But once I got that down, the story really seemed to flow. Course, I am sure several out there passed on it when seeing it was in 2nd person!
I think we all have preferences for viewpoints as readers, and that's what it will really come down to!
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I think if it's something you're worried about your partner finding out, you probably shouldn' be doing it.
It doesn't matter so much what YOU consider cheating as what your partner does. They're the ones you are going to hurt. I enjoy playing online but its not something I do when in a committed relationship. Unless of course, he is playing too
It doesn't matter so much what YOU consider cheating as what your partner does. They're the ones you are going to hurt. I enjoy playing online but its not something I do when in a committed relationship. Unless of course, he is playing too
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Love it before during and after. Discovered how much I liked it when a lover playfully smacked my arse on his way out. I shook it at him and he did it again.. then again... and we both enjoyed it so much he stayed another hour to indulge.
I love being smacked until my cheeks are red, hot and stinging, and the way the sensation lingers for hours to remind me of what I had been doing. Yum!
I love being smacked until my cheeks are red, hot and stinging, and the way the sensation lingers for hours to remind me of what I had been doing. Yum!