Post by Tempted Saint on Jun 17, 2006 10:12:51 GMT -5
Warning: This topic may be too mature for some of our readers. PLEASE continue with caution.
Writing any child abuse is hard. Recently the topic arose in a different thread, so I decided to write a small note here to hopefully help those of you in question.
Before we begin let me state this:
This site in NO WAY condones the abuse of children whether it be sexual, mental or physical. HOWEVER...it is a real thing and sometimes it is need in stories.
The child abuse issue is not limited to sexual abuse. Physical abuse is just a serious an issue when it comes to writing. It is however a little easier to write. Both are part of many stories and must be explained to properly develop mood and characters
So what is tasteful and what’s not? It's all in the way you write it.
Let me clarify the issue of writing child abuse. *takes a deep breath*
We do not allow any gratuitus sexual or physical abuse of minors on the site. It is acceptable however, to put it in your story. If one of your characters is sexually or physically abused, then write it. What we can't have is, the scene written as erotica. Because then you have crossed the line from explanation, to perversion. As a writer the mood of the scene is all up to you. So what you stress and place creative enfaces on, the reader is more likely to feel.
Let me give you an example. I will * the words as to not offend anyone.
Acceptable way to write sexual abuse scene
He opened her bedroom door, allowing the dim glow of the hall way light to filter into the otherwise dark room.
"Ginni." He spoke with his deep and throaty voice. "Are you awake?"
Her eyes fluttered open at the sound of his voice. He was going to do it again. A painful expression melted into her pretty features. Why couldn't he leave her alone?
John walked to towards the bed, coming to a stop at the right side of it. With a slow moving hand he pulled back her covers, his eyes roaming her young body. He slipped his hand beneath the hem of her pajamas and began to touch her.
Vomit started to rise in her throat. Her eyes clinched tightly closed. She wanted to scream and hit him and run. Run away as far as she could. But then, he'd tell mommy. He'd tell mommy what she had been doing and then mommy would hate her.
Ginni tried to turn her head to the side, but her father took her by the chin, forcing her to look at him again.
"You like the way I make you feel don't you Ginni?" He asked.
"No."
"Good." He began, his tone changing now. "I like it when you cry."
He pushed his fingers inside her abruptly. Moving them with a harsh momentum. A repulsive smile formed on his mouth.
***********
Unacceptable scene
John slid his fingers inside Ginni’s panties and rubbed her p****. His c*** grew harder as he waited to feel her h*** stretching around him.
Her body was small and perfect for him. His daughter was only thirteen but she could f*** him like a grown woman.
He started to think about giving it to her in the a**. Tearing her. Yes. He'd like that.
He f***ed her faster with his fingers. The softness of her p**** overtaking him. He hissed the juice of her body soaking his fingers.
She wanted him to f*** her. Yeah. She wanted it alright. The little slut.
He banged his fingers inside her faster, wanting to make her c**t c** for him. He wanted it wet so he could f*** her good and hard.
***********
I hope that has shown the difference between tasteful explanation and perversion. In the first scene John is a mean and evil man and he disgusts you. In the second scene you get "HIS" side of it. THAT is where that thin line is. When you begine to write like that, you are tettering on a perversion and that is what isn't allowed. Now you can express what a twisted BLEEP his is by doing all this in SO MANY ways without making it sound like erotica.
*sighs deeply* This is perhaps one of the hardest things to successfully write in mature or adult fiction.
Writing any child abuse is hard. Recently the topic arose in a different thread, so I decided to write a small note here to hopefully help those of you in question.
Before we begin let me state this:
This site in NO WAY condones the abuse of children whether it be sexual, mental or physical. HOWEVER...it is a real thing and sometimes it is need in stories.
The child abuse issue is not limited to sexual abuse. Physical abuse is just a serious an issue when it comes to writing. It is however a little easier to write. Both are part of many stories and must be explained to properly develop mood and characters
So what is tasteful and what’s not? It's all in the way you write it.
Let me clarify the issue of writing child abuse. *takes a deep breath*
We do not allow any gratuitus sexual or physical abuse of minors on the site. It is acceptable however, to put it in your story. If one of your characters is sexually or physically abused, then write it. What we can't have is, the scene written as erotica. Because then you have crossed the line from explanation, to perversion. As a writer the mood of the scene is all up to you. So what you stress and place creative enfaces on, the reader is more likely to feel.
Let me give you an example. I will * the words as to not offend anyone.
Acceptable way to write sexual abuse scene
He opened her bedroom door, allowing the dim glow of the hall way light to filter into the otherwise dark room.
"Ginni." He spoke with his deep and throaty voice. "Are you awake?"
Her eyes fluttered open at the sound of his voice. He was going to do it again. A painful expression melted into her pretty features. Why couldn't he leave her alone?
John walked to towards the bed, coming to a stop at the right side of it. With a slow moving hand he pulled back her covers, his eyes roaming her young body. He slipped his hand beneath the hem of her pajamas and began to touch her.
Vomit started to rise in her throat. Her eyes clinched tightly closed. She wanted to scream and hit him and run. Run away as far as she could. But then, he'd tell mommy. He'd tell mommy what she had been doing and then mommy would hate her.
Ginni tried to turn her head to the side, but her father took her by the chin, forcing her to look at him again.
"You like the way I make you feel don't you Ginni?" He asked.
"No."
"Good." He began, his tone changing now. "I like it when you cry."
He pushed his fingers inside her abruptly. Moving them with a harsh momentum. A repulsive smile formed on his mouth.
***********
Unacceptable scene
John slid his fingers inside Ginni’s panties and rubbed her p****. His c*** grew harder as he waited to feel her h*** stretching around him.
Her body was small and perfect for him. His daughter was only thirteen but she could f*** him like a grown woman.
He started to think about giving it to her in the a**. Tearing her. Yes. He'd like that.
He f***ed her faster with his fingers. The softness of her p**** overtaking him. He hissed the juice of her body soaking his fingers.
She wanted him to f*** her. Yeah. She wanted it alright. The little slut.
He banged his fingers inside her faster, wanting to make her c**t c** for him. He wanted it wet so he could f*** her good and hard.
***********
I hope that has shown the difference between tasteful explanation and perversion. In the first scene John is a mean and evil man and he disgusts you. In the second scene you get "HIS" side of it. THAT is where that thin line is. When you begine to write like that, you are tettering on a perversion and that is what isn't allowed. Now you can express what a twisted BLEEP his is by doing all this in SO MANY ways without making it sound like erotica.
*sighs deeply* This is perhaps one of the hardest things to successfully write in mature or adult fiction.