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Water: How did you start writing?

Earth: What do you think is the foundation of your WIP?

Fire: What’s a scene that you are dying to write?

Air: What’s the easiest part of writing for you?

Shadows: What’s the darkest theme you’ve ever written about?

Lightning: What’s the most shocking plot twist you’ve ever come up with?

Rain: Have you ever made yourself cry with your own writing?  If so, what was it?

Grass: What’s the biggest change you’ve made in your WIP since you started it?

Ice: What do you always get stuck on when writing?

Sand: What’s the softest scene you’ve ever written?

Rock: How do you deal with writer’s block?

Clouds: How clearly do you picture a scene before you start writing it down?

Metal: What’s the hardest part of writing for you?

Space: Where’s your favorite place to write?

Spirit: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received on your writing?

Psionics: How do you get into the heads of your characters?

Summer: How do you know when you need a break from writing?

Winter: Have you ever written a story based on a holiday?  If yes, which holiday was it for and what was it like?

Spring: Have you ever scrapped (a huge chunk of) a story to start over?  Why did the change come about?

requested by: anon request: How do I write a good kiss scene? As how do I describe it? What details or words would make it good?

What goes into the writing of a kiss scene?

details to incorporate:

the sensations in their stomach, their chest, and their knees

the way their breathing changes shortly before the kiss

the feeling of the other's hands

the texture of the other's clothing

the moment they realise they've reached the point of no return

the feeling they're left with after the kiss

words to use...

... to describe the kiss:

tentative

tender

hesitant

quick

soft

gentle

delicate

languid

feathery

familiar

exploring

hungry

heated

fiery

frantic

impatient

sloppy

messy

aggressive

... to describe how they feel about the kiss:

nervous

excited

giddy

anxious

apprehensive

ambiguous

surprised

reassured

certain

confident

relieved

eager

greedy

... to show what the lips do:

exploring each other

brushing over each other

locking

devouring

touching

sealing

pressing against each other

capturing

lapping

tasting

crushing together

travelling (the other's body)

trailing (down to the other's chin)

grinning into the kiss

caressing

lingering

... to show how their body reacts:

feeling warm all over

buzzing

humming

pumping/palpitating heart

clenching lungs

joy bubbling up

tingly stomach

warm chest

burning cheeks

sweaty palms

blood rushing through their veins

... to describe what their hands are doing:

tangling in their lover's hair

wrapping their arms around their lover's neck

intertwining their fingers with their lover

resting on their lover's hips

pressing into their lover's shoulder blades

cupping their lover's cheeks

touching their lover's chin

curling their arm around their lover's waist

resting on their lover's shoulders

grabbing their lover's collar

sneaking up under their lover's shirt

brushing over their lover's bare skin

lightly squeezing their lover's butt

focus on:

the sensations instead of what's physically happening. (the protagonists might very well not know themselves what is happening exactly, but they feel very precisely)

Mark and Jae slowly crane their heads up to look at Nyks standing in the doorway, fingers stretching the hem of his shirt. To the side, Irina shifts in her chair, pen still scribbling in her journal with a pause.

Jae works his jaw a little before spitting out, "Give you, to what?"

It's still more coherent than Mark is feeling in his head. Nyks sways a little in place, somehow both sheepish and expectant, which is a very familiar look on him.

"A lucky kiss, to help me sleep. I couldn't find Daniel and Evie is not in a touchy mood today so," Nyks releases his shirt and smooths it out, "I thought I'd ask you. Just in case."

"Daniel usually gives you lucky kisses to help you sleep?" Irina sounds skeptical even when she's not asking a question, so when she is it comes out very heavy-handed.

Nyks just shrugs it off. "Yeah. I know they're not really lucky, but it makes me feel better."

"Hmm." Irina returns to her journal without offering a solution.

Jae fidgets with his pen.

Mark sigh internally. "I guess that's me, then."

Nyks takes a slow step forward. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah." He's not sure, but it's just a kiss. He can do that much for Nyks. It's a lot easier to do a multitude of things when they're for Nyks. Mark gets to his feet while Nyks comes the rest of the way over. "Where, uh-"

"Cheek or forehead is great," Nyks responds.

"Okay." Mark leans forward and, without really thinking about it, just plants the tiniest peck on Nyks' cheekbone.

Nyks beams at him afterward. "Thanks. It felt extra lucky." And he skipped out of the room.

Mark sat back down, feeling like he needed to catch his breath. After a pause, Jae resumed drawing on his forearm and Irina wandered over to see the progress.

Maybe it was a lucky kiss. Mark certainly felt lucky to have these moments.

I’m back (again!). I missed the writeblr community during my “break”, and I can’t wait to get back into posting and chatting with people.