I was all "Didn't she get enough information from that fabulous poll?!" then I read the question :P
I think it all depends on the person writing and the person reading. I've had people go mad for my writing and I've had people compliment it nicely when I know they probably think it's bad!fic (a thought that makes me want to delete my LJ). Same with the sex scenes particularly.
I've only written full blown sex into femslash (I've dabbled in het but not to the point where any male trousers are removed... to my knowledge) and for about half of those fics, I'd never slept with anyone. And then once I *had*, it didn't make a single difference. All my information and description and feeling was gathered from reading fic, watching tv and movies, discussions. Having slept with women, nothing much changed. But, to be fair, I got sick soon after (UNRELATED, thankyouverymuch!) and stopped writing AND having sex full stop.
So all I can really comment on is that physical experience doesn't seem necessary to write good smut but having it could add a new dimension to writing. Maybe I just haven't found the right person to change my writing style :P (or re-awaken it... blah)
And AHA I just noticed your subject line!!! POSH! OMG! POSH SINGING GOD NO STOP THE MADNESS!!!
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Date: 2008-02-12 06:18 am (UTC)I think it all depends on the person writing and the person reading. I've had people go mad for my writing and I've had people compliment it nicely when I know they probably think it's bad!fic (a thought that makes me want to delete my LJ). Same with the sex scenes particularly.
I've only written full blown sex into femslash (I've dabbled in het but not to the point where any male trousers are removed... to my knowledge) and for about half of those fics, I'd never slept with anyone. And then once I *had*, it didn't make a single difference. All my information and description and feeling was gathered from reading fic, watching tv and movies, discussions. Having slept with women, nothing much changed. But, to be fair, I got sick soon after (UNRELATED, thankyouverymuch!) and stopped writing AND having sex full stop.
So all I can really comment on is that physical experience doesn't seem necessary to write good smut but having it could add a new dimension to writing. Maybe I just haven't found the right person to change my writing style :P (or re-awaken it... blah)
And AHA I just noticed your subject line!!! POSH! OMG! POSH SINGING GOD NO STOP THE MADNESS!!!