Writing: The Seduction

Yesterday, I was able to pen one page. It was difficult writing as I am leading up to a scene where our 18 year old hero is seduced by a 30 year old powerful woman who is married to the Chief of Chiefs. I suspect that this will be the most difficult scene of the whole book.

While it is tempting to be salacious and very descriptive in the narration and the dialogue, I am determined to resist such writing. The hope is that by leaving the details to the imagination -- and experience -- of the reader, the scene will be more compelling and provocative.

The writing must also convey that the young man knows that he is making a mistake, as he was recently betrothed to a young woman of his village. Yet the behavior of the of the older woman is so outside his experience that his best instincts are overcome with lust and he succumbs.

Of course, that is not the end of the story, Dear Reader. Those words are to be written later and to be read when it is published. :]

“You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him”

~~ Rae Dawn Chong, American Actress