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Destiny&Desire
March 10th, 2009, 03:29 PM
Hey

I'm in my fourth year of high school, and I'm writing this story based on a show I saw a while ago, but my version has more detail and stuff.

There's this section I need to write about (it's essential to describe a certain character), and I've got an image here of what I need to describe, more or less:

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z102/666geb/COHPandemoniaandHaze.png

I want to more or less get across the point that the man is a bit of a... "player", and this girl is a friend to him, but he treats her like a bit of an object at the same time (I don't know how to describe it). I want to describe how he holds her, how she responds, and the relationship between the two, but I'm worried that it'll be a bit too 'raunchy' for my english teacher (who has taken an interest in my hobby) and my parents (who I often let read my work before anyone else).

Is it wrong for a teenager to be describing things like that?
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Toasty
March 10th, 2009, 06:55 PM
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AllThatIsLeft
March 10th, 2009, 07:05 PM
i write about a lot of stuff life this. It is quite interesting.

Warn them about the content being a bit on the realistic side.

if your teacher, whom i suppose knows about art, won't think of you being indecent because you made your characters realistic.

MY advice is don't comfort to what others approve if that means sacrificing your art.

and just warn your parents that what you wrote is more mature than other works you have done.

Hope that helped :)

Destiny&Desire
March 11th, 2009, 07:31 AM
That did help, thanks

It really is just about being realistic; I don't want to have to change it to suit other peoples' ideas.

I think I'll just go for it; dunno what the outcome's gonna be, but it's not like what I write is gonna seriously affect/hurt anyone =]

SingASadSong4408
March 11th, 2009, 03:03 PM
the only limitations are the ones you put on yourself as a writer. just dont be like 'he grabbed her ass and held her,' no, thats just not proper writing and what not, be like 'he pulled her close and her breathing quickened,' or something of the sorts. I hope you post the story when you're done so we can all read it! And dont forget to post your parent's and teacher's reactions! *p.s. warn them ahead of time that it might be a little more mature than stuff you might've done.*

Destiny&Desire
March 11th, 2009, 05:43 PM
Thanks =]

I'll consider posting some of it, but I have quite a few worries about my work being copied and reused in other places (not that anyone would do that... but I get really paranoid about people taking my stuff and using it as their own). I might do a tiny bit, though...

=]
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SingASadSong4408
March 12th, 2009, 03:29 PM
yay!