All Comments on 'Better Late Than Never'

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gdavisgdavisover 18 years ago
A fresh voice

Its good to read somebody struggle with describing something more than the emotions of orgasm. You do a great job of conveying the mind of your main character while on another level expressing your opinion of writing as the author.

Of course as often occurs in first person stories the other character comes off incomplete, there's nothing that makes him anything more than an idea. And on a trivial level (which I only include because I know you take your writing seriously) "imbibing" is a poor word to use in place of drinking it comes off as unnatural or at least something a person who doesn't drink would say, which doesn't work for the character who is portrayed as being a knowledgeable drinker. A professor once told me not to get caught up with smoke and mirrors, that the art can end up concealing the story.

But again I point that out simply because the writing overall is so good, and so unusual for this website. I'm envious of how well you are able to construct a sex scene that is more than just a instruction booklet type description. And the the psychology of the main character (whether personal or not) is not only intricate, but illustrates the confusion that is so typical in the irrational world of human mating.

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