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It would depend on how the scene was written. If the author focuses heavily on the fact that the lovers are older and overuses words like "wrinkles" then I can't help but think the scene would read like it was written by someone with an old-age fetish. Having not read anything with such a fetish, I can't say for sure, though. I can say I've read stories where the author is overly focused on a young couple's absolute physical perfection, to the point that the descriptions make one wonder whether the author is hung up on that in real life. (Sorry if that sounded harsh, while I'd never call an author on that, that is the impression I get sometimes.) I've read excellent stories involving older couples that just sound natural. They make mention of the fact that the characters have aged, and they're unlikely to "perform" in bed exactly like two lovers in their early twenties, but they nonetheless have a hot and satisfying relationship.

It all depends on the story. If I have a clear road map of the entire plot in my mind, I usually post it in increments as I'm writing, but there have been other multi-chapter stories that I've entirely finished before posting. I don't want my readers to have to read a chapter twice because I made significant changes, which sometimes happens before I'm done writing the piece. This may sound selfish, but I like getting more reviews by posting a completed multi-chapter fic with a few days between updates. I do not, however, believe in that awful technique of holding future chapters hostage for "X" number of reviews, nor do I bother mentioning that the entire fic is finished.

I try to review every new chapter of the stories I follow. I'd never wait until the end because some of the aforementioned stories in my fandom have been going strong for over a year and that is quite a long time to wait before telling the author you appreciate his or her work, with even more chances to forget to mention in your "grand finale" review exactly how much you loved a certain scene in chapter seven. I'd never be able to keep that straight so I try to review soon after reading. Although I would never tell an author what needs to happen in his/her story, I sometimes mention in a review that "I hope things work out well for Characters A & B" or something similar and I've even seen authors take reviewers' suggestions and use them. A few of my reviewers on other sites have given me some excellent unsolicited plot suggestions and I am seriously considering using them, with proper credit of course.

Acceptable to post it here? Sure! While AFF might not have the sheer number of site visitors that other sites do, if you've established a base of loyal readers and you inform them this story's a bit different for its lack of sexual content I suspect many of them will still read and enjoy it, unless they really were just looking for porn and nothing beyond that. It depends on the nature of your fandom, too. If I wrote for a huge fandom with many readers I guess I'd want to post it where the biggest general audience of all ages was going to find it, but if your fandom is smaller and already loyal to AFF then I'd keep it here with your other fics.

This is such good advice, whether your non-human character is an alien, a mythical being, a furry, a robot or even an anthro vehicle. It can be fun to draw comparisons between anthro characters and humans, but if you can't imagine them being significantly different in at least some aspects then you're better off just writing about humans. And since this is AFF, they definitely aren't going to have sex exactly like humans. Writing them doing so takes all the pervy fun out of it.

If the characters in the fanfiction are canon characters that the readers are presumably quite familiar with, imho it's not necessary to reiterate every detail of their lives that's already been established in the canon material, but if there's anything that particularly affects their relationships and the way they approach sex then it's fair game to mention it. I appreciate a plot rather than a hasty few lines where characters A & B suddenly discover they're alone and now would be a perfect time to have sex. IMHO, the more plot the less chance you have of writing an "any two guys" (or any girl and any guy, any two girls, and so on) fanfic where the action could be going on between virtually any two characters, personalities be damned. Like MorbidFantasy, I've written the crucial sex scene first, set it aside and then wrote three decently long chapters that got the main characters into that situation. In that fanfic the characters ended up progressing one "base" with each chapter though I didn't intend to write it that way or even notice it until later. In short, build-up is generally hot, hot, hot in the stories I've read unless the author goes on about a character's love for a certain style of clothes or Hot Topic or Starbucks and that information plays no role in the sex scene. Then it's not build-up, it's filler.

I usually have a specific ending in mind for my stories, but in one case I'd already planned for the main villian to die in a spectacular fashion until his humanity got to me and I realized he wasn't as evil as he appeared to be (he wasn't a killer, just an overall slimeball/cheat/scoundrel.) There wasn't any foreshadowing of his death in the fanfic so no reviewers expressed shock when, instead of dying, he changed his ways just enough to be believable. There were real-life events going on that made me less eager to kill him off, but a year later I'm very glad I chose to keep him alive considering the antagonist from the story's prequel also died at the end of that fanfic. So I think it's fine to stray from your ending as long as you don't have to do a complete rewrite of the story to do so. I've also started other fics without knowing the ending in advance.

That sounds like a good plan, as you've got to write for yourself and if sex for the sake of sex is going to throw off your vision for the story then it's not worth it. Not everyone may like this idea, but there's always the option of putting a note on your story warning for "strong adult content in chapter x and x" so those who just want to skip straight to the sex can do so. I did that for one of my FF.N stories that was very plot-heavy and sure enough, the two sexy chapters got the most hits, though it was impossible to tell if those were from readers who skipped straight to them or from those who went back to re-read them. I hope readers who were there for the plot didn't spoil the story for themselves by skipping right to the good stuff. That's like peeking at that one Christmas present that really, really looks like it might be the thing you wanted the most!

I've thought about this one as well, because the last thing I want is to write virtually the same sex scene over and over again. One of your couples might eagerly anticipate the sex they've planned for that night but to the other couple it's more routine and expected, still good but not mindblowing. One couple might be spontaneous and flirty, calling the other's workplace and reminding them of what they have to look forward to. Maybe they go for over-the-top scenarios like a trail of candles leading to the bed, rose petals on the satin sheets and champagne on ice. The more relaxed and practical couple might just hit the sheets after pulling off whatever clothes they happened to be wearing that day. If you're writing the same couple having sex more than once, they might be rushed on one occasion and able to enjoy a leisurely experience without pressure another night. Maybe everything doesn't go perfectly on at least one occasion. Someone might get the idea to try out light bondage or some other stunt. Those are just a few ideas I might use in my writing...good luck!

Two gallons? Now I'm picturing a guy with gallon-size milk jug testicles to hold all that. Do not want!

There are a lot of stories in the "Celebrities - Misc > General" subcategory but there is already a subcategory for that particular celebrity or band, such as My Chemical Romance. Would you want a list of stories that could be moved to the proper subcategories?

That makes a lot of sense, Keith. I can see someone getting away with this, not that that makes it right, in a mega-fandom like LOTR or HP, but those of us who write for tiny fandoms or who write way-out there original fiction are already grateful for every reader we can get and to hold future chapters hostage until reviews are posted just risks alienating those readers.

S through Z > Xiaolin Showdown http://cartoon.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600040192

Singers/Bands > 1 through F > Avenged Sevenfold http://celeb.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600092521 http://celeb.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600092344 My Chemical Romance > General http://celeb.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600091409

My characters tend to be run-of-the-mill working-class types so I like to give them slightly clunky names, like Doreen Tireiron for one of my Cars characters. IMO it fits with the canon names but isn't sparkly or prettyful. (Disclaimer: Doreen is fine if a little dated, but Tireiron does the name in. Please don't flame me if your name really is Doreen.) I avoid using names that I'm considering for any future RL kids because it would be a whole new level of creepy to find pr0nz your mom wrote using an OC with your name, even if you hadn't been born yet at the time of writing. I also avoid names that are really popular for kids right now and although I often imagine what my character's middle names are just as I like to know what they eat for breakfast, I don't give them in the stories if there's no real need to do so. I found this name popularity graph helpful when picking names for my RL kids and it'll let you know if naming an OC "Ayden" is practical if the fic is set in the 1950s: www.babynamewizard.com/voyager