agnes' writers references

xvi. kissing scenes 2.0

I found this online and edited some of it to make it simpler but I found this really useful !! so credit not to me btw

TOUCHING —
• body language is very important
• breaking it down into the other senses can help as a jumping off point
consider touch;
— there's clothes or at bare skin. whatever they're feeling could be smooth, could be hairy or bristled, worn through cotton or silk
— hands usually run through hair
— bodies press against each other, there's warmth and rasping clothes/skin/hair
— people have moles, scars, shivers in their legs or rigidness in their muscle
• not every character has baby soft lips, some wear too much gloss, or waxy lipsticks, some have chapped and scabbed lips
• consider the conditions too, if it's raining, things are slick and tack together, especially if there's sweat
• winter and fall can bring some nasty wind burns or cracks in the skin.

SIGHT —
• most people have their eyes shut during kisses, but if there are kisses to other bits of the body, it can be explored
• eye contact, especially in the midst of a kiss, can communicate a lot
• why does your character have their eyes open? are they shocked? are they struggling away?
• if they aren't open for a negative reason it can be positive, it can be reassuring, or teasing
• you get people with eyelashes long enough that if they flutter them it can actually tickle
if your character is devoid of sight, it's a great opportunity to play on other senses, e.g. hearing
• one would hear the light pops and slicks and puckers of lips and tongues, but there's the rasping of skin too, and of clothes, e.g. a leather couch, or grass
rustling
• there's breaths, moans, whimpers, the loud, cusped sounds when things run over your ears.

SCENT —
• scent plays a more minimal role depending on the location, unless one character has rancid breath or particularly sweet smelling breath

TASTE —
• always remember that skin (and yes that includes the male bits) tastes like skin
• it's salty and bland and sticks on your palette, often, longer than you'd like
• cum has taste, it's usually salty and bitter, sometimes it's a little sweeter and fruitier, depending on diet, but overall, it's salty, same goes for the female...discharge? I guess you would call it
• lip glosses aren't always flavoured, most lipstick just tastes like oil and wax
• when food is incorporated, things that are too sticky can make a mess, e.g things like chocolate can become hard and monotonous to lick off

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING about kissing scenes is that they are never always perfect. peoples noses will bump, their chins might knock, their teeth could click (which hurts more than you'd think), a whole mess of things could happen. some people don't know how to kiss!! their lips will move like they're a fish, or they lose their breath. it's important to show these things because it develops characterization. it's also worth mentioning here that spit dries rather fast and isn't suitable, at all, as lube. nor is pre-cum, really.