[Jax Riley]

Ok, along the lines of the thread WhyMe and Myc had reading stories with certain names, it brought up a 'dilemma' I've encountered with my own writing.

Do you ever encounter any issues that prevent you from writing about certain subjects? For instance, I have always been into horror movies and read horror novels. I tried to write a horror story once and thought it would be relatively 'easy' given its been a big part of my life for so many years. NOT SO! I found it ok up until I got to a killing scene and could not write it. It was so brutally savage I was uncomfortable with my own words on the screen. I struggled to write it too, it sounded very forced and had no flow. To dream up the scene was no big deal, writing it was a very different animal.

Is this a moral dilemma? And if so, how do you account for being able to conjure it up and play it out in your head with ease but having very different reaction reading it as you type it? Or maybe just being uncomfortable with your wn dark side seeing it in black and white on paper vs. dreaming it up in your head.

I'm not talking about Vampire stories or that sort of thing...that's somehow different in some way than brutally offing someone...perhaps because it's a mortal vs. immortal type thing? I don't know.

Do any of you encounter similar reactions within your own writing, be is sex or violence?

[WillYUM]

i know what you mean, it is a comfort thing. i could never write a violently sexual story, i couldnt write anything that i wasnt comfortable doing in my own bed with my boyfriend.
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[mychael_black]

Ya know... I've never had that happen. But I've known authors who have.

The one thing I can't write about, will NEVER write about, is child abuse in ANY shape, form, or fashion. Found out YEARS ago (after my grandparents divorced) that my grandfather was a child molester. Plus my mom used to work with abuse survivors - mostly women and children.

But violence between adults? It doesn't bother me to write it.
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[TuDestino]

I think that's what is so great about a site like this because even though you may not be able to write about a specific topic you can read about it and maybe get an idea as to how you could go about it in your own stories.

[mychael_black]

*nods* Among other pluses.
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[WillYUM]

i guess you have to have gone through violent abuse to be afraid to read or write it.
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[mychael_black]

I've been known to allude to it, but I just can't write it. I've been on the receiving end of emotional/mental abuse, and I've know others who've experienced much more. It just hits too close to home to write/read about it in detail.
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[Jax Riley]

I've been on the receiving end of emotional abuse as well, which was why I tried to write that story in the first place- a way to work through it.

Child abuse I would never write either...

TuDestino~ I like your view! You're right...it's great to be able to read others here to see how they may handle a given situation and get ideas on how to work on it in your own way.