in which my characters run amok

[gwynnega]

Me: You're not having sex in this chapter of the novel.

Novel Characters: What.

Me: You had sex five times in the last three chapters, which was five more times than I'd originally planned.

Novel Characters: Your original plan sucked. You must admit, our way is much better.

Me: I'll admit it, but you're still not having sex in this chapter.

Novel Characters: Can we make out, at least?

Me: You can have one paragraph.

Novel Characters: We're taking four.

Me: Fine, but that's it for awhile.

Novel Characters: You just keep telling yourself that.

Protagonist: Oh, by the way, I'm not nearly as heterosexual as I originally thought.

Me: That shouldn't surprise me. Almost none of my novel protagonists turn out to be as heterosexual as they think.

Protagonist: Yay!

Comments

[gwynnega]

My novel is fantasy, not pure romance, but my characters decided to fall in love (though that wasn't in my original plan either). The sex has been useful to show the progression of their relationship, but there's a lot of plot stuff that needs to happen now. I'm like, "You only just got out of bed!"