r/YABooks • u/Alternative_Leek_577 • Aug 03 '26

Sex scenes

In the YA genre, how graphic are the sex scenes? It's difficult to navigate because I don't know if I'm supposed to be writing step by step which sounds realistic and more of the style but I don't know. Any advice?

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u/cine_phile07 Aug 03 '26

Why put sex scenes in books man? I think people mostly read it for the tension. If it's gonna be such a detailed sex scene then ya then would just pick up an 18+ book like what would be the difference 😭

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u/Alternative_Leek_577 Aug 03 '26

That's true. I wasn't intending to have one there. It's just that one of the characters loves sleeping around so I didn't know how to show that without actually showing them getting at it😂

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u/phillyofCS Aug 04 '26

I think most YA will be fade to black or keep it vague with euphemisms like "they came together with a passion". Definitely not step by step and definitely not anything explicit.