There's a certain sense in which a sex scene is like any other scene: the plot has to advance or we have to learn something important about the characters, something has to shift or change between the beginning and the end of the scene. But, refreshingly, G. Doucette also says this:
2. Sex scenes are not like anything else. The relationship between the reader and the writer is slightly different in a sex scene. The writer is trying to convey a mood and a feeling that... well, there's no easy way to say this: The writer is trying to turn the reader on. This means figuring out how to use words to establish a mood and a rhythm and a feeling that I can't really describe accurately in polite company. It's a skill that is just not really applicable to any other kind of fiction writing. A novel also has to have the kind of authorial voice that allows for the sort of tone necessary to establish that rhythm and mood. And this means...Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/g-doucette/how-to-write-a-good-sex-s_b_4957087.html
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