Major Spoiler Ahead - Don’t read this if you have not read Chapter 4 of A Reluctant Sex Instructor.
This blog post explains a little about chapter 4.
The time-skip and ‘the Incident’ are something I’ve planned right from the beginning. It’s a pivotal chapter with a lot of subtext. I had actually wanted it to happen earlier (in terms of word count) but I felt the need to showcase the relationship between Ken, Lisa and Denise first. I also wanted the readers to know (and care) more about the MCs before introducing more girls.
I didn’t want the story to be just about “I had sex with this girl, then bang two more girls, then an orgy with twelve girls. I’m a sex god.” It gets boring after a while. RSI still has a lot of sex with different girls (he’s going to be a sex instructor after all). But I don’t want it to be that kind of stroke story. There are already plenty of such stories out there.
After posting chapter 3, I was toying with the idea of delaying the events of chapter 4 to show more of Ken’s growth.
But the reader in me went, “50k words and still no anal sex? Harry Potter had defeated Voldemort in Book 1 earlier than that! And Ken still only had sex with two girls? You call yourself a smut writer?!”
The writer in me also wanted Ken to grow up faster so I can get into more of the good stuff, including the changing relationship with the girls.
In my personal life, I had attended a lot of sex parties and they were a lot of fun (See my profile). I want to write about those.
So in the end, I decided to do a little exposition with more telling (rather than showing) to quicken the pacing a little. I wasn’t sure if the readers want to read a day-by-day account of how Denise orchestrated Ken’s development.
At the same time, I’m also toying with the idea of including more backstory of what happened during the one-month time skip.
I had actually written out a few scenes of Denise teaching Ken how to kiss and how to eat a girl out etc, but then it was starting to feel like I was writing a sex manual without advancing the plot or reveal more of the character. I was also planning to showcase all these when Ken becomes an SI, teaching another girl all these. So I cut these out to avoid the repetition.
Let me know if there’s any part you’re interested to read in the one-month time skip.
I hope you’re enjoying the story and the pacing so far. Feedbacks and comments are always welcome.
P.S. With readers demanding more of RSI, I’m starting to feel the need to more sooner. But as much as I want to publish new chapters asap, I also don’t want to rush and post sub-standard quality.