Multi-Part Question: Do you cry when writing scenes?

[Hubbell1973]

When writing a scene or scenes, do you find yourself tearing up or even outright crying?
When you reread what you wrote during editing, does that scene still make you tear up?
When rereading the story months later, do you still tear up?
LOL
Am I too emotionally involved in the characters?

I'll step back now.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Similar thread, not so long ago:

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/getting-emotional.1658323/

 

[EmilyMiller]

Similar thread, not so long ago:

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/getting-emotional.1658323/

And a third thread not long before that if I recall correctly.

 

[Paul_Chance]

When writing a scene or scenes, do you find yourself tearing up or even outright crying?
When you reread what you wrote during editing, does that scene still make you tear up?
When rereading the story months later, do you still tear up?
LOL
Am I too emotionally involved in the characters?

I'll step back now.

Personally, I am not that attached to my characters. I've never cried while writing them, but I'm writing erotica-for-enjoyment here, so I am not really writing anything that is supposed to evoke tears or sorrow.

Oddly enough, perhaps, when I think of a book or story that made me cry, two come to mind - The Razor's Edge by Maughn and Pressfield's The Gates of Fire. Neither of which was particularly erotic.

 

[ColtonWrites]

I cried while writing Meridian. Which is funny, given the emotional register of the characters is so flat. But the interactions between them, the misunderstandings, the well-meaning statements that cut to the bone...it was delicious to write, and occasionally I got caught up.

 

[Jada59]

No. I rarely cry. When I do, it’s generally out of frustration.

 

[OddLove]

I haven't cried since the The Land Before Time.

Which I watched again like six months ago because I'm stupid AF.

Honestly, I just don't have the writing depth/skills/whatever to bring myself to tears.

It's mostly just a bunch of stuff that makes me chuckle or excites me and I'm trying to make sure my characters win at life.