Oh god, here we go...

Okay, so some people think I write good spice even though I am a Single Pringle in my real life; in my head, it's a different story.

I'm my opinion, this is what the "fanfic writing terms" mean:

Fluff=Cuteness
Angst=Sad Stuff
Smut=Sex (duh)
Spice=Smut that's like low key (like make out sessions and that kind of stuff)

I read a lot of fanfics and I've *whispers* read quite a bit of spice (almost all mad fangirls/fanboys have). My mind has fallen over the cliff of pure innocence and has toppled into the ocean of hell.

I actually don't know why I'm able to write decent spice. I've tried writing smut before and I just can't. Spice is easier for me to write for some reason; people say if you read a lot, it's easier for you to come up with things on the spot without having to think about them. I'm a master at lying and making up stories, so maybe making up spice stories is apart of that. I don't know.

So, just like any other piece of writing, a spice writing piece should be neat, well written and just as good as any other writing piece you've done. Spice is hard to write, I'll
admit that, especially since (some, if not most of us) are just writing based on what we know and guess, and not *cough* real experience *cough*

Damn this is gonna be weird.

When I write spice, I try to think of realistic and not some cliche bullshit like making out after a date or in a bathroom stall or during a rain storm. The spice I've written in my Mileven oneshot book is basic but not boring and cliche considering the fact that Mike and El are teenagers. I'll talk more about that later.

Like I said, my mind isn't innocent, and I'm that girl in the group of friends that will instantly think of "That's what she said" whenever someone says something remotely inappropriate. Yeah, I'm that girl.

If you are pure and innocent, writing things that aren't pure and innocent is harder.

Again, I've read a lot of spice fanfics in the past and I've kind of picked up on things that people seem to like in a spice story. Since I don't really know how to explain this, let me tell you some cringey things in spice stories.

The way some people word things is honestly... making me want to crawl into a hole and die. Is that a good way to word that?

Anyways,  this is an example of what I mean. If you have read this story in the past or know the author, please don't share that fact that I'm talking about this. Thanks.

As I said before, it should be well written and detailed like any other writing piece should be. The more detailed and creative it is, the easier it is for people to... *cough* imagine the situation.

I don't have an example of this handy, so I'm going to write my own. This is more for smut but it also is for spice too. Fuck my life...

🔴MORE MATURE SHIT WARNING THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT 🔴

He grabbed her and pulled her onto the couch. She moaned his name. He threw himself on top of her and ripped off her shirt. She kept saying his name again and again.

"We will get caught," She said as he kissed her neck.

"We won't."

He kissed her neck hard, leaving marks. She pressed herself against him, wanting more. He ripped off his shirt, showing his muscles (if I had a nickel for every time I've read that in a story: I would be able to buy the chain of Starbucks stores) She nearly moaned as she saw his *cringe* ripped body. He looked like a Greek god (I've read that too many times) and she wanted him more than ever.

They continued to kiss for 20 minutes and they were nearly caught.

The end.

Still shocked that I wrote that, anyways...

That made me cringe while writing it but it's like a decent representation of things I've read in the past. The point is, a good writer can take a real life situation, "animate" it/bring it into words and tell a story.

Every writer has a different style of writing; I find writing smut hard but spice easy. I'm not the best writer ever or a professional writer like Stephen King; he was able to write a child orgy in a sewer without making it too weird. I don't have that kind of talent.

Here's a quick piece of spice that I think is decent.

"You know we don't have to do this, right?" He said gently.

"I know," She mumbled and leaned in to kiss him. "No sex, just kiss me, please."

He obliged and kissed her back. He slowly moved his hands to her lower back, not wanting to scare her or force her into something she didn't want to do. She gently threaded her fingers into his dark hair as they kissed; the feeling of his lips on her making her head spin.

He gently pushed her onto the couch and climbed onto it next to her and proceeded to kiss her again. She immediately kissed back, her arms wrapping around his neck to pull him closer to her.

His fingertips wandered underneath her shirt carefully, waiting for any reaction of discomfort. When he noticed none, he slipped his hands under her shirt and rested them on her waist....

And that goes on from there.

This is more detailed and realistic than that other piece I also wrote. It's more of a realistic make out rather than that other spice piece. This is really calm and tame and it brings me into my next point.

The "Age = Intensity" Meter - Designed by yours truly.

The intensity of the spice should match the age if the characters. This is the meter/scale I've created for spice and ages. This is realistic.

Age                            Details/Opinion
13 and Under        No spice, just
                                fluff

14                           Basic and easy
                               going. "Testing the
                               Waters" (may leave
                               faint marks on

                               skin, possibly)
                              Nothing intense,  
                              just a quick
                             makeout
                              session.

15                     Things can heat up a
                         little. Longer kisses
                         and a little more
                        "touching"
                         Slipping hands under
                         clothes, starting to
                         leave "marks" on skin,
                         might remove an
                         article of clothing.

16-17              Heats up with some
                        longer kisses, more
                        intimate, Removing
                        articals of clothing,
                        leaving hickeys and that
                        sort of thing. Basically
                        an adult make out
                        session since
                        that's what would
                        normally happen.

18 and up      Full on makeout with
                        everything included
                        above, just more
                        intimate

This is just my opinion that is realistic and easier to write. This is spice, not smut.

MAIN POINT: The age of the characters should match the intensity of spice and not be too extreme and/or low key for their age.

It is okay to drip into the other age categories occasionally but only if you can write it right. If my characters were 15, it's okay to slightly drip into the things that 16-17 year old may do, make sense?

I hope this made sense since I didn't really know how to describe this.

Love, Mya/Milheaven ❤️