Even if you're a virgin you can write a real love scene. You've read the Harlequin, the romantic novel version, but how about a real love scene. He farts, she sneezes or gets the giggles. The sheet gets tangled or bunches up uncomfortably. The cat jumps on the bed. It's not so easy to have romance in reality. Reality tends to assert itself at all the wrong moments.

Write a scene with two lovers who start out with a great plan but keep getting reality messing up the romance of their lovemaking.

Need more inspiration for chaos?

• His toupee falls off into the bedsheets.
• The phone rings, it's her Mother leaving a long message, a really long message.
• A rodent finds it's way into the bedroom.
• The cable repair person comes early, a day early.
• Her earring gets caught in his mustache.
• A spider spins it's web down, down, down, getting closer and closer.
• He has a really gross tattoo in an unusual area.
• Things are going well until you hear someone talking under the bed.
• You realize he's got a video camera set up and has been filming the whole thing.
• His watch gets caught in her hair.

I know you can come up with all kinds of disasters and minor annoyances to give romance a challenge.