How graphic do i make my book?

Question

odd question this but what can u put in a book with regards to swearing, sexual activity and violence etc. The story i have in mind while not some cross between porn and southpark does feature characters that will swear, have sex, aswell as that theres gonna be lots of killing some torture people mutillating themselves all factors i have seen in books but how graphic do i make mine. To much detail is going to lead to a book that no young adult is going to read yet if i pass over the nasty stuff it loses that realism that you have just spent a whole book trying to establish, more than once i've lost interest in a book because either the story or the main character is a complete pansey. For expample Eragon, a good bit of sf that and i know im not the target audience but halfway through the second book im losing touch with the story and characters because they're not behaving like normal people in that situation would behave. anyway enough ranting any advice much apprieciated.

Answer 1

Just write the book as you wish to write it - most likely there's an audience for it somewhere. It's just a matter of marketing it to that audience once it's published.

Answer 2

It would definitely have to be a book for adults. There are a lot of books out there with a ton of sex in them (i.e. Erotica fiction books and Laurell K Hamilton's books have a lot of sex in them). I'd say as much as your comfortable with. Remember, you can always revise or edit your book to take some of it out if an Editor (if and when you get that far) says it's too much.