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Just noting that this is a matter of preference. Different writers use vastly different approaches here.Of course there are pauses, but when you're re-reading and rewriting you're still in the moment, even more so because what you think you're correcting is making an even better story in your own mind. And yes, you usually you do start off with stream-of-consciousness writing. The story should flow out with minimal pauses. Editing, spell-checking, grammar, punctuation all come later - that's what proofreading is for.
Besides, a lot of people write smut for other people whose fetishes they don't share, and get paid handsomely for it - so it can't be that bad despite not getting horny by it.
Honestly, I think you're extrapolating your own experience a bit too much. For all I know, Tlaero's experience could work in any number of other ways. Maybe she's the antithesis of Pygmalion. Or maybe she just likes to write powerful-yet-damaged women having somewhat realistic sex.