Admittedly, I don't have a lot of experience, and there's already stuff like this in the sidebar, and I'm only including what comes to the top of my head, but I want to give back to Seddit somehow.

-Keep your mind sharp. If you hear a setup for a good line, even if you don't know the person well (especially if you don't), go for it. Your wits will be slow sometimes. Your timing may be a little awkward, but do it anyway.

-Fake it until you make it. They can't tell the difference. They really can't. I never believed this when people told me, but now I've lived it.

-Find some way to get as much of your body touching hers as possible. Once you've done that, pay attention to her breathing and try to sync up. DON'T UNDERSTIMATE THE POWER OF THIS TECHNIQUE. This is the move that actually got me out of the friendzone. She told me later that when we were sitting on a couch at a friends house (just after smoking some pot) I had pressed my side up against hers and she could feel every breath I made. I told her it was intentional and she flipped the fuck out (impressed, not offended).

-Trust yourself to know what's appropriate at the time. Don't try to plan for the situation that you're not dealing with. This is also why your wits are important. It's not the things you have planned for that will kill the mood or really get the girl for you, it's the things you couldn't plan for.

-I've adopted the idea that seduction and war are not so different. Example: the mind-set in both is similar -a constant state of readiness to react appropriately to any change. Read Sun Tzu's Art of War and don't ever tell anyone you're applying this to seduction. I'm pretty sure almost everyone will think you're creepy.

"No plan survives contact with the enemy" -Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

"Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing." -Sun Tzu

-Also, once you get there, make sure you talk about what feels good in bed. When you're just starting out, the other person will know what they want (presumably, they've masturbated or at least touched themselves at SOME point). Good communication is important. Even if she isn't telling you what she wants because she's too busy moaning and breathing, that tells you something. Pay attention. Just by paying attention to what I was doing (and a little imagination) I was able to give my girl three consecutive orgasms with oral. I'd never given oral before.

Hopefully some new guys will find this at least a fraction as useful as I've found Seddit in general. Have fun out there, everyone.