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Summary: Recognises the need for good sex between the covers
Review: Recognises the need for good sex between the covers (of a book). Good sex is hard to write. Even bad sex is hard to write. It's even harder to read. We writers need this kind of advice, to help spare us all from the agony of badly written, clumsy, forced or farcical sex scenes. I've told all my writer friends they HAVE to get their hands on a copy.
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Summary: Recognises the need for good sex between the covers
Review: Recognises the need for good sex between the covers (of a book). Good sex is hard to write. Even bad sex is hard to write. It's even harder to read. We writers need this kind of advice, to help spare us all from the agony of badly written, clumsy, forced or farcical sex scenes. I've told all my writer friends they HAVE to get their hands on a copy.
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Summary: Good for authors of all genres
Review: The Joy of Writing Sex has many good tips for the aspiring, or even published author who is looking to spice up their fiction. Her use of examples is great and her writing style flows nicely. Often, her book deals with issues of feeling uncomfortable writing a sex scene. She talks about the internal and external forces that can make these scenes so tough. However, if you are already comfortable putting these types of scenes in your fiction, you may find yourself skimming.However, it's not your average writer's handbook and is worth a read by any author.
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Summary: Good for authors of all genres
Review: The Joy of Writing Sex has many good tips for the aspiring, or even published author who is looking to spice up their fiction. Her use of examples is great and her writing style flows nicely. Often, her book deals with issues of feeling uncomfortable writing a sex scene. She talks about the internal and external forces that can make these scenes so tough. However, if you are already comfortable putting these types of scenes in your fiction, you may find yourself skimming. However, it's not your average writer's handbook and is worth a read by any author.
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Summary: UNIQUELY EXPRESSED.
Review: The way I read it, this is a story on how to write a story. If I'm wrong, I stand corrected. But I thought that this book was very easy to understand, and interesting also. So if you like to learn how to write a sex story, or even like to read one, this is the book for you; I couldn't hardly put it down.
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Summary: A much better guide to writing sex than others
Review: This was recommended in place of Susie Bright's How to Write a Dirty Story, and I have to say compared to it, this is a much better book. It focuses on sex, and the wide variety that's out there. One thing that I really enjoyed is that the author doesn't ignore important topics: AIDs, Adultry, incest, and many other things. She doesn't treat any subject as taboo, nor does she approach them with embarrassment. They are simply topics she discusses. I was pleased to see that she touches on all types of sex: first times, married sex, adultery, recreational, etc etc. She brings up points that anyone writing a sex scene needs to think about, and reminds you that sometimes the sex isn't the main purpose of the scene, and that it doesn't have to be graphic to get the point across. I found this book to be much more helpful than others. Instead of telling people how to prepare, it uses examples to show Benedict's points, and picks those examples apart so the reader can understand exactly why such things are necessary.
Rating:
Summary: A much better guide to writing sex than others
Review: This was recommended in place of Susie Bright's How to Write a Dirty Story, and I have to say compared to it, this is a much better book. It focuses on sex, and the wide variety that's out there. One thing that I really enjoyed is that the author doesn't ignore important topics: AIDs, Adultry, incest, and many other things. She doesn't treat any subject as taboo, nor does she approach them with embarrassment. They are simply topics she discusses. I was pleased to see that she touches on all types of sex: first times, married sex, adultery, recreational, etc etc. She brings up points that anyone writing a sex scene needs to think about, and reminds you that sometimes the sex isn't the main purpose of the scene, and that it doesn't have to be graphic to get the point across. I found this book to be much more helpful than others. Instead of telling people how to prepare, it uses examples to show Benedict's points, and picks those examples apart so the reader can understand exactly why such things are necessary.
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Summary: You can have it all!
Review: You can write serious literary works and have sex scenes as Benedict illustrates. Is it going to make our parents blush? Probably, but she even deals with those issues. She teases out some of the best examples of being specific and not necessary explicit--what are the sights, sounds and smells surrounding our characters, not just the body parts they are using. What are they thinking and what are they saying? I found great validation in my book, "Forever Retro Blues," that my sex scenes were not just gratuitous, but functioned as part of the whole story. I wrote with intuition because I did not yet have this book, but I know I will do better in the future for reading Benedict's book.
Rating:
Summary: You can have it all!
Review: You can write serious literary works and have sex scenes as Benedict illustrates. Is it going to make our parents blush? Probably, but she even deals with those issues. She teases out some of the best examples of being specific and not necessary explicit--what are the sights, sounds and smells surrounding our characters, not just the body parts they are using. What are they thinking and what are they saying? I found great validation in my book, "Forever Retro Blues," that my sex scenes were not just gratuitous, but functioned as part of the whole story. I wrote with intuition because I did not yet have this book, but I know I will do better in the future for reading Benedict's book.
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