Full name: The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers

Author: Elizabeth Benedict Year: 1996 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Writing, Non Fiction, Erotica Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780805069938 0805069933

Twelve years after it was first published, The Joy of Writing Sex remains the classic writer's resource on creating compelling sex scenes. Elizabeth Benedict covers all the issues, from the first time, to married sex and adultery, to sex in the age of AIDS. Her instruction, supported with examples from the works of today's most respected writers--among them, Dorothy Allison, Russell Banks, Alan Hollinghurst, Joyce Carol Oates, Carol Shields, and John Updike--focuses on crafting believable sex scenes that hinge on freshness of character, dialogue, mood, and plot. In this revised edition, Benedict addresses the latest sexual revolution, intimacy on the Internet; adds new interviews with Edmund White, Darren Strauss, Stephen McCauley, and other writers; and updates her selections to include examples from the best fiction of the past few years. Similar books: Dialogue by Gloria Kempton Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress 45 Master Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines by Tami D. Cowden Goal, Motivation and Conflict by Debra Dixon Creating Character Emotions by Ann Hood Scene and Structure by Jack M. Bickham Building Better Plots by Robert Kernen Your First Novel by Ann Rittenberg How to Be a Writer by Barbara Baig The Weekend Novelist by Robert J. Ray Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schmidt Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass Plot by Ansen Dibell Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing by Zachary Petit Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain Story Engineering by Larry Brooks