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Five years after it was first published, The Joy of Writing Sex remains the classic guide to writing convincing sex scenes. Elizabeth Benedict covers all the issues, from the first time, to married sex and adultery, to s… More >>
The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers
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And, if this is an illustration of the “joy” of writing sex, I would hate to see an illustration of the “horror” or writing sex.
One of the short-shorts in the version I purchased of this book details the experience of a male gas station clerk being highly aroused when another male enters his gas station and rapes him in the back room. Is this a sex scene worthy of a story to be sold as literature, or is it a transcribed version of something someone saw at a pay site on the Internet? Do we really want to be sending a message to the public that rape is an acceptable, exciting form of sexual intercourse? I can think of several victims I know who would not appreciate that, one of whom was killed by her attacker.
Rating: 1 / 5
this book is hard to get excited about its filled with alot of fluff
when people buy a book like this they hope it is full of alot of useful adjectives to describe sex to write about the sex act in good, detailed and exciting ways, this is not what it delivers, I can’t really comment on what it does deliver because the book is toohard to get into to find out
Rating: 2 / 5
The book arrive in excellent condition, like new. I have started reading it, and it is very entertaining and informative so far. Hopefully will help me in my own writing. The author, Elizabeth Benedict, collects writing samples of authors writing about sex, and talking about the topic in interviews with her.
Rating: 5 / 5
I thought this would be more of a how-to for prospective writers, but it ends up being more of a treatise of sex as a whole, not how to write about it and make it interesting. You’re better off reading Dr. Ruth, who is at least entertaining. This was dry, dull and boring
Rating: 1 / 5
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.
Rating: 4 / 5