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Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet
Stacia Kane writes novels filled with “...flaming hot sex...” (Romantic Times), “...sizzling romance that heats up every page ...” (Darque Reviews), and “...spicy sex scenes beautiful enough to make you cry and hot enough to steam windows at the same time...” (Michele Lee). She has published more than a dozen romances and urban fantasies, with publishers like Ellora’s Cave, Pocket, Del Rey, and HarperVoyager. Now she opens her bag of tricks to show you how you too can write the scenes that readers crave. From setting the scene to consummating the union, Stacia takes you all the way. She reveals the tricks of the professional author, step by step (with examples taken from her own and others’ writing), giving practical advice you can use in your own books. Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet is like a master class in erotic fiction. (Jim Macdonald)
170 pages, Paperback
First published February 21, 2010
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Stacia Kane
35 books2,533 followersStacia Kane is the author of the light-hearted romantic urban fantasy "Megan Chase" series starting with PERSONAL DEMONS.
She currently writes the gritty dystopian urban fantasy "Downside" series starring Chess Putnam and featuring ghosts, human sacrifice, drugs, witchcraft, punk rock, and a badass '69 Chevelle. She bleaches her hair and wears a lot of black.
She currently writes the gritty dystopian urban fantasy "Downside" series starring Chess Putnam and featuring ghosts, human sacrifice, drugs, witchcraft, punk rock, and a badass '69 Chevelle. She bleaches her hair and wears a lot of black.
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May 3, 2014
Everything in this book was originally published on the author's blog. Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet does NOT contain new material. It is simply copied-and-pasted, formatted, printed, and bound. Which is a shame, because it needs a light copyedit, and maybe a content editor for when the author goes off on tangents. Also says stuff like, "On Monday I'll be talking about..." which needs to be edited out. Also mentions that she hoped to have a guest post (which in book format I guess would be a chapter) on BDSM, but she "ran out of time". As far as I know, all the content is still on her blog, so don't bother buying this. Support the author by purchasing her other books instead, because this isn't worth it. As for the content itself, I disagree with some of it, but as the author says, this is just how she writes, and others should feel free to do whatever works for them.
April 4, 2012
I feel the need to warn you that I am not a professional author. Or even an amateur one for that matter. However if you're like me and entertain fantasies about one day unleashing your literary masterpiece upon the (sure to be) fawning masses, you could do far, far worse than reading this book.
It's ostensibly about writing hotter-than-hot sex scenes and Ms. Kane does explain it all with unexpectedly impressive clarity. Thankfully she's not shy or coy about discussing sex and the "dirty" words used to describe it*. She also gives a good feel for how selection of words, pacing, literary rhythm and character perspective work towards creating a passionate, satisfying sex scene.
Beyond that though she does well in giving a broader view on what a sex scene is for; to provide insight into the characters and development of their relationship. As well as how it should fit into your story, where the characters should be at, and how it should affect your readers.
I'd like to sign of by saying that I began reading this book with some trepidation (cheap porn disguised as a book about how to write sex scenes, anyone?) but Ms. Kane's willingness to be open about her own thoughts and experiences, as well as her wicked sense of humour won me over. She managed to make it 'a comfortable discussion about sex, and writing about it, among friends' rather than the awkward and embarrassing 'sex talk' I'm sure most of us remember from school (or for bonus awkwardness, from parents).
Even if you never intend to write a sex scene in your masterpiece (it's your show after-all), I'm confident that your writing will benefit from having read this book.
* My only complaint, piddling though it may be, is that she included the word "tumescent" in her list of sex-related word. I've never seen the word 'tumescent' in anything discussing or describing sex. In fact, the only place I've ever seen it used is in discussion about describing sex.
It's ostensibly about writing hotter-than-hot sex scenes and Ms. Kane does explain it all with unexpectedly impressive clarity. Thankfully she's not shy or coy about discussing sex and the "dirty" words used to describe it*. She also gives a good feel for how selection of words, pacing, literary rhythm and character perspective work towards creating a passionate, satisfying sex scene.
Beyond that though she does well in giving a broader view on what a sex scene is for; to provide insight into the characters and development of their relationship. As well as how it should fit into your story, where the characters should be at, and how it should affect your readers.
I'd like to sign of by saying that I began reading this book with some trepidation (cheap porn disguised as a book about how to write sex scenes, anyone?) but Ms. Kane's willingness to be open about her own thoughts and experiences, as well as her wicked sense of humour won me over. She managed to make it 'a comfortable discussion about sex, and writing about it, among friends' rather than the awkward and embarrassing 'sex talk' I'm sure most of us remember from school (or for bonus awkwardness, from parents).
Even if you never intend to write a sex scene in your masterpiece (it's your show after-all), I'm confident that your writing will benefit from having read this book.
* My only complaint, piddling though it may be, is that she included the word "tumescent" in her list of sex-related word. I've never seen the word 'tumescent' in anything discussing or describing sex. In fact, the only place I've ever seen it used is in discussion about describing sex.
February 23, 2011
Have found this to be a very informative book and very helpful. I hope to use some of the hints and tops in my writing in future!
August 22, 2013
Review transcribed from my blog
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The first thing to note about Be A Sex-Writing Strumpet is that it's an adaptation of a series of articles originally posted by the author on her blog, and the format very much reflects its original incarnation. Chapters are relatively short, conversational in tone, and easily consumed in one sitting. This, for me, was one of the things I really appreciated about this book. It's not a deep and thoroughly complex analysis of sex in fiction, it's not a stuffy and strict set of guidelines on how to write erotica; it's one author sharing her experience in straightforward, practical, bitesize chunks. I very often found myself reading a chapter of this book a day over breakfast before sitting down to get started with my own writing. It was a fantastic way to digest a few tips and tricks while also getting me in the mood to push on with my own work, and I was sorry to wake up one day with no more chapters left to spur me on.
Kane covers a broad range of subjects in Sex-Writing Strumpet, from dissecting the purpose and meaning of a good sex scene, to picking the right words and phrases to arouse your readers, to overcoming the embarrassment of starting to write sex in the first place. Now, I wouldn't go so far as to say that anything the author covers in this book is revolutionary or ground-breaking advice; if you've studied the basic mechanics of storytelling before then a lot of what she discusses will be familiar to you. Sex scenes do, ultimately, follow the same basic set of rules as any other good scene in a novel. However, the great strength of Sex-Writing Strumpet is that it consolidates and crystallises this advice into a series of very specific, very easily applicable examples, even going so far as to include little writing challenges for aspiring erotic authors to tackle at the end of each chapter. While Kane may not break new ground with her approach to writing sex scenes, that isn't the point of her book. Like any good teacher, she collates everything she has learned as an author, distils it down to its most concise and useful elements, and presents it in a way that is easy for her audience to digest.
If there was one critique I could make of the book it would be that some of Kane's example passages do tend to take up a lot of page space. While many of these passages are useful in illustrating her topics of discussion, I did notice they had a tendency to cut into the word count of certain chapters, leaving them a little light on the analysis and a little heavy on the excerpts. I feel as though someone familiar with the author's work would get more out of these examples than a newcomer like me, but given the origin of these chapters as blog posts on Kane's website, it's understandable why they'd be tailored to fans of her writing.
Overall though, Sex-Writing Strumpet gave me exactly what I was looking for out of a book like this. Kane's advice is straightforward, pragmatic, conversational—and often very funny! This feels like a book written by someone who is thoroughly passionate about their craft, with a genuine desire to share their experience with others. It's well written, useful, insightful, and very entertaining for anyone who has a passion for looking deeper into the anatomy of erotic literature.
I'd give this book an enthusiastic Awesome-Out-Of-Ten!
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The first thing to note about Be A Sex-Writing Strumpet is that it's an adaptation of a series of articles originally posted by the author on her blog, and the format very much reflects its original incarnation. Chapters are relatively short, conversational in tone, and easily consumed in one sitting. This, for me, was one of the things I really appreciated about this book. It's not a deep and thoroughly complex analysis of sex in fiction, it's not a stuffy and strict set of guidelines on how to write erotica; it's one author sharing her experience in straightforward, practical, bitesize chunks. I very often found myself reading a chapter of this book a day over breakfast before sitting down to get started with my own writing. It was a fantastic way to digest a few tips and tricks while also getting me in the mood to push on with my own work, and I was sorry to wake up one day with no more chapters left to spur me on.
Kane covers a broad range of subjects in Sex-Writing Strumpet, from dissecting the purpose and meaning of a good sex scene, to picking the right words and phrases to arouse your readers, to overcoming the embarrassment of starting to write sex in the first place. Now, I wouldn't go so far as to say that anything the author covers in this book is revolutionary or ground-breaking advice; if you've studied the basic mechanics of storytelling before then a lot of what she discusses will be familiar to you. Sex scenes do, ultimately, follow the same basic set of rules as any other good scene in a novel. However, the great strength of Sex-Writing Strumpet is that it consolidates and crystallises this advice into a series of very specific, very easily applicable examples, even going so far as to include little writing challenges for aspiring erotic authors to tackle at the end of each chapter. While Kane may not break new ground with her approach to writing sex scenes, that isn't the point of her book. Like any good teacher, she collates everything she has learned as an author, distils it down to its most concise and useful elements, and presents it in a way that is easy for her audience to digest.
If there was one critique I could make of the book it would be that some of Kane's example passages do tend to take up a lot of page space. While many of these passages are useful in illustrating her topics of discussion, I did notice they had a tendency to cut into the word count of certain chapters, leaving them a little light on the analysis and a little heavy on the excerpts. I feel as though someone familiar with the author's work would get more out of these examples than a newcomer like me, but given the origin of these chapters as blog posts on Kane's website, it's understandable why they'd be tailored to fans of her writing.
Overall though, Sex-Writing Strumpet gave me exactly what I was looking for out of a book like this. Kane's advice is straightforward, pragmatic, conversational—and often very funny! This feels like a book written by someone who is thoroughly passionate about their craft, with a genuine desire to share their experience with others. It's well written, useful, insightful, and very entertaining for anyone who has a passion for looking deeper into the anatomy of erotic literature.
I'd give this book an enthusiastic Awesome-Out-Of-Ten!
August 31, 2011
Really great read! I learned alot about creating a sucessful sex scene... from build up to when and how to use sexual words!! I ended up creating an erotic romance short story with ease and confidence!!!
November 21, 2017
There is a part in this book where Stacia Kane emphasizes on fictional sex scenes as a tool to measure the quality of the relationship between the characters.
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First-time sex scenes tend to be awkward, bumpy, and exploratory.
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Second-time sex scenes tend to have a more emotional emphasis. As if the scene is an effort to complement things the characters have been trying (and failing) to express to each other. There is usually something sad and true being revealed in these second sex scenes.
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What if we’re like that too when we catch up after a while of not talking to each other?
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What if every time we converse, it’s like a power struggle. Like an effort to measure and peel off each others' guards? What if the whole idea of talking fast and loud is to reach the core as hurriedly as we can? What if yelling is a rapid act of undressing the minds, getting down to the naked and sore parts of ourselves?
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Once we’re naked, whether figuratively or literally, we won’t need to keep yelling, do we? We won’t need to keep struggling for power in the conversation, because we’d be even. Because we’d hear each other’s softest whispers. Because here, in this glowing place of vulnerable warmth, we don’t need words anymore.
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Only deeds.
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Just tiffin قوت يومك to take us through the next period of absence.
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First-time sex scenes tend to be awkward, bumpy, and exploratory.
🍯
Second-time sex scenes tend to have a more emotional emphasis. As if the scene is an effort to complement things the characters have been trying (and failing) to express to each other. There is usually something sad and true being revealed in these second sex scenes.
🍥
What if we’re like that too when we catch up after a while of not talking to each other?
🍓
What if every time we converse, it’s like a power struggle. Like an effort to measure and peel off each others' guards? What if the whole idea of talking fast and loud is to reach the core as hurriedly as we can? What if yelling is a rapid act of undressing the minds, getting down to the naked and sore parts of ourselves?
🍍
Once we’re naked, whether figuratively or literally, we won’t need to keep yelling, do we? We won’t need to keep struggling for power in the conversation, because we’d be even. Because we’d hear each other’s softest whispers. Because here, in this glowing place of vulnerable warmth, we don’t need words anymore.
🍅
Only deeds.
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Just tiffin قوت يومك to take us through the next period of absence.
February 25, 2024
A practical hands-on 😉 guide to writing steamy scenes. It's not quite a step-by-step tutorial, but it's close to one. It covers a breadth of topics to help you write sex scenes. Plus, exercises to help you put this new knowledge into practice.
What it covers:
+ When your story needs a sex scene and when it doesn’t
+ How to show your romantic heroes have a deep connection
+ The two key ingredients to a hot sex scene
+ A catalog of nouns for specific body parts and evocative “trigger words” to describe your characters’ desires and actions.
+ Illustrating the status of the relationship between your characters using their thoughts during sex
+ Increasing the heat level with foreplay
+ How to write about sex without embarrassment
An excellent read for when you want to know the secrets of creating smoking hot physical chemistry between your characters.
What it covers:
+ When your story needs a sex scene and when it doesn’t
+ How to show your romantic heroes have a deep connection
+ The two key ingredients to a hot sex scene
+ A catalog of nouns for specific body parts and evocative “trigger words” to describe your characters’ desires and actions.
+ Illustrating the status of the relationship between your characters using their thoughts during sex
+ Increasing the heat level with foreplay
+ How to write about sex without embarrassment
An excellent read for when you want to know the secrets of creating smoking hot physical chemistry between your characters.
August 18, 2020
Hard Pass!
First of all, this was clearly copied and pasted from their blog with no edits. Also, I knew by the cover and the blurb that this was going to be cis and het normative as hell. It is like Carrie Bradshaw and her white feminist bullshit. And yes, they gave some good advice but it hard to divorce it from her cleary cishetnormativie bs. If you are LGBTQ and write LGBTQ+ romance and erotica do yourself a favor and give this book a hard pass.
First of all, this was clearly copied and pasted from their blog with no edits. Also, I knew by the cover and the blurb that this was going to be cis and het normative as hell. It is like Carrie Bradshaw and her white feminist bullshit. And yes, they gave some good advice but it hard to divorce it from her cleary cishetnormativie bs. If you are LGBTQ and write LGBTQ+ romance and erotica do yourself a favor and give this book a hard pass.
June 13, 2023
Someone recommended this in a virtual chat during the first day of the Historical Novel Society Conference, and it fit the bill for something quick and fun to read while travelling to and from the in-person conference. What Kane thinks is sexy doesn't align too much with what I think is sexy--she prefers alpha males and angry sex. But I loved a lot of what she had to say about the principles of writing sex scenes and how important they are. Closed-door sex just doesn't do it for either of us!
November 12, 2023
Must Have for authors writing amazing passionate scenes
Detailed with plenty of scene examples of outstanding, bad, and everything in between. Packed with valuable info. Stacia Kane is a favorite author of mine. I knew she'd deliver the goods here because her novels contain some of the best sex scenes I've ever read. This book is a personal library must for authors who endeavor to provide their readers with high quality steam, regardless of genre.
Detailed with plenty of scene examples of outstanding, bad, and everything in between. Packed with valuable info. Stacia Kane is a favorite author of mine. I knew she'd deliver the goods here because her novels contain some of the best sex scenes I've ever read. This book is a personal library must for authors who endeavor to provide their readers with high quality steam, regardless of genre.
May 26, 2017
REALLY good book for how-to write steamy, intelligent scenes. Stacia gives great advice about when to add sex to your scenes and when to leave them out. For someone who struggles with good love / sex scenes, I found this book invaluable. Stacia is straightforward and candid about her style and techniques. VERY helpful indeed.
May 17, 2020
Absolutely Amazing!
As someone who is new to writing erotica this was a great guide, and hilarious! I read it cover to cover the first time through to get a feel for it, now I plan to go back and try the exercises. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a fun read and real pointers about real erotic writing.
As someone who is new to writing erotica this was a great guide, and hilarious! I read it cover to cover the first time through to get a feel for it, now I plan to go back and try the exercises. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a fun read and real pointers about real erotic writing.
July 10, 2018
This book was pretty short but theres some good tips to be found.
June 18, 2020
Loved It!
I a writer who loves writing sex and love scenes. This book is th of tips and techniques to first, think about and apply to your story. Sex to me is a natural part of life and relationships. Great book!
I a writer who loves writing sex and love scenes. This book is th of tips and techniques to first, think about and apply to your story. Sex to me is a natural part of life and relationships. Great book!
August 23, 2020
I didn't agree with everything in the book, but it was an interesting and worth-while read for anyone interested in the logistics of writing romance novels.
April 5, 2012
Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet is a collection of 24 blog posts that read like 24 short chapters of a 130 page book. Yes, you might be able to find the blog posts online. I don't know--I haven't looked. I like having everything on paper so I can highlight it and pull the book off my shelf when needed. Okay, disclaimer over. Now to the review...
This is a down and dirty (hee hee) how-to on writing sex scenes in erotic romance and romance novels and novellas. It's the most detailed, the most graphic, the most helpful book on the subject that I have read when it comes down to the nitty-gritty of the sex scene. Kane tried to be comprehensive, and covered topics like terminology, characterization, and foreplay, to name just a few. I highly recommend this book if you want or need to write sex scenes. I found it more helpful than Passionate Ink: A Guide to Writing Erotic Romance or How to Write Hot Sex: Tips from Multi-Published Erotic Romance Authors for writing the actual hanky panky.
This is a down and dirty (hee hee) how-to on writing sex scenes in erotic romance and romance novels and novellas. It's the most detailed, the most graphic, the most helpful book on the subject that I have read when it comes down to the nitty-gritty of the sex scene. Kane tried to be comprehensive, and covered topics like terminology, characterization, and foreplay, to name just a few. I highly recommend this book if you want or need to write sex scenes. I found it more helpful than Passionate Ink: A Guide to Writing Erotic Romance or How to Write Hot Sex: Tips from Multi-Published Erotic Romance Authors for writing the actual hanky panky.
July 31, 2013
I admit, I picked up this book with a little trepidation. I got my start writing erotica, and I've been crafting sex scenes for over 8 years, with nearly 50 published short stories, novellas, and novels under my belt. I figured I knew just about everything there was to know about writing sex. I was wrong.
Stacia Kane's approach to developing a sex scene blew me away. She takes the time to explain her process in great detail, from the importance of minute details to penning believable dialogue -- just how much chatter is too much in a sex scene, anyway? And if you said it depends on the characters, you're right. Kane does a great job explaining how to make each sex scene unique, so that only this couple, in this moment in time, can be having this encounter.
Following Kane's suggestions will prevent any author from writing sex scenes that read like a formulaic, paint-by-numbers experiment, and will ensure clean, emotional, engaging sex scenes that will speak to readers. This is an impressive collection of essays, which I'd recommend to any author, whether writing in an erotic genre or not.
Stacia Kane's approach to developing a sex scene blew me away. She takes the time to explain her process in great detail, from the importance of minute details to penning believable dialogue -- just how much chatter is too much in a sex scene, anyway? And if you said it depends on the characters, you're right. Kane does a great job explaining how to make each sex scene unique, so that only this couple, in this moment in time, can be having this encounter.
Following Kane's suggestions will prevent any author from writing sex scenes that read like a formulaic, paint-by-numbers experiment, and will ensure clean, emotional, engaging sex scenes that will speak to readers. This is an impressive collection of essays, which I'd recommend to any author, whether writing in an erotic genre or not.
February 6, 2016
I was a bit concerned when I read in one review that this book simply compiles a bunch of blog posts off the author's website. I don't mind paying for compiled blog posts, but I'm not keen on wasting time slogging through random, disjointed information.
Luckily, that wasn't at all the case. Yes, the chapters began as blog posts. But Kane clearly plotted out the whole book in advance and came up with one very cohesive whole.
The result was eye-opening and explained why so many of the sex scenes I've read in various novels didn't hit the mark. Using her techniques, I'm hoping I can do a much better job. Highly recommended for any writer trying to up their game!
Luckily, that wasn't at all the case. Yes, the chapters began as blog posts. But Kane clearly plotted out the whole book in advance and came up with one very cohesive whole.
The result was eye-opening and explained why so many of the sex scenes I've read in various novels didn't hit the mark. Using her techniques, I'm hoping I can do a much better job. Highly recommended for any writer trying to up their game!
July 1, 2012
I admit to being guilty of judging books by their covers (who isn't?) and wasn't expecting anything great from this book.
I was wrong though, I loved this book. It has great, practical advice on everything from dialogue to descriptions to pacing.
I would probably recommend it to people who already have some stuff written because most of the exercises in the book involve editing, or re-reading what you've already written, and I didn't have any sex scenes written when I read this book, so I lost a little of the value.
Still though, a really great, accessible book.
I was wrong though, I loved this book. It has great, practical advice on everything from dialogue to descriptions to pacing.
I would probably recommend it to people who already have some stuff written because most of the exercises in the book involve editing, or re-reading what you've already written, and I didn't have any sex scenes written when I read this book, so I lost a little of the value.
Still though, a really great, accessible book.
May 8, 2015
A compilation of a blog series. I consider myself fairly deft in the art of writing sex scenes, but I wrote following my instincts rather than with any technical understanding, and I suspect my results were uneven as a result. Now I have a better grasp of what works, and why.
I strongly believe that Ms. Kane has a lot more to teach. I'm hoping that this book will be just the first in a series. The subjects she hinted at in her final installment had me begging for more. BTW, reading this book made me squirm in my seat more than once. Highly recommended!
I strongly believe that Ms. Kane has a lot more to teach. I'm hoping that this book will be just the first in a series. The subjects she hinted at in her final installment had me begging for more. BTW, reading this book made me squirm in my seat more than once. Highly recommended!
May 20, 2015
Helpful even for us non-romance writers
Really an excellent little guide of sorts. I know it was a blog, but I liked having it on my Kindle to reread and go back and skim. I'm definitely not a romance writer, but sex scenes kind of come with the territory for anything these days and they're kind of my Achilles heel, so I found this a fun guide to see why things are described a certain way and so on. I'm still not terribly on board with all the description, but I think that's something you tailor to the characters and genre.
Anyway, I enjoyed it and will keep it handy.
Really an excellent little guide of sorts. I know it was a blog, but I liked having it on my Kindle to reread and go back and skim. I'm definitely not a romance writer, but sex scenes kind of come with the territory for anything these days and they're kind of my Achilles heel, so I found this a fun guide to see why things are described a certain way and so on. I'm still not terribly on board with all the description, but I think that's something you tailor to the characters and genre.
Anyway, I enjoyed it and will keep it handy.
January 17, 2011
At the time I read 'Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet' I had not been able to sell any of my manuscripts to a publisher. Using 'Strumpet' as a guide, I gave one of my paranormal adventure manuscripts a makeover into an erotic/paranormal and was able to get my first professional writing contract under a penname. It didn't mean much in the way of money but I was able to garner a writing credit I needed. If you've ever considered writing erotica of any genre this is a solid guide for doing it.
March 11, 2012
I thought I should read this book not only to make sure I was writing my sex scenes with the right amount of passion and credibility but because I read the blurb and Stacia Kane is hilarious. She writes honestly and with a heap of humor thrown in. Did I learn anything? Yes, I did. I learnt that I needed to put more emotion into my sex scenes. Thanks Stacia, I have recommended this book to my writing group.
August 24, 2012
While I have no interest in writing sex scenes for fiction at this point in time, this eBook still made for great reading. Kane breaks down and explores the composition of these scenes in a casual and appealing style. She also provides writing and brainstorming activities for those seeking to put together their own story featuring well-composed sex scenes. Definitely worth the pocket change price tag if you're interested in writing sex scenes for (primarily romantic and erotic) fiction.
February 17, 2014
The naked facts about writing sex scenes taught by a successful writer. Candid, step by step explorations, humor and examples each chapter a lesson. Inspriational and showed me that it's all about the characters, their feelings and thoughts foreplaying their way to the act itself. How they are changed by the raw intimacy. This manual certainly has bouyed my confidence to write compelling sex scenes in my novels. Thank you Stacia Kane.
August 13, 2016
not impressed... i felt i was being talked to as if i were at a conference or seminar, only i was reading... i read better writing from other books, and other authors in this genre. whoever numbered the pages did a poor job, as well as whoever edited it for publishing also did a poor job. sure, worth a read if you want to find out the author's thoughts on writing in this genre, but not worth the money i paid amazon for it.
May 13, 2018
Before reading this book I was one of those writers who couldn't - wouldn't - write a sex scene. I'll hint things or start things and just put and end before the juicy stuff :D Well, not anymore. 'Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet' is a book and makes you face what makes you awkward or uncomfortable or shy and punch it in the face. It gives practical examples which are really helpful if you are not sure how to write it. I haven't read Stacia Kane's blog but I really enjoyed the book.
April 16, 2015
This unlikely title is a book I have recommended to many writers when we discuss writing sex. Constructed from a series of blogs, the book nevertheless reads logically and delves into the subject in way that makes the suggestions easy to understand. Many writers struggle with taking on a love scene; Stacia Kane's suggestions are a great help.
March 19, 2015
Very informative
It was exactly the book I needed! If you're looking for a book on the writing process and all the little tidbits in writing erotica, this is the book for you. The author also had a lot of writing examples to help illustrate all her points.
It was exactly the book I needed! If you're looking for a book on the writing process and all the little tidbits in writing erotica, this is the book for you. The author also had a lot of writing examples to help illustrate all her points.
August 18, 2015
Loved it! It's full of good tips, lots of examples to help explain and understand things and it was fun. It could have been an awkward read but it really wasn't, I just felt like I was chatting with a friend who was giving me tips over a coffee. I had a blast
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