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“Pep Talk: Getting Over the Hump of Writing Sex When I was about six or seven, I heard the word fuck at school.”
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“Sometimes “bad” words make good writing.”
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“A digression can also imply a sex scene—an internal monologue, flashback, flash-forward, or metaphor.”
“When your timer goes off, set it for another fifteen minutes and write a sex scene (in poetry, memoir, or fiction—you decide) without using any of the words on your list.”
“But isn’t desire the place where so many stories begin?”
“How to Get Over the Hump of Writing Sex 10 Literary Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels That Offer Hope for the Future What Should You Read Next?”
“I have never seen it rain cats and dogs, just as I haven’t been in the presence of an actual steaming-hot, throbbing member.”
“___________________________________________ Adapted from 52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for the Creative Writer by Suzanne Roberts by permission of the University of Nebraska Press.”
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“Someone wants something.”
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“It’s a natural function of our human bodies, and desire is a very normal emotion, even if we’re told that some forms of desire are unacceptable, even forbidden.”
“The problem is that these overused phrases say exactly nothing of this complex, mysterious emotion, which is why we must come up with new and strange ways of talking about love and lust.”
“Within a few days, a picture book was left out for me.”
“I learned that sex should be kept secret, but the truth is that our very existence depends on people having sex.”
“Maybe your narrator or character wants to feel loved or make someone fall in love with her.”