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How To Write Hot Sex: Tips From Multi-Published Erotic Romance Authors (2011)

by Shoshanna Evers(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0013381644 (ISBN13: 2940013381643)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Shoshanna Evers

review 1: Pretty good starter on writing, with the focus on erotica. Structure-wise, I'd have preferred to read the author bios after I read their advice; that way I have their voice in my head when I imprint on their name. Didn't realize, but (because of this?) I stopped reading the bios altogether, so when I read the essay I liked best I had to page back to find out who had written it. It's Delphine Dryden, "So You Think You Can Kink?" which, in addition to the common wisdom of know your characters and know your scene points out the importance of pacing and paying attention to "aftercare," what happens after the hot sex.Most of the advice was pretty standard (I've read a lot of how-to-write-fiction books), but it was interesting to see the range of weight given to the story/plot -... more- some writers advise to drop it in favor of the emotion/senses, others say it is first-most-important. Good to remember writers and readers are all sorts!
review 2: As a romantic fiction writer who likes to add some spice to her stories, I can always use a little help with keeping my amorous scenes fresh and exciting, no matter what they'll be like. After all, it's no fun when you read something and all the sexy scenes start to sound the same. This book - a collection of essays from best-selling erotica and romance authors - has a little something for everyone, no matter if they write sweet romance, hot BDSM, male/male pairings, or wild fantasy stories with vampires and werewolves. Since it's a relatively short read I won't go into too much detail, but each essay has at least one good nugget of information that the reader will be able to take away. Obviously some will be more relevant to some readers/writers than others, (e.g. if you don't write male/male romance, that essay might not be relevant to you) but they are all well-written and educational. My favorite part, however, was the last section - a short essay from the editor, Shoshanna Evers, about publishing. She put in an easy to read (and understand) glossary of publishing terms that should be especially helpful to those interested in publishing a book, but who are completely new to the industry. I read it, and will try my best to make my husband read that section, too, if anything so what I do will make more sense to him. less

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