This is the tenth and final in a series relating to how writing sex in fiction is beneficial to you as a writer. The previous post can be found here. I’ve been talking a lot about a writer having words in their arsenal and making sure they aren’t afraid of any given word (even theContinue reading “On broadening character voice (by writing porn)”
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On showing vs telling (while writing porn)
This is the ninth in a series relating to how writing sex in fiction is beneficial to you as a writer. The previous post can be found here. I wasn’t intending to write this post, but halfway through the previous one I realised that I was giving advice from a perspective of ‘showing’ very manyContinue reading “On showing vs telling (while writing porn)”
On learning how to research (by writing porn)
This is the third in a series relating to how writing sex in fiction is beneficial to you as a writer. The previous post can be found here. The last two topics were about a writer’s personal attitude — first in unlearning shame which would make using words difficult, and the second in learning toContinue reading “On learning how to research (by writing porn)”
On learning how to write for yourself (by writing porn)
This is the second in a series on how writing sex in fiction can help your development as a writer. The first, ‘On deconstructing shame’, can be found here. Like the previous, this post is more about attitude than it is about technique. This is on purpose: a lot of the trouble writers have whenContinue reading “On learning how to write for yourself (by writing porn)”
On mediums and The Novel
With her permission, I’m using my coauthor as an example today. So, my coauthor is a phenomenal writer. When she’s writing at her best, she has such emotion and humour, and has techniques I honestly love to emulate. The thing is that when she’s writing at her best, she isn’t writing novels. She’s roleplaying. WeContinue reading “On mediums and The Novel”
On word counts as a writing tool
Last year — 2019 — I wrote over a half-million words for the year on novelised fiction. It was the first time I’d recorded doing that. If I’d been counting all the words written while roleplaying casually and discussing story and plots with my co-author, it would’ve been a lot more than my eventual countContinue reading “On word counts as a writing tool”
Word spotlight: Deserve
A day late for blog, but not a dollar short, because there’s more to heaven and earth than monetary value, etc. Now that I’ve successfully butchered at least two well-known phrases, I might actually shift blogging to Fridays, since end-of-week musing seems to be working slightly better than semi-midweek marketing work. And if I’m diligent,Continue reading “Word spotlight: Deserve”
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