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Author: Elizabeth BenedictPublisher: Story Pr
ISBN-10: 1884910211Category: Reference
ISBN-13: 9781884910210 Writing
Format: Hardcover --
Publication Year: 1996Condition: Very Good
Special Attributes: 1st Edition  
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Length:150 pages
Height:9.8 in.
Width:6.3 in.
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Weight:13.6 oz.

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Elizabeth Benedict is here to help you craft compelling sex scenes that are just right for your fiction - whether your story calls for an encounter that sizzles or one that fizzles. Benedict has explored sensuality in her own novels with great success. So in The Joy of Writing Sex, she covers all the issues head-on - from how to handle creating fiction your grandparents might not approve of, to writing about sex in the age of AIDS. You'll learn to construct scenes that hinge not on the mechanics of sex, but on the freshness of characters, dialogue, mood, plot - all the ingredients of powerful fiction. Throughout, you'll benefit from the voices and experiences of some of today's most prestigious writers - among them, John Updike, Dorothy Allison, Russell Banks, Joyce Carol Oates, Carol Shields and Alan Hollinghurst. For absolute clarity, Benedict uses examples from the finest contemporary fiction to illustrate her points. She takes care to examine each excerpt in context of the whole piece, to help you develop the skills you need to objectively analyze your own work. In the final chapter, you'll find exercises to help you master elements such as dialogue, setting and tone.
Elizabeth Benedict's instruction, supported with examples from the finest contemporary fiction, focuses on crafting compelling, believable scenes that hinge not on the mechanics of sex, but on freshness of character, dialogue, mood and plot. Included are the spirited opinions of today's most prestigious writers: John Updike, Dorothy Allison, Joyce Carol Oates and others.

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"Here is clearly the most enterprising how-to book of our era. Elizabeth Benedict's book is sane and straightforward and--he said bashfully--very interesting"
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"I used to have straight hair before I read this book. And I never had hair on my chest. 'The Joy of Writing Sex' carries bracing doses of testosterone, progesterone, estrogen and musk. A wonderful and handy compendium of how to write--and have fun with - sex.
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"Elizabeth Benedict's magical mystery tour of sex between the pages manages at once to be instructive, entertaining and literary. She gives the term 'word play' new meaning."
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"I read 'The Joy of Writing Sex' cover to cover. I couldn't put it down. It was fun to read and highly instructive. As a writer, I can only profit form this. I'll go back to this book again and again."
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"For anyone who thinks that sex is still not talked about enough and is certainly not written about well enough, Benedict's book--drawing on good sex throughout literature--is welcome instruction. Her advice for the fictionally frustrated is solid and sensible--even people with no desire to write will read it for fun."
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