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The
Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers by
Elizabeth Benedict
Five years after it was first published, The Joy
of Writing Sex remains the classic guide to writing
convincing sex scenes. Elizabeth Benedict covers all
the issues, from the first time, to married sex and
adultery, to sex in the age of AIDS. Her instruction,
supported with examples from the works of today's
most respected writers-among them, Dorothy Allison,
Russell Banks, Alan Hollinghurst, Joyce Carol Oates,
Carol Shields, and John Updike-focuses on crafting
believable sex scenes that hinge on freshness of character,
dialogue, mood, and plot. In this revised edition,
Benedict addresses the latest sexual revolution, intimacy
on the Internet; adds new interviews with Edmund White,
Darren Strauss, Stephen McCauley, and other writers;
and updates her selections to include examples from
the best fiction of the past few years.
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