Dear Reader,
I had the pleasure of attending the second part of the Erotic Writing Workshop today. The course took place from 10 til 4 and was superb yet again. Although the course was about erotic writing there were some basic premises for the workshop. We got to use a character that we had and develop them more, what kind of sex do they like, why do they like sex, what was their first kiss like, had they had a negative sexual experience and how had that affected them. This was really about delving deep into yourself and finding that character that was wanting to come out. Some of the people were able to use characters they had already established. I stuck with the same character that I created from the last workshop, whose name is Gene. I have included a picture of Gene here so that you can see just how interesting it would be to write erotically about him. Another point that James and Sue touched on was that as writers we have to use the kinaesthetic experience to express how our characters experience sex and what they feel and think while going through the motions. This was a very interesting exercise because it really made the writers use the show don’t tell rule to it’s fullest potential. The final 3 points that were taught were Flirtation/Seduction, Consummation, and Afterglow/Aftergrow. Each person within the class found that their characters developed and peaked a different way then everyone else. The individuality of this course is amazing and as a writer I encourage people to take it because it does open up horizons as to how you write about sex and how far your characters go with it.
For further information you can go to the links:
Susan Lynn Reynolds
http://goforwords.com/goforwords/
James Dewar
http://www.creativejames.com/index.php
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