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Twelve years after it was first published, The Joy of Writing Sex remains
the classic writer.s resource on creating compelling 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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