Join us for this free event via
YouTube for a talk about writing sex scenes, one of the most difficult challenges an author faces. The panel will feature five debut authors whose novels were published in 2020. Amanda Brainerd, the author of
Age of Consent (nominated for "Best Sex Scene" by the Zibby Awards) will moderate the conversation with Leah Konen, the author of All the Broken People, Ellen Birkett Morris, the author of
Lost Girls, Liv Arnold, the author of erotic rom com
Stepping Stone, and Eliza Nellums, the author of
All That’s Bright and Gone. The panel will discuss the awkward, fun, strange, and basic part of being human that sex is, and how to capture its awkwardness, pleasure, and sexiness in a believable manner. This will include short readings as well as topics such as the struggles of writing a sex scene, character interaction, whether sex scenes should be “hot”, and what should be omitted. All of these wonderful authors will bring fresh perspective to a typically off-limits topic.
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