Comments on: Evaluating Sexual Tension on the Sentence Level

By: tinthia

tinthia — Wed, 23 May 2018 12:43:21 +0000

Great post and advice. My difficulty comes (haha, no pun intented) when I need to write several sex scenes. I try to avoid repeating myself but there's only so many ways an author can write how the man's tongue enters the woman's mouth. I've read erotic scenes in other novels but still come up empty. Any advice?

By: Sheila Good

Sheila Good — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:16:24 +0000

Excellent post Angela. Thanks for sharing such an informative and detailed post.

By: wendyleslie

wendyleslie — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 05:57:06 +0000

Thank you Angela, your revisions make each word palpable, the sentence hums.

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Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:04:38 +0000

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By: Shirley Wine

Shirley Wine — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 06:55:02 +0000

This is such an important part of writing a romance, the build-up between the characters, the tension between them must be under-laid all the way with sexual tension as the subtext. A fantastic blog that breaks it down to a step by step process. Thank you. This is a keeper for me.

By: barbdelong

barbdelong — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 02:36:57 +0000

A keeper blog post! Awesome, Angela!

By: dragons4me3

dragons4me3 — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:13:17 +0000

Nora Roberts as J D Robb writing the scenes between Eve and Rourke for the lengthy series she has done on them is inspiring to me. The love, the lust, and the laughter never gets old.

By: littlemissw

littlemissw — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:21:59 +0000

In reply to Julie Glover. Thank you. That's really helpful too.

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:22:59 +0000

I love how this post reads like a checklist, and with all those great examples. For those challenged by writing sexual tension, this is a great way to break it down and make sure we have what we need on the page. Thank you so much, Angela!

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:22:00 +0000

In reply to littlemissw. I seem to remember the sex scene in John Green's The Fault in Our Stars feeling pretty authentic. Teens are more likely to use awkward language about the sex itself, but all of Angela's suggestions about needing reactions and thoughts about what's happening are as much, or more, true for YA. Because teens live so much of their lives in their heads. My two cents. And yes, I write YA.