writing sex scenes | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Tue, 04 Feb 2025 05:06:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg writing sex scenes | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 Evaluating Sexual Tension on the Sentence Level https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/evaluating-sexual-tension-on-the-sentence-level/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/evaluating-sexual-tension-on-the-sentence-level/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:00:36 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33187 Angela Quarles Several excellent posts have already been written here on how to increase sexual tension—the key to writing romance no matter if it's a sweet romance or erotic. These tips are also helpful for those in other genres who have a romance subplot. If you haven't read these, definitely start here: Understanding these concepts […]

The post Evaluating Sexual Tension on the Sentence Level first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/evaluating-sexual-tension-on-the-sentence-level/feed/ 26 Let’s Get Down To It—Writing the Sex Scene https://writersinthestormblog.com/2014/07/lets-get-down-to-it-writing-the-sex-scene/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2014/07/lets-get-down-to-it-writing-the-sex-scene/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:00:38 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=13300 Susan Squires  Recently, I wrote a blog here at WITS about how to put sexual tension in your romance novel. But it felt like only half the story. Sexual tension often leads to…you guessed it…sex. Not all romances have sex in them, but many do. I’ve been teaching a class on writing romance and in […]

The post Let’s Get Down To It—Writing the Sex Scene first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2014/07/lets-get-down-to-it-writing-the-sex-scene/feed/ 21 Sexy Phrases For In And Out Of The Bedroom https://writersinthestormblog.com/2012/12/sexy-phrases-for-in-and-out-of-the-bedroom/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:00:49 +0000 http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/?p=7277 By Sharla Rae Put on the sexy music [See Fae Rowan’s blog on Music As Writing Inspiration. ] I’m giving you the sister blog to my Sensual Word Menu, Sexy Phrases For In And Out Of The Bedroom. Many writers bemoan writing love scenes. I have to admit that they aren’t one of my favorite […]

The post Sexy Phrases For In And Out Of The Bedroom first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> Make Your Writer's Bookshelf Work For You https://writersinthestormblog.com/2011/06/make-your-writers-bookshelf-work-for-you/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:00:11 +0000 http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/?p=1504 by Jenny Hansen What do you do when you need help with your writing? I don’t mean when you can’t find the right word or phrase…my critique partner, Sharla Rae, did an excellent job of solving that issue in her "Writing Antifreeze" post a few weeks back. No, what I’m talking about is the books […]

The post Make Your Writer's Bookshelf Work For You first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> Sensual Word Menu https://writersinthestormblog.com/2011/06/sensual-word-menu-2/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:30:51 +0000 http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/?p=1462 By Sharla Rae When I was supposed be writing my blog for today I was catching up on new favorite TV series, Game of Thrones. I thoroughly enjoyed the chopping off of heads, sex, creepy zombies of the North, sex, war, slaughtering of animal, and did I mention steamy sex? There’s just one problem. Afterward, […]

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