Imagine a world where sexuality is the gateway to deeper storytelling.
International Firebird Award First-Place
2024 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention
When you rethink your framing of sexuality, your readers can become fully immersed in your story and connect with your characters on a deeper level. The powerful techniques and insights in The Fiction Writer’s Sexuality Guide: Sex—It’s More Than a Scene make this possible.
With this guide, veteran sex therapist and human sexuality professor Dr. J., open pseudonym for Donna Jennings, shows you how to develop vibrant characters and weave the thread of sexuality throughout your entire story. You’ll discover a step-by-step method, complete with an annotated short story and thirty worksheets, to create fully realized characters and engaging storylines.
- Unleash the power of sex-positive sexuality in your writing.
- Explore the components of holistic sexuality and how it can enhance your storytelling.
- Use the PLISSIT model to craft compelling scenes and characters.
- Get to know the people behind your characters and their unique sexual histories.
- Learn how to write sexual fantasies that captivate your readers.
- Discover the motivations behind character sex and how it drives the plot forward.
- Create a complete relational system for your characters’ sexual experiences.
- Understand the role of character personalities in sexual dynamics.
- Use the science of storytelling, play, and sex to craft unforgettable scenes.
- Master the emotional beats of writing about sex.
- Explore the movement of sex in your writing, from solo to between and among characters.
Don’t let fear or anxiety prevent you from writing about sex. The Fiction Writer’s Sexuality Guide provides a comprehensive template for creating powerful, authentic, and impactful sexual scenes and characters.
Praise for The Fiction Writer’s Sexuality Guide
“The perfect resource for the author who wants to get the nuances of sex right in their book. I can’t wait to use this in my own writing.”
Tami Winbush via Goodreads.
“If you are a writer, you need this book. Not only is it comprehensive, but it lays out the practical applications of a romance book too.
Even if you don’t write – or you have a romance novel inside you waiting to get out – you should read this guide before writing a love scene or creating characters. Not only is this book thoroughly fascinating and entertaining, but it is by far the best advice on how to plot romantical encounters too.”Lolly Charles via Goodreads
“By the time I got through and could see the theory and teaching put into action with the worksheets and examples, I have to say, this is a very good guide to have on your bookshelf to return to – even if you don’t intend to write actual scenes containing sex. ”
PhoofieJenDaisy via Goodreads
“It will not make you a writer because it presupposes that you know how to write, but it will make your scenes in the sexual sphere scenes adapted to the context and personality of your characters, and therefore memorable scenes. To be put in the hands of everyone who works to create stories.”
Amazon 5 Star Review