Writing love scenes

By Stephen Geez Of course, “love scenes” refers to scenes of physical intimacy between lovers. It could apply, as well, to scenes where only one character is real, while the other(s) are fantasy. L…

To finish this February’s love theme, we’re going to talk about sex. Cue Salt-N-Pepa! “Let’s talk about sex baby, let’s talk about all the good thing and bad things that may be…” But on a serious note, writing sex scenes can be difficult. From trying to figure out to describe body parts to not making a mini porno, sex scenes are complex, to say the least. To help you out, today I’m going to tell you the 3 mistakes you’re making when writing sex scenes. Mistake #1: You Use the Wrong…

From tentative first kisses to explicit sex scenes, intimacy in fiction can exist in many forms.Included in that range is the popular fade-to-black, in which an intimate scene ends before anything too explicit happens on the page, nevertheless implying the characters share certain intimacies “off-screen.” A vulnerable conversation between friends or lovers can prove quite intimate as well, though today we’re going to stick to physical intimacies and how we can write them. Those awkward…

Romance author Denise Williams dishes out her top five tips to penning a romantic scene that hooks your readers and avoids cliche.

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Writing romance or a romantic subplot? In this post from the Well-Storied blog, Kristen Kieffer breaks down what romantic chemistry is and how you develop chemistry between characters that your readers can believe in. Happily-ever-afters, here we come!