TYR Bedtime Stories: Adult Fiction Writing Guides

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Adult Fiction Writing Guides

So you want to write an adult TYR story, but you're stuck on the details...
Or maybe you've written Adult fiction before, but are looking
for some new techniques or helpful hints. I hope the collection of LINKS
here will be of some use. Please note: these sites are intended for
mature audiences... do not visit them unless you are at least 18 years of age.
More links will be added as I come across them!

Emma Holly Erotica and Romance: Published erotica/romance author Emma Holly shares her tips on writing in her workshop, "Steaming Up Your Love Scenes". This wonderful lecture gives hints on overcoming inhibition, conveying tension, and setting mood.

The Big List of Fanfic Peeves: With an emphasis on slash fic, this site highlights style and characterization errors, and ways to prevent them. It's funny, too!

So You Say You Want To Write Literary Erotica?: Emphasizing the "literary" aspect of this genre, author Hanne Blank focuses on style and substance in writing an erotic scene.

Erotic Readers and Writers Association: The "Authors Resources" on this page offer articles on plotting, Point-Of-View, characterization and character names, and much more. Also includes comments from off-site mailing list, and links to the best published guides to writing in this genre.

Sex in the Romance: A comical and insightful look at the mechanics of writing that climactic (pun definitely intended) erotic scene. There's a great list of suggested words and phrases here too! Thanks to "grandma" Raye for finding this site!