Writing Sex
Description: “If you know how to have sex you know how to write sex.”
This is a dangerously common misperception, the effects of which can be calamitous. (See Clan of the Cave Bear.) In this three-week class, students will analyze the role of sex in literary works, discover how and when to deftly employ a sex scene for the most potent effect, and learn how to write a powerful, effective sex scene.
Through careful reading of texts like Jane Delynn’s The Leash, as well as thought-provoking discussion, in-class writing, and weekly-work shopping, students will emerge from the seminar primed to effectively integrate sex into their writing, thereby creating stronger works of fiction.
Who Should Attend: This course is for writers of all levels, from beginners to published authors, who are looking to improve their skills at writing intimate scenes in any kind of fictional work.
About the Instructor:Sarah Terez Rosenblumis a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Sun Times and The Shepherd Express, among other publications. As a playwright and director, she has put up shows in Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison and Los Angeles. Currently at work on her first novel, Sarah holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. If there’s one thing she knows it’s sex and MFA programs. Wait, that’s two things.