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How to Write a Dirty Story: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Erotica (Unabridged)
 
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How to Write a Dirty Story: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Erotica (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by Susie Bright (Author, Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 9 hours and 8 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Audible, Inc.
  • Audible Release Date: 21 Jan 2011
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004K9F6LU
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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For aspiring erotica writers - and authors in any genre who want to make the "good" parts great - here's how.

Susie Bright is the first and reigning queen of contemporary erotica. In How to Write a Dirty Story, she reveals her tricks of the trade and shows you how to heat up sex scenes in everything from traditional novels and romances to science fiction and humor. Easing the aspiring writer into the creative process, she tells you how to write the steamy plots and sensual characters that publishers and readers (and listeners) are looking for.

Bright makes it easy to:

  • Produce unique ideas
  • Master erotic language
  • Climax the story
  • Sell your work to the right place

Each chapter features practical writing exercises and suggestions for nonwriting activities that will galvanize the imagination and raze any creative or psychological hurdle. When it's time to go public, Bright draws on her own writing and publishing experiences and explains the most effective ways to find an agent, work with an editor, and grow a loyal audience.

As irreverent as it is practical, How to Write a Dirty Story is the only book an erotica author - novice or seasoned - needs.

©2002 Susie Bright; (P)2011 Audible, Inc.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book won't just teach you how to write a dirty story, although Susie Bright does do an admirable job of that with plenty of exercises, tips and things to watch out for.

What pleased me most about this as a read, was the lengthy introductory section about the politics and morality of erotic writing. Ms Bright is just the woman to provide an intriguing, left-wing feminist viewpoint on the US erotica industry, and I learned a lot from this section as well as the more practical parts of the book.

Also, one of the most invaluable parts for me, that really got me thinking as to what I want out of my writing, is the part titled "Money, money, money". Ms Bright asks you to consider exactly what you want to get out of writing erotica (or indeed, any sort of writing), and what you are willing to give up to do so. Her advice about the publishing industry is also very helpful.

Highly recommended, and one of those books I know I'll come back to time and time again.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
invaluable 28 Oct 2007
Format:Paperback
Whether you're an amateur writer of sex or someone who has been in the business for years, this is one book, I feel, you should never be without. Susie Bright reveals her 'tricks of the trade' to enable you to gain the expertise to succeed at the craft of writing erotica.

What this book teaches is that no matter who you are, where you come from or even how skilled you are or aren't in bed, you alone have the ability to write a truly, erotic story and one that has the potential to blow your readers socks off.

Although gaining experience in the craft of writing is an advantage, this book is also invaluable in what it teaches by the author's good use of personal experience, writing exercises and guides to the steps that inevitably follow after the final draft of your first work.

So, if you don't get any other book on the subject of writing erotica, be sure that you make it this one.
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By Sarah B
Format:Paperback
The only book I've ever thrown in the bin after reading it. Awful. I learned nothing useful about how to write a sensual scene. Lots on the history of the genre, little of use to the aspiring writer.
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