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Title: How to Write a Dirty Story: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Erotica
ISBN: 0743226232
Author:
Susie Bright
Publicate Date: 2002-02-05
Publish: 2002-02-05
List Price: $14.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Wonderful & Inspirational
An eye-opening and simple look into writing erotica. I have always loved Ms. Bright's work, and found this to inspirational and quite helpful...
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2: More a generic book on writing that the title would suggest
I'm a thriller writer. Sex scenes are virtually required by the industry to give the novel some "juice". Sex scenes are about the toughest thing to write, because sexual descriptions are either too weak, too trivial, too grotesque and above all cliched. Balance is hard. I thought that Susie Bright's book might give me some useful technique in addressing these problems. Instead I found a generic writing book discussing writers block, publishers and agents, and such. Not as much on writing technique, although there are numerous very interesting writing exercises that are helpful. It wasn't quite what I was looking for, but it does give lots of encouragement to someone who is thinking about becoming an erotic writer.
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3: misleading and vague
As a male, I purchased this book because I wanted to learn how to write very good erotica instead of porn. I was very disappointed in that the material in how to write erotica was limited.
Subjects like publishing your story, finding an editor, and the history of erotica were covered well. However, I felt that these topics were better suited for another book instead of one that's supposed to teach you how to write.
A positive aspect was the writing exercises that the author proposed. They were fun to work with and gave me more insight into writing "proper" erotica.
I feel that this book is good for those people who just want to know what is involved in writing erotica. However, if you want an instructional, in-depth book on how to actually write erotica, you should look elsewhere.
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4: I actually got what I was looking for
This book was bought for me as a birthday gift. My partner bought it for the title. She was on target. if we drop our prudish attitudes and follow through on the exercises which were educational, we become comfortable with who we are allowing us to be more comfortable with our writing. What I learned is that if my story can stand with out the sex, then when I add it thats a perk for the reader. I'm not writing romance, i'm writing fiction with an Erotic twist. there is a difference, romance makes you want to get wet. Erotic fiction, gets you wet. Maybe some of you should reread the book.
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5: Title is Misleading
I bought this on a whim, I wanted a book that would help me with any romantic scenes in my own writing, something that would help me keep them from seeming canned or forced. I figured a novel about writing erotica could help. This is really not what I expected, the title is misleading. It could have been Dirty Stories: Getting past the writer's block and getting published. A third of the book is devoted to what you do once you've written your erotic novel. That's great if you already have the novel written and you're ready to get it ready to sell. If you're looking for how to write that dirty story, or that romance scene, you're out of luck. Another third of the book is getting ready to write. You get the history of erotic novels in the United States, how to find the erotica you like, and reading it aloud to get a sense of it's style and power. It also details how do you deal with your family and friends reading something you're written that's sexually explicit, and what you can do about it. This stuff is helpful, but between it and the publishing guide you're really left with very little about how to write itself. Once into the actual writing bit, Bright's exercises are helpful, but limited. She sets up the exercises and outlines the goals they should accomplish, and where to get ideas, but aside from saying that stringing together a bunch of sex scenes does not automatically make a plot and a good piece of erotica, she's pretty vague. She doesn't touch too much on characterization, and her chapter on mixing sex with other genres is disappointing as best. The book focuses solely on erotica, and not even really writing it, but getting ready to do it, and then what to do once it's written. Her publishing section can be considered useful, she doesn't sugarcoat anything, including the amount of work writers have to do, and how no one gets rich overnight in the erotica business. However, it doesn't tie into how to write a dirty story, which is the title, and should be the bulk of the book.
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