Columns: Tag – Sex
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Characters on the Couch
Push and pull
My story is about a couple who seem to be unable to separate, yet at the same time they seem unable to stay together ....
Writing Quips and Tips
It’s Valentine’s Week - and the characters are all having wild sex
It’s Valentine’s week again. I’ve been so busy that I hadn’t noticed it approaching. I feel like my entire contribution to the tradition has been to advise a writing course participant on the wild sex her characters have been having – which makes me feel a little like a couples counsellor.
It also requires that I keep a perfectly straight face, and resist the temptation to ask how much she drew from life.
Naturally, I am only kidding. Characters can have all kinds of sex, for all kinds of reasons that bear no relation to our real lives. But I do believe that our own response to sex and intimacy can affect the way we write about it.