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Writing prompt #22: SEX SCENES

Writing prompt #22: SEX SCENES

An example from García Marquez's LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA

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Cristina Garcia
Jun 03, 2021
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Hi Everyone,

I started this prompt several times before simply getting down to the basic truth about writing a good sex scene—namely, that sex is an extension of character. Yes, as in speech patterns, or how someone acts out early trauma, or their abiding love for chihuahuas (throwing myself in here).

Anyway, one of my all-time favorite sex scenes can be …

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