Writing the Sex Scene: Nothing Throbbing, Nothing Turgid

by
Beth Ann Fennelly
From the January/February 2014 issue of
Poets & Writers Magazine
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One of the most difficult scenes to write in fiction—and as such, one that gets tackled less and less—is the sex scene. Beth Ann Fennelly, a poet who recently cowrote her first novel with her husband, gets down and dirty to find out why.