Session Date/Time:
Tuesday, February 3rd at 6:00 PM ET
BDSM has obvious allure, but media often gets it wrong (making experienced kinksters cringe). Sure, kink titillates with taboo, perhaps showing characters are dark, edgy, risk-takers. But BDSM isn’t just for leather-clad dungeon goers. Part of what’s sexy about kink is that it’s a way to experiment with new things. And kink presents some wonderful tools for playing with vulnerability and enhancing intimacy and connection.
In this class we’ll cover the basics of writing about kink & BDSM, from choosing terms and language to showing character development from the dungeon to the bedroom. And because BDSM is a vast playground, this class will give an overview of common kinks from impact to bondage and beyond. We’ll also discuss safety, consent, and negotiation as elements you may want to work into your stories.
Writing from personal experience is valuable, but you can’t try everything. So we’ll also cover ways to research communities and activities you may not be familiar with.
Meet Stella Harris:
Stella is a certified intimacy educator, sex coach, and author with over a decade of experience teaching workshops on sex, kink, and relationships.
Her expertise has been featured on podcasts, in news segments about sex education, and even in court as an expert witness.
Stella is the author of Tongue Tied: Untangling Communication in Sex, Kink, and Relationships and The Ultimate Guide to Threesomes. Her short stories have been published in anthologies like Best Women’s Erotica and The Big Book of Bondage.
