Episode 71: Let's talk about writing physical intimacy

Notes:

Fable mentions episodes from last year where we discussed creating romantic chemistry outside of physical attraction. Those episodes are:

Episode 15: How to write great romantic chemistry

Episode 16: Writing romantic chemistry part 2

The Verbivore references a lecture about “The 12 Stages of Physical Intimacy” as presented by romance author Linda Howard. In this episode, we covered stages 1 through 8. Here is the link to an article discussing that talk: https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/05/using-the-12-stages-of-physical-intimacy-to-build-tension-in-your-fiction/

Here are the physical intimacy stages 1-8:

1 - Eye to body

2 - Eye to Eye

3 - Voice to voice

4 - Hand to hand (or arm)

5 - Hand to shoulder

6 - Hand to waist or back

7 - Mouth to mouth

8 - Hand to head

The Verbivore mentions the BBC miniseries Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, but she actually meant North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. The scenes in question are between the characters Margaret Hale and John Thornton.

Books Mentioned:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Intimate Behavior: A Zoologist's Classic Study of Human Intimacy by Desmond Morris

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

Movies Mentioned:

North and South - Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe

Pride and Prejudice - Kiera Knightly and Matthew Macfadyen

Music from: https://filmmusic.io
’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)