Writing Group Thread: Writing Desire

This is a weekly discussion thread for Writing Club subscribers. You can read more about the difference between this program and a regular paid subscription here and you can see what we’ve been up to here.

Reminder, too, that I’m teaching my class, Labors of Love: Writing with Silvia Federici, at Hugo House in a few weeks. Sign up now if you’re interested— we start March 4.

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There has been A LOT of discussion about desire and sex and love and other forms of wanting lately. Later this week, I’ll share some thoughts on what I think this means for women’s writing, especially memoir, and a syllabus on this topic for Writing Club subscribers (and a writing prompt!).

But for our discussion this week: How do you write through or about desire in your own work? On a craft level, how do you write desire—such as what characters want?