Welcome to:

Rising Action: Writing Sex

with Tina Horn

An AORTAlive Workshop

Zoom link sent out morning-of / Class starts at 12pm EST
**Recording available for 7 days after the class**

Sexuality is a vital aspect of human life, from desire to pleasure, romance to tragedy, politics to power. Yet sex in literature is often treated as an inappropriate obscenity, or worse: cringe!

In defiance of this, join Tina Horn for a combination lecture & workshop on how to use sex to be joyful, horny, and heartbreaking in your writing, whether you’re working on creative fiction, journalism, memoir, entertainment, or simply journaling and letter writing in your personal life.

Learn to enjoy the juicy dramatic potential of bodies, methods for illustrating the symbolic potential of fetishes, and how to develop an erotic prose style all your own. Mystery, world building, concrete detail, abstraction, aesthetics, story structure, character arcs and archetypes, tease and denial, irony, and yup, even penetrating puns are all in play for this one-of-a-kind craft class.

The workshop will include a craft lecture from Tina, followed by collaborative exercises where attendees will have a chance to write from an AORTA-produced hardcore prompt and workshop one another’s work. You’ll learn techniques to bring to future projects, get recommendations of great sex writing, and have a chance to participate in a live Q&A. We’ll discuss how to draw from your own experiences, how to use your imagination to experiment, and how to value the erotic elements of your creative life.

Tina’s background ranges from BDSM porn to a Masters in Creative Nonfiction, from zine-making to mainstream political journalism, from university lectures to podcasts and sci-fi comics. Join AORTA films and Tina for this unique opportunity to gush all over that blank page!

Open to all 18+

About your Presenters:

Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and consultant. She is the author of Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink, based on her indie fetish podcast. Tina is the writer/creator of the sci-fi comic book series Safe Sex (SfSx), and the cult detective thriller Deprog. Her journalism on sexual subcultures has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wondery’s Operator podcast, and elsewhere, along with numerous anthologies including We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, which she also coedited. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, an AVN nominee, and the recipient of two Feminist Porn Awards.

About AORTA films:

AORTA films champions queer and trans indie p()rn to create a future of ethical fuckery. An internationally award-winning studio currently celebrating their tenth year, AORTA films has been making “lusty, opulent, ethical fuckery” since 2015. Centering queer performers across a wide range of bodies and identities, AORTA films offers inventive explicit programming including 90+ short & feature films, a queer clip library, a semi-annual film festival, a guest artist series, commercial work, workshops, and more. This year, to celebrate their 10th year AORTA films launched AORTAlive, a home for live digital adult programing featuring online events including workshops, artist talks, performances, panels, and more. In addition to their site membership, all members of AORTA films get $10 tickets to all AORTAlive events. Not a member yet? See for yourself at www.AORTAfilms.com.

Tickets:

• $10 for Members of AORTA films (not a member yet? Fix that here!)
  Existing AORTA films Members, please find your ticket passcode in the member portal of AORTA's website.
   
• $20 Regular Ticket
   
• $30 Redistriubtion Ticket
   
  • What's a Redistribution Ticket?
    Making "lusty opulent ethical fuckery" available to everyone is important to us! If you're able to buy a ticket at the redistribution rate, it helps us give comps & discounts to those who need them to be able to attend while keeping our small business sustainable! 
    
    Please consider purchasing a ticket at this rate if you: benefit from race, class, ability, or gender privilege, have access to generational wealth, are able to travel and/or spend money recreationally, have savings, retirement accounts, or investments, own your own home or can comfortably afford rent, work part time or are unemployed by choice.
     
  • Can't afford a ticket, but want to attend? 
    Send us an email at AORTAlive@AORTAfilms.com! 
     

Additional Info:

• This event will be held live on zoom
• Ticket Sales end the night before the event, at 11:59pm EST on Saturday, May 3rd
• We will send the event zoom link to all ticket holders the morning of the event
• All attendees who purchase tickets will recieve a link to stream the event recording one day after the workshop, which will be good for the next 7 days.
• This recording will not be available for purchase after the fact - if you'd like to access it, please buy a ticket now!
• Attendees are welcome to attend the event with their camera on or off; at the begining of the event we'll detail guidelines for audience participation
• If you have any questions, please email AORTAlive@AORTAfilms.com

The presenters leading AORTA films’s events are curated for their skills and knowledge, however, the views and opinions of these educators does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of AORTA FILMS, LLC. and this collaboration does not imply endorsement of any views expressed by the presenters.