Writing With Sensuality

As a poet and novelist, I've been exploring the sensual and the erotic for a number of years and would like to support other writers to develop this aspect of their practice. Using my unique approach, including neuroscience, coaching and sex therapy principles, you'll understand how to write in a way that connects more directly with your reader, and explore how to get into a mindset that connects with your own sensuality for an enhanced writing experience. The session will include a mixture of instruction, group discussion and writing practice, as well as the sensory exploration of food and drink and texture. It's going to be a sensual experience in itself...

Note:
- this is a safe space for creative exploration, so no one will be forced to share their work and there will be no critiquing
- over 16s only, as we will be sharing and creating examples of erotic and sensual writing
- this is a welcoming space to LGBTQ+ writers in which to express all types of sensuality and sexuality
- please come with an open mind and a willingness to explore
- wine and snacks are provided as part of the fee, as well as non-alcoholic options.

Your tutor:
Dr Tracy Heather Johnson holds a PhD in English Literature and has been teaching since 1997 across a range of areas, including critical thinking and creative practice. She has been a coach for over 20 years and holds a specialist certification in coaching for sex therapy. Her debut novel was long listed for the Mslexia Novel Competition 2025, and she was shortlisted for the CAS Short Fiction Award 2022. Her work on sex and the erotic has been published in Folly Journal, LOFT, The Horizon Magazine, Moan Zine, Lip Service, Lit Angels & Monstrous Flesh.

Her academic work on sexuality and horror has been published in Gothic Studies and Dead Pretty: Beauty in the Horror Genre, and she has also interviewed music legends about their creative processes, including Geoff Barrow, Grian Chatten (Fontaines DC) and Gareth Jones. Her work on fetish and kink is held in the UK Fetish Archive at the Bishopsgate Institute, London, and you can buy her poetry pamphlet, The Second Skin Series, from East Bristol Books.