How to Write Good Smut: Masterclass
Write your smutty heart out in a queer erotica writing masterclass with Orlando Silver (Director, Incision Press).
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About the Masterclass:
Orlando will take you straight into the heart of writing dirty. You will learn practical skills about tuning into your own desires to write authentic, sizzling smut. Build confidence to write with clarity and daring. You've got nothing to lose.
This Masterclass will also build your smut reading skills to create tension, keep your story lively and hold the attention of the crowd. It's not mandatory - but you will have the opportunity to share your work in a short readings session at the end of class.
Sorry, limited spots are available this time! 15 students only due to the capacity of the venue.
About Orlando Silver:
Orlando is the Director of https://incisionpress.com/, a small queer & trans press based on Dharug & Gundungurra countries in Western Sydney. He is a queer, trans smut writer.
This masterclass is an offering from Orlando's "Write Hard" writers program. This program has worked with hundreds of LGBTIQA+ students across the world since 2022 with mentorships, classes and retreats, including the much loved “Queer Smut Writers Retreat” in 2025 and the "Queer Writers Retreat" in 2026.
Orlando is the editor of “I Write the Body” and the co-editor of the anthology “Take it Outside”, and the author of “Soft Fruit”. In 2025 he was a longlist winner for the Pearl Prize, and in 2024 was awarded Highly Commended in the Outstanding Short Story Competition. In 2023 he was the winner of the Flash Fiction Competition with Aniko Press.
He holds a BA in Theatre and is a NIDA Playwrighting graduate. His new play "Soft Daddy" had a reading at the Old Fitz in 2025, after being commissioned by the Q Theatre in 2023. Orlando is the author of the plays “Unbecoming” and “Escape Velocity”, performed by Pandora’s Box Productions in 2002.
In 2025, Orlando undertook a year long residency with Peter Polites and Omar Sakr, with the organisation ‘ThinkDoTank’. He has also had residencies at Varuna House (Katoomba), and All That We Are (Tasmania). He is a Westwords Academy Alumni and has an upcoming fellowship at KSP Writers Centre (WA).
He is an ongoing Judge of the annual Outstanding Short Story Competition and was a Guest Curator for the Enqueer Festival in 2024.