How
To Write A
Romance Novel
Consider first that your
romance novel audience is mostly women. And they are the ones you'll
be writing to. Women are emotional beings and this will figure largely
in your romance novel. Your audience wants it identify with your characters
and feel an involvement with them.
If you've done any freewriting
now is the time to develop a plot or a theme from those writings.
Write down all your ideas for characters, events, and places. On indexcards
flesh out your characters, tell about their hair color, eye color,
build, education, job, hobbies. The more you know about your actors,
the more believable they will be. Select a time frame and location.
What do you want to write:
mystery, historical, fantasy, or ethnic romance novels? Make that
decision and then research the market and write to sell in that market.
Study book covers, themes, and plots. What do the best sellers look
like? Don't reinvent the wheel.
In the first few pages you must create intense interest. Book publishers
and readers usually will not go much farther than the opening paragraphs.
That old phrase,"if only I had known" did its job at providing
suspense and interest. Can you think of an equally attention getting
phrase? Of course you can!
Now, create your main character
and endow them with human qualities. No one is perfect and they shouldn't
be either. Let their faults show. Fill out their indexcard with all
the details of a living human being. Perhaps you can base your character
on someone you know. Just be careful not to be too blatant in your
descriptions.
All characters must have
a reason for being there. They should add something to the story.
It may not be significant but they must help move the story along.
And allow lots of dialog.
Let your characters speak as they would in real life.
The main components
to a romance novel are:
Interest = This is the boy/girl thing
Conflict = This is where they butt heads
Resolution = This is where all problems are resolved and they live
happily ever after.
Yes... give them a happy
ending!
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