Whether we like to admit it, or not, we’ve all fallen prey to a book boyfriend (or girlfriend) or two. And there are many of these characters, especially in romance, that are described as ‘extremely attractive’, ‘well built’, or my favourite, ‘hubba-hubba’ – I could go on, but I won’t. The point is, that it seems for a romance to survive the mainstream market, the main protagonists need to fit the general bill of what it means to be attractive – visually perfect. Just have a look at the Disney cartoons, for example. Mainstream loves perfection. But do we need … Read More
How to Build a Romance Thread that Leaves an Emotional Impact
A to Z of Writing Romance – Beats When I started writing romance, I was totally confused with how to plot one. Sure, I’ve read a few and I had a bit of an idea that girl meets boy, they like each other, there’s conflict, they get over it and happy ending. But, there are so many other elements, that I often get lost, throw my hands in the air and give up. Then I discovered the theory of story beats, and haven’t really looked back. What is a beat? A term coined by screenwriters, beats are what novel writers like to call … … Read More
Rules of Attraction – How to build attraction between two characters
Welcome to the first post in my romance writing from A to Z series. To kick us off, I’m tackling something that every single romance or love story has to have – attraction. From Fifty Shades of Grey to Pride and Prejudice, there’s so many different levels of attraction that it’s hard to know which one suits the story you’re about to write. I’ve spent some time scouring the web for information and this is what I’ve come up with. I’ve even put it into a handy downloadable worksheet for you to workshop your characters’ attraction. What is attraction? For the purpose … Read More
Book Review – Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty
This book starts off with a bang. Well, actually, it’s almost like a gunshot going off and you see the bullet wound, but you don’t see the gun, hear the shot, or in fact even know it was a gunshot at all. You see the metaphoric blood seeping and are left wondering for three-quarters of the book, what on earth caused it? There was a barbecue, you see, and something terrible happened. But what? All we know is that it’s thrown the lives of three very different couples and their families into disarray. You’ve got Erika and Oliver, the seemingly stuffy accountants. The … Read More
How to Write Romance – from A to Z
I remember when I first decided to put a romance thread in my story. I got so confused that I almost didn’t do it at all. But I knew that for a story to be satisfying to me, I needed a romance thread otherwise I didn’t enjoy them. So why should I not write them? Then I found the RWA website and realised that there’s a whole community out there to help me. You don’t have to be a full-fledged romance writer, you can write in other genres with romantic elements. I’ve learned a lot over the last year, and … Read More
June 07, 2016 at 05:23PM
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June 07, 2016 at 03:19PM
Such a wide variety of #pink #books in this post. All of them five star reads for different reasons. Especially #AliceinWonderland – A character I would like to steal away with me. #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #sammyreadsjune16 #dawntoduskjune #booklovershowlingjune from Instagram: http://ift.tt/1t4olqY
Read the review for Robin Lockslay
from Instagram: http://ift.tt/1UsXtXK Repost from @loutop1a – Check out my review of #RobinLockslay by Lana Pecherczyk @lansi – a fun, flirty gender twist on Robin Hood as you’ve never seen her! http://ift.tt/25IeXLr