These are my five top tips for writing a romance that’ll satisfy the lovers and the foodies.1. Consider the Main Characters’ Professions Just about everyone I’ve ever met enjoys food. Even my friends who don’t love to cook enjoy a good meal. I mention this to say: If...
Writing Habits and Practices 5 Tips on Pursuing Your... Author and editor Caroline Wolff shares her top five tips on pursuing your writing while holding down a 9-to-5 job. By Caroline WolffDec 18, 2024 Romance Kathleen Fuller: It’s Always Fun... ...
One of the first things to understand about young adult is that it is not a genre. It’s actually an audience, just like adult books are referring to the audience. A book written for young adults will fall into one of many genres, such as romance, fantasy, or thriller. Thinking of it...
If you don’t think about the audience you’re writing for, you’re more likely to make clashing choices that will end up alienating everyone. Putting fluffy scenes and edgy scenes in the same book will not go over well. A work with a queer romance and conservative messaging will be a ...
When writing a book, a scene is a useful structuring and guiding unit to focus on. We already discussed how you canuse the Scene Builder on Now Novel to organize scenes. In our webinar 'Hooking the Reader: Crafting a page-turning opening chapter', Romy shared the following tips for starti...
nights you and your long-term partner have had together, there’s something that keeps you tuning in for more. But just as individuals age and change over time, the same goes for your sex life: What turned you on when you first made it Facebook official might not be the same for you...
Understandingthe beats and progression of character arccan be extremely helpful in writing a powerful and fresh romance. For Example:L.J. Shen often writes grittily about characters suffering the effects of trauma. InPlaying With Fire, both leads arc dramatically via their relationships with each ...
Licking the Cat and Other Writing Tips Poor cat had a midnight deadline—had to hit the hootch hard afterwards Scuttlebutt had it that Barbara Cartland, the doyenne of romance writers, did much of her early writing at the piano, stark naked. However that strains credibility, everyone’s heard...
I did think about writing romance novels again, and my eldest daughter said to me, 'Mom, all you watch is crime' [...] For some reason my go-to comfort series is always the BBC adaptations of Agatha Christie'sMiss Marplebooks. And just something about that historical era, the beautiful...
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