Writing a romantic novel for dummies /
Victorine Lieske.
- second edition
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2023.
- xiv, 368 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes Index.
Chapter 1: Romance Writing at a Glance -- Chapter 2: Romancing the Marketplace: Identifying Your Options -- Chapter 3: Setting Up for Writing Success -- Chapter 4: Creating Compelling Main Characters: Alpha Males and Fiery Females -- Chapter 5: Crucial Ingredients For Every Plot: Conflict, Climax, and Resolution -- Chapter 6: Setting the Scene -- Chapter 7 Outlining versus Discovery Writing -- Chapter 8: Finding Your Own Voice -- Chapter 9: Letting Your Characters Speak -- Chapter 10: Pacing : The secrets of Writing a Page-Turning Romance -- Chapter 11: Taking It All Off: Writing Love Scenes -- Chapter 12: Starting and Stopping -- Chapter 13: Getting Your Story Straight : Doing Research -- Chapter 14: Neatness Counts and So Does Grammar -- Chapter 15: Choosing Your Publishing Path -- Chapter 16: Finding Success in Indie Publishing -- Chapter 17: Selling Your Manuscript : Traditional Publishing -- Chapter 18: Handling Rejection -- Chapter 19: Ten Tropes Every Editor Knows and Why They Still Work -- Chapter 20 : Ten Tips for Coming up with a Successful Title -- Chapter 21: Ten Tips for Avoiding Common Writing Mistakes -- Chapter 22: Ten Questions Every Romance Writer Needs to Ask Herself -- Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Beat Writer's Block.