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50 Romance Writing Prompts

September 11, 2020

For many writers, myself included, coming up with an idea for their next romance novel can be difficult. Looking for inspiration can feel like waiting

Romance Writing Simplified: Love Interest = Antagonist

February 26, 2020

Many people have the misconception that antagonist and villain are synonyms, but the function of an antagonist is not to be evil. Instead, the antagonist

Romance Writing Simplified: Writing Sexual Tension

February 25, 2020

If you write romance with heat, sexual tension is an essential story element for creating suspense and excitement in the reader. To create sexual tension,

Romance Writing Simplified: Character Motivation Comes from Backstory

February 24, 2020

Most story problems, in my experience, come down to a lack of effective character motivation. Oftentimes authors (I’ve been guilty of this myself) will make

Romance Writing Simplified: Conflict in Romance Stories

February 23, 2020

Each Romance Writing Daily Tips post features a few hundred words on one aspect of romance writing with the goal of presenting these complex ideas

How to Write a Romance Novel: The Idea

February 16, 2020

A lot of people (including myself) will tell you that story ideas don’t really matter. There are no original ideas, after all. And while this

A Romance Novel Outline Template

May 20, 2019

In a previous blog post, I discussed the six essential plot points and one optional plot point that readers expect to see in a romance

10 Sexy Character Traits for Your Romance Heroes and Heroines

May 13, 2019

In a romance, your reader has to fall in love with your characters. It helps if at least one of those characters—usually the more dominant

How to Write Interrupted Dialogue

May 6, 2019

As a writer, I love dialogue. As an editor… Well, my feelings are a little less fuzzy, especially when it comes to interrupted dialogue. When I

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