100 Internal Conflicts for Your Romance Story
March 13, 2021
Every story must have external and internal conflict. External conflict comes from the world around your main characters, and internal conflict is rooted in your
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Top 10 Things That Are Making Readers Put Down Your Romance Novel
August 16, 2020
Table of Contents At Lyss Em Editing, the ultimate goal is reader immersion. Readers want to get lost in a story, and authors want readers
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
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