3 First-Chapter Red Flags: How I Know Your Romance Novel Needs Developmental Editing
May 20, 2026
Table of Contents As a freelance romance editor since 2018, I’ve critiqued about a bajillion opening chapters as free sample edits. By now, from
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How to Come Up with a Romance Novel Idea for NaNoWriMo
October 20, 2023
Table of Contents NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is an annual challenge to write a novel during the month of November. Its “winning” word
100 Internal Conflicts for Your Romance Story
March 13, 2021
Table of Contents Every story must have external and internal conflict. External conflict comes from the world around your main characters, and internal conflict is
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: Conflict in Romance Stories
February 23, 2020
Every story, regardless of genre, needs conflict. And this conflict must be relatable and believable to readers or the story falls apart. Romance readers in
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