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
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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
Horror Romance Blog Post Series: Tropes in Horror Romance
October 31, 2018
A trope is a well-known story convention or plot device. You can find many examples of tropes at TVTropes, a comprehensive tropes wiki. If you
Horror Romance Blog Post Series: Villain as Romantic Hero
October 1, 2018
If you’ve read the last post in this series, you may be thinking: how in the heck can a scary villain also be boyfriend (or
Horror Romance Blog Post Series: Two Types of Horror Romance
September 30, 2018
In my last blog post, I discussed the building blocks of romance story structure and how the genre of the external plot is what signifies
Horror Romance Blog Post Series: The Romance Part of Horror Romance
September 24, 2018
In 2015, I decided to stop being a bad writer. I was working as a UI/UX Designer at a soulless corporation and hating every minute
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