Writing in a series is the best way to keep readers hooked. Especially romance readers. Readers love revisiting the same worlds, seeing characters they know and love from other books, and watching secondary characters from previous books get their own HEAs. ...
Have you ever imagined you book as a movie? You’re not alone. For many writers, turning their book into a script–and then a movie–is a dream. After all, how hard can it be? We’re authors. We know story. But writing for film is very...
Unless your story starts in utero, your character has a backstory. You can mine it for dramatic power. Our characters grew out of their backstories. It’s their pain and motivation. Their whys and hows. It explains everything. The bad news is, it can kill...
Passion & desire are key components of many romance novels. They’re vital elements of change in other genres as well. But how do you make desire supercharged, so the reader is feeling it too? And how do you make passion a part of the character’s...
‘Pace’ doesn’t (necessarily) mean fast. But writers hear so much advice telling us to ‘open with action’ and ‘keep the pace moving,’ it sure seems that way. While different genres have different reader expectations...
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