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How To Write Shop

Articles on the craft and business of writing

Author: Bobbi Dumas

So you want to write a romance novel?

November 19, 2010 by Bobbi Dumas 1 Comment
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So you want to write a romance novel? Do you know what that means? Very briefly, a romance focuses on the central story of two people falling in love, and the challenges they encounter trying to make the relationship work.  It also means the story will end with the understanding that these two characters will wind … [Read more…]

Posted in: Finding Writing Markets, Romance, Writing Business Tagged: get published, romance

(Romance) Writing 101 or How to Write a Romance…or any Novel

October 15, 2010 by Bobbi Dumas 1 Comment

by Bobbi Dumas (Bobbi Dumas is a regular columnist at The How To Write Shop, covering the romance beat. This is her first post.) While this regular post will be about all things romance (from a writing perspective), I wanted to start out with a simple overview of some things that might help you get started. A … [Read more…]

Posted in: Inspiration Tagged: creative writing, critique group, fiction, how to write, NaNoWriMo, novels, romance, writing groups
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