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Ten Tips When Writing Romance Fiction

How to write enticing romance fiction

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· Writing romance fiction · Tips when writing romance fiction

Writing romance fiction

Writing romance is the biggest genre in fiction these days. Writing romantic fiction is not as easy as it seems. You do need to keep the reader enticed all the way through your novel. It is not enough just to write the romance without something else going on in the story. So, what else should you add when writing romance fiction?

Tips when writing romance fiction

  1. Give the romance an emotional edge to it. Start the romance slowly with your hero and heroine. Keep the reader on edge by nipping in some casual kissing or touching to start with. Don’t let the couple get too close too quickly.
  2. Once the couple is in love, bring in some conflict. For instance, let the heroine find out something about her hero whom she is now in love with. Perhaps, he hasn’t told her about someone he is still seeing, or maybe he is still married or engaged, but he has been trying to break it off and he hasn’t gotten around to explaining that fact yet to his heroine.
  3. Add a plot within a plot. The plot of your story may be romantic but there has to be some other plot to entice the reader further. For instance, when I wrote my romance novel, I added another running plot where the heroine was kidnapped by someone who claimed to know the hero but had pretended to be dead. You could have a storyline leading up to this event with certain things happening along the way. Your romance could be part of your crime novel or your sci-fi or horror story which has an extra running plot in the story. Plots and conflict are what is needed for the romance story in order to make it enticing enough for the reader to want to continue reading.
  4. Give your hero a hobby. For instance, perhaps, he plays the piano or the guitar or maybe he is athletic and loves working out in the gym.
  5. Give your heroine a hobby too. Perhaps, she loves running or she loves art and painting. She may even love going to a book club. Give your character something interesting to do.
  6. Give your hero and heroine something they love to eat or drink like comfort food. Perhaps, it’s chocolate, wine, or coffee. Whatever it is it will make your character stand out.
  7. Give your hero and heroine a trait. Perhaps, the hero is courageous or strong and the heroine is smart and mentally shrewd, prompt and neat in their appearance, or slim and sophisticated.
  8. Bring in another male or female character that might have a thing for the hero or heroine and it makes the hero or heroine jealous.
  9. Set your romance novel in a place that is familiar to you. Let it be a romantic spot that readers would familiarize themselves with. For example, I set my romance novel in Cyprus which is known for being the island of love. It doesn’t have to be in a foreign country but somewhere that’s romantic or even a spot that the couple has mutual emotional feelings for like a place where they first met or a place they love visiting.
  10. Write deep sensational romantic scenes that will entice your reader. Show your hero and heroine’s feelings clearly with action and not by telling them what the heroine is thinking. Nip in a feeling here and there but do not overdo it. Make the scene explosive by using romantic endearments and words in dialogue.

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