Romance: How to Write a Romantic Novel By: Paul Tomlinson

Author: Paul Tomlinson

From Meet Cute to Happy Ever After
Romance is the top-selling genre of fiction, but how do you write a romance novel? To write a successful romance novel you need to know the conventions (or tropes) of the genre – what elements need to be in the story and what sort of plot structure readers expect. You could spend a long time studying different romance sub-genres to learn all of this – but you don’t have to, because this book gives you all the details you need. In this book you will learn what to write, why particular tropes are important to readers, and how to include them in your stories. Examples and prompts are given to help you create your own story elements and the eight-sequence structure helps you put it all together so you have all the right parts in the right places.

Note that this is not a ‘beginner’s guide’ – it assumes some knowledge of writing. Nor is it a quick read – it’s a big book!