Romance Beats vs. 12 Stages of Intimacy
A reader asked how we’d place the 12 Stages on Intimacy on a beat sheet for the best pacing. Can we mesh the 12 Stages with romance beats in a story?
Pin ItHow Is Our Protagonist Challenged to Improve? (& a Worksheet!)
In our story, something makes our protagonist change and progress in their internal journey. But what’s that something? What triggers them to grow?
Pin ItGet a Sneak Peek of My New Romance Workshop!
Get a free sneak peek at my new workshop on the Romance Beat Sheet at the Romance Writers Summit, an online event of writing craft advice.
Pin ItWatching Out for Redundancy in Our Story
Let’s say this only once: Repetition and redundancy in our writing is a problem, but we can learn how to avoid the issue.
Pin ItHow to Get Expert Writing Advice…for Free!
The Romance Writers Summit gives writers—especially those who write romance—expert advice with the keys to write powerful fiction. All for free!
Pin ItBackstory: Avoid Info Dumping by Making It Essential: Part 5 — Guest: Kris Kennedy
Once we know what our character’s backstory makes them think they could never do, we know how to show their path of change and growth over the story.
Pin ItBackstory: Avoid Info Dumping by Making It Essential: Part 4 — Guest: Kris Kennedy
A character’s backstory reveals what they thought they could never do, which gives us ideas for our plot and making them face their fears.
Pin ItBuilding a Story: Chapters vs. Scenes
There’s no wrong way to get to “The End” when drafting our book. That includes how some think about chapters as they write and some think about scenes.
Pin ItBackstory: Avoid Info Dumping by Making It Essential: Part 3 — Guest: Kris Kennedy
A character’s backstory can be mined to add more emotion to our stories, such as by layering how their backstory’s defining moment affected them.
Pin ItHow Can We Make Our Story’s Conflict Stronger?
It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, and this time we’re talking about the obstacles preventing change.
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