I have a novel idea that I’m working on that has no particular niche yet.its just an interesting narrative at this point.when I was planning everything out I noticed that even though the relationships wasn’t the center focus of the plot it played a major part in the story and the developement of my charecter.I was thinking it wouldn’t be to hard to convert the story into a romance,especially since I’m kind of just practicing my writing exploring different styles to find my strengths and weaknesses.what I want to know is what are some of the do’s and donts of writing a romance and what are some tips you have.
Can you have a romance that’s about multiple successful and failed relationships or does it have to focus on one main love interest?please help with anything you can.thanks.
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Anybody Have Any Tips On Writing A Romance Novel?
Posted on September 11, 2012.
There are rules in writing but since writing is a creative venue, a rule can be broken if it needs to be.
I only rule I follow is – everything must make sense to the reader.
If this is your first foray into storytelling, I suggest you don’t bring in so many elements. Stick to one main plot and maybe a sub plot.
Well, generally there is failed relationships from the past in romances, however it’s one relationship and by the end of the book, it’s supposed to be successful.
BUT that doesn’t mean your story doesn’t work; it sounds like you have another genre. If the protagonist is female – you have chick-lit (okay, technically it’s called women’s lit. lol) If it’s a person’s life, it could be a saga or epic. (Those two aren’t the same thing.) If worse comes to worse and you can’t name your genre, then there’s a name for that too – mainstream. Don’t change the story to fit the story, find the genre the story fits into.
Sometimes that in itself is hard enough. for instance, mine doesn’t fit any genre neatly, fortunately a new subgenre has popped up in the last decade or two that my tale fits into – urban fantasy. Even there, it doesn’t fit easily. “Urban fantasy” is often code for vamps, werewolves, or zombies. Mine is a tale of stuffed animals living on thier own. lol