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Love Stories: Writing a Romance Novella
Love Stories: Writing a Romance Novella
Love Stories: Writing a Romance Novella
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A writing skills reference book from the author of Romance In a Month:

Romance Writers, do you want to:
Keep your name in front of your readers with more releases and titles?
Learn why you should write shorter in order to write quicker?
Meet and exceed your yearly writing goals?
Participate in multi-author boxed sets for increased visibility and profit?
Claim your fair share of your reader's attention span in today's tsunami of books by producing a series of novellas or episodic serials?
Make more money while writing less?

If you do, you must master the art of writing shorter works while still providing your readers that great experience of your personal brand of storytelling and character voice.

This book teaches you how to write an effective and engaging romance novella in a few short weeks. Learn the seven milestones that every novella must have, the difference between a novella and a novel, and how to condense a plotline from novel-length to novella.

Includes a step-by-step method, a schedule, tips and tricks, as well as pitfalls to avoid. You will be able to consistently create high quality stories that will entertain and enrich your readers and jumpstart your career to greater heights.

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Other Writing Books by Rachelle Ayala
- Dangerous Love: Writing Romantic Suspense
- Writing Asian Romance Characters
- 366 Ways to Know Your Character
- Romance in a Month

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 15, 2017
ISBN9781386362296
Love Stories: Writing a Romance Novella
Author

Rachelle Ayala

Rachelle Ayala is an award-winning USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. She writes emotionally challenging stories but believes in the power of love and hope. Her book, Knowing Vera, won the 2015 Angie Ovation Award, and A Father for Christmas garnered a 2015 Readers' Favorite Gold Award. Christmas Stray was awarded the 2016 Readers' Favorite Gold Award and A Pet for Christmas had an Honorable Mention. In 2017, Playing for the Save received the Readers' Favorite Gold Award for Realistic Fiction. Sign up for her NEWSLETTER to get a FREE surprise book and her latest book news! http://smarturl.it/RachAyala Visit her Reader's Guide at http://rachelleayala.net/books/ or contact her at http://smarturl.it/ContactRachelle Join her STREET TEAM https://www.facebook.com/groups/ClubRachelleAyala/

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    Dedication

    The writers in my Romance In A Month group. Thank you for sharing your romance writing experiences with me.

    Table of Contents

    Preface

    What is a Novella?

    Why Write a Novella?

    Write Shorter

    The Market for Romance Novellas

    The Way Things Were

    The Way Things Are

    Multi-Author Boxed Sets

    Who Am I?

    Novella Structure

    How to Approach Writing a Novella

    Seven Story Markers

    The Hook

    The Inciting Incident

    Lock-In

    The Reversal

    The Dark Moment

    Climax

    Resolution

    Tips for Effective Novellas

    Limit Subplots

    Limit Locations

    Tighter Timeframes

    Fewer Characters

    Deep Motivation

    Let it be a Novel

    Novella Genres

    Romance Tropes Suited for Novellas

    Writing a Novella in Two Weeks

    Day 1

    Day 2

    Day 3

    Day 4

    Day 5

    Day 6

    Day 7

    Day 8

    Day 9

    Day 10

    Day 11

    Day 12

    Day 13

    Day 14

    Case Study (Christmas Stray)

    The key points

    Step-by-Step Guide

    What is a Novella?

    The Novella Form

    Neither Here Nor There

    Exercise #1

    Novella Opportunities

    Writing Short Doesn’t Mean Bad Writing

    Exercise #2

    A Model Novella

    A Novel to a Movie == Novella

    Compact Storyline Starter

    Character Definition

    Exercise #3

    Seven Story Milestones

    The Hook

    Hook Depends on Genre

    Exercise #4

    Romance First Page

    Hero and Heroine on First Page Pros

    Hero and Heroine on First Page Cons

    First Meet – Inciting Incident

    Exercise #5

    Reaction to First Meet

    Exercise #6

    Fun and Games

    The Lock-in and Core Conflict

    Exercise #7

    Raise Emotional Stakes

    Exercise #8

    Help I’m in Love - Midpoint

    Exercise #9

    Foreshadow Dark Moment

    Show Basis for True Love

    Exercise #10

    Dark Moment

    Reeling and Recovering

    Grand Romantic Moment – The Climax

    Resolution or Epilogue

    Novella Writing Schedule

    Novella Markers (Part 1)

    Novella Markers (Part 2)

    Perfect Novella Tropes

    Difficult Novella Tropes

    Neutral Novella Tropes

    Pitfalls of Romance Novella

    Questions?

    Publishing Your Novella

    Pitfalls of Writing a Novella

    Last Word

    Resources

    About the Author

    Dangerous Love: Writing Romantic Suspense

    Excerpt - The Protector Plot Type

    Writing Books by Rachelle

    Romance In A Month: Guide to Writing A Romance in Thirty Days

    366 Ways to Know Your Character: A Romance In A Month Writing Workbook

    Love Stories: Writing A Romance Novella in Thirty Days or Less: A Romance In A Month How-To Book

    Writing Asian Romance Characters

    Dangerous Love: Writing Romantic Suspense

    Rachelle Ayala loves to teach and inspire. She has been a professor at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY and Elizabeth Seton College in Yonkers, NY. She has a Ph.D. from Cornell University and is the leader of the Romance In A Month writer's group. She's given webinars for the Florida Writers Association as well as the California Writers Club.

    Her book, Knowing Vera, won the 2015 Angie Ovation Award, and A Father for Christmas garnered a 2015 Readers’ Favorite Gold Award.

    Preface

    Romance Writers, do you want to:

    Keep your name in front of your readers with more releases and titles?

    Learn why you should write shorter in order to write quicker?

    Meet and exceed your yearly writing goals?

    Participate in multi-author boxed sets for increased visibility and profit?

    Claim your fair share of your reader’s attention span among today’s tsunami of information by producing a series of novellas or episodic serials?

    Make more money while writing less?

    If you do, you must master the art of writing shorter works while still providing your readers that great experience of your personal brand of storytelling and character voice.

    In today’s ebook market, visibility is enhanced by always having something new in front of readers. After a reader closes your book, there are literally millions of offerings competing for her attention: books by other authors, video games, apps, movie clips, social media, chats and forums, and online parties.

    The very best time for you to grab a reader and hold her attention is to have another story for her to read right away while she’s still basking in the afterglow of the story she just finished.

    It’s really a no-brainer.

    You either have a tremendous backlist like Nora Roberts or Stephen King, or you must build one quickly and effectively.

    Writing novellas will do that for you. Trust me.

    In today’s attention deficit world of instant messages and news bites, you as a writer will need to figure out how to write compelling novellas that will keep readers coming back for more.

    You will build your author platform faster, gain more fans, and make more money. Who doesn’t want to do that?

    In this book, I’m going to show all the ways to leverage your novellas to gain market share and increase your visibility with readers. I will also show you how to write an effective and engaging romance novella in a few short weeks. Learn the seven milestones that every novella

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