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    A to Z How to Write a Romance Book for Total Beginners
    A to Z How to Write a Romance Book for Total Beginners
    A to Z How to Write a Romance Book for Total Beginners
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    A to Z How to Write a Romance Book for Total Beginners

    By Lisa Bond

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    Writing is hard, but anyone can do it.

    It doesn't seem like it should be right? It's something that many of us have to do every day, whether it's writing an e-mail to our boss, typing up a memo, or posting on social media. A lot of our day-to-day activities involve writing. So why is it that many of us don't achieve the notoriety we're aspiring to? I don't preface this book with this statement to discourage you, but to get you in the right headspace to tackle this writing gig. 

    For many beginning writers—and this goes for all genres, not just romance—writing a novel is something akin to climbing a mountain with no training. You may have the gear but you have no idea where to start, how long this thing is going to take, and whether or not you'll fall in the process. That realization is terrifying for many new writers. 

    The seeming insurmountability of it all can lead to many writers to throw their hands up in defeat. "It's too big!" they cry, and abandon their newly bought notebooks and take that coffee to go. 

    I tell you that penning this first novel will be hard to encourage you. Just undertaking this venture is courageous in itself, and I applaud you for doing it. If you go in with the right attitude and muddle through the best you can, you'll achieve what most beginning writers never do. 

    You'll conquer the mountain. You will write a book. 

    Detailed within this book are steps to guide you to writing good fiction and some specifics on writing romance in particular. 

    Good luck readers, and happy travels ahead!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSB Books
    Release dateSep 8, 2017
    ISBN9781386842675
    A to Z How to Write a Romance Book for Total Beginners
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    Lisa Bond

    Lisa Bond lives with her husband and 4 children in Belmont, California. After 20 years in accounting, she decided to write about the little things in life that made her and her family very happy. She stopped analyzing spread sheets and profit and loss and began writing about her many hobbies such as making bath bombs, gardening, raising backyard chickens, bee keeping and many more topics in her vast collection of skill sets. Fortunately, she learned the skill of research at Smith College and she is always studying new things that help her and her family live a better life. Lisa loves sharing ideas with the world.

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      A to Z How to Write a Romance Book for Total Beginners - Lisa Bond

      Introduction

      Writing is hard, but anyone can do it.

      It doesn't seem like it should be right? It's something that many of us have to do every day, whether it's writing an e-mail to our boss, typing up a memo, or posting on social media. A lot of our day-to-day activities involve writing. So why is it that many of us don't achieve the notoriety we're aspiring to? I don't preface this book with this statement to discourage you, but to get you in the right headspace to tackle this writing gig.

      For many beginning writers—and this goes for all genres, not just romance—writing a novel is something akin to climbing a mountain with no training. You may have the gear but you have no idea where to start, how long this thing is going to take, and whether or not you'll fall in the process. That realization is terrifying for many new writers.

      The seeming insurmountability of it all can lead to many writers to throw their hands up in defeat. It's too big! they cry, and abandon their newly bought notebooks and take that coffee to go.

      I tell you that penning this first novel will be hard to encourage you. Just undertaking this venture is courageous in itself, and I applaud you for doing it. If you go in with the right attitude and muddle through the best you can, you'll achieve what most beginning writers never do.

      You'll conquer the mountain. You will write a book.

      Detailed within this book are steps to guide you to writing good fiction and some specifics on writing romance in particular.

      Good luck readers, and happy travels ahead!

      Chapter One: Research

      Research is the easiest step to writing a romance novel because it involves doing something most writers already love to do.

      Read

      That's right. The first step to being a good writer is to be a prolific reader. It sounds trite, but it is true. Reading is an absolutely essential step on your journey to writing that romance novel you've been dreaming about.

      After putting down a good book, your fingers start to itch for a pencil or a keyboard. Your mind begins popping off ideas and you feel the overwhelming need to write your story. Sadly, this feeling doesn't always last and you're left staring at an empty page a few hours later, feeling like the world's biggest idiot for believing that you could be the next big thing (believe me, we have all been there at some point.)

      It is entirely possible that you could become the next best-seller, but it takes patience. We'll touch more on that in chapter two.

      The best thing you can do for yourself during this initial research period is to read your contemporaries. Jane Austen is always worth a read, but she's not your competition. I was once given a great piece of advice at a convention during a panel on

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