Crafting Category Romance
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Crafting Category Romance

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Crafting Category Romance

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About This Book

Category romance is a precise art. With such a small word count, writing the perfect category romance is a little like writing a haiku. But how do you write a book in seventeen syllables? How can you cram compelling conflict, satisfying character development, and toe-curling romantic tension into less than sixty thousand words?

In Crafting Category Romance, two-time RITA™-nominated author of nearly one hundred books Amy Lane describes the rules of engagement, traps to watch out for, and how to leverage common tropes to create conflict, craft a character, develop a plot, and leave readers with a happy ever after that's different every time—all in a tidy package. With practical exercises in plot, conflict, and character development, Crafting Category Romance will teach you how to use the rigid rules and expectations of the genre to your advantage and win a loyal readership following for life.

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Publisher
DSP Creatives
Year
2020
ISBN
9781644058060
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Authorship
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Crafting Category Romance
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Foreword
  6. Author’s Note—Amy’s Nostalgia Lane
  7. A Word About the Notebook
  8. Chapter 1: Fiction Haiku—How to Stage an Opera in a Phone Booth
  9. Chapter 2: Character—The People on Romance Lane
  10. Chapter 3: Conflict—Not Just a Glitch in Your Schedule
  11. Chapter 4: Plot Tropes—The Train that Keeps on Coming
  12. Chapter 5: Intimacy—Not Every Climax Needs a Condom
  13. Chapter 6: Guidelines—Play By Those Rules
  14. Chapter 7: Nope Tropes—Giving Love a Bad Name
  15. Chapter 8: Treasure—Taking Out the Trashy
  16. Appendix A: Occupations and Hobbies
  17. Appendix B: Narrative Tropes
  18. Appendix C: The Exercises in Brief
  19. Peel Back the Foil
  20. The Grammar of Characters Speaking
  21. Tropetastic Character Math
  22. Mapping Character Conflicts
  23. Moment Modeling Exercise A
  24. Moment Modeling Exercise B
  25. Appendix D: Some Casual Recs
  26. Advance praise for Amy Lane’s Crafting Category Romance
  27. About the Author
  28. Author's Note
  29. Copyright Page