Masterclass: Writing Romantic Fiction: A modern guide to writing compelling love stories of passion and desire

by Barbara Samuel

LEARN HOW TO WRITE ROMANTIC FICTION WHICH TAKES THE BREATH AWAY.Do you want to capture the share of the fastest growing market in fiction?Do you have a compelling vision for a passionate love story? Write Romantic Fiction is designed for anyone who wants to write in this genre of popular fiction, whatever their focus. It is the only book available to cover the new and increasingly diverse sub-genres in romance to give insight into how to write really good eroticism, and to show aspiring writers how to gain recognition for their work. Whether contemplating self-publishing or going the traditional route, this is a smart and completely contemporary guide to writing sellable, credible and memorable romance.ABOUT THE SERIESThe Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their story. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels, to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community at tyjustwrite, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 28, 2014

About the author

Barbara Samuel is a multiple RITA award-winning author with more than 38 books to her credit in a variety of genres. She has written historical and contemporary romances, a number of fantasy novellas with the likes of Susan Wiggs, Jo Beverley and Mary Jo Putney. She now writes women’s fiction about families, dogs, and food as Barbara O’Neal.

Her work has captured a plethora of awards, including six RITAs; the Colorado Center for the Book Award (twice); Favorite Book of the Year from Romance Writers of America, and the Library Journal’s list of Best Genre Fiction of the year, among many others.You can find a full list of all titles here.

Now living back in her hometown of Colorado Springs, Barbara writes in a study overlooking Pikes Peak, a pin that draws her home from her travels. She shares her home with Christopher Robin, a British endurance athlete, a gorgeous and lovable chow mix named Jack; a very, very old Siamese named Esmerelda; a rescued street cat who has become the fattest silver tabby on the planet, and the wonder twins, two tuxedo kittens from a local shelter, whose names have changed several times. Yes, a lot of animals.

An avid photographer, cook, and traveler, Barbara keeps a log of travels, recipes, and photos at her blog, A Writer Afoot, where she also sometimes posts writing advice. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook, but she doesn’t promise to be particularly interesting there.

Reviews

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5

Since this is a book to help guide for writing, I have not created a blog post on it. However, this was a great read and it gave a lot of helpful information for writing romance books.

I think there could have been a bit of more depth into it and dove deeper or gave some more in depth information rather than an overall view of each section. I will say that it was great that the author covered aspects of editing and publishing and what to do after your book has been published!

[Marian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this from the library, but will definitely buy it. All the workshop items are helpful for writing any book, not just romance.... this is the book I wish I had before I started writing! It will be my first writing companion from now on.

[Kate McMurray]

I picked this up at the library and thought it might be a fun refresher. The information is a little rudimentary and I think better tailored to new writers or writers new to romance, but I did find the chapter on plotting to be pretty useful.

[Paul Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little simplistic, this book is written for the complete novice. Some of the basic material concerning writing is worth review for an experienced writer, but the book (as one might expect) deals mostly with formula romance writing, as the title would indicate.

[Michelle Cornish · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent reference for anyone aspiring to write romance! As a writer wanting to get serious about writing romance, I found this book extremely helpful. Written by a successful romance author, the book includes information about getting started including examples from her own journey. There are many tips for improving your story, increasing productivity, and getting your work published. This book covers it all and I will be referring to it many times in the future!

[Shyla Colt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book that goes over writing a romance novel with broad brush strokes. It touches on everything from development, to the writing, different genres, and finally publishing. It's a fantastic book for those who are looking to write , but it has good tips for those whove been writing and are looking to sharpen their skills.

[A.M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this at the library and thought ‘why not?’ but it should have been more of a 'wow'. I mean, I read for a little while and then went and got a pen and paper and took NOTES.
Lots of notes.
5 stars

[Darlene Maynard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good on how to make your romance the best it can be.

[Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous guide with much to consider. Thanks, Barbara!