Love Stories: Writing a Romance Novella in Thirty Days or Less

by Rachelle Ayala

Romance Writers, do you want 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. 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

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

ebook

Published December 10, 2015

About the author

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, her book about a single mother with an autistic son, Playing for the Save, won the 2017 Readers' Favorite Gold Award for Realistic Fiction.

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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Broken Build
Hidden Under Her Heart
Knowing Vera

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Taming Romeo
Claiming Carlos
Whole Latte Love
The Remingtons: Leap, Laugh, Love
The Remingtons: Blush of Love
Bad Boys for Hire: Ryker
Bad Boys for Hire: Ken
Bad Boys for Hire: Nick
Laguna Beach: Lucky in Laguna
Sapphire Falls: Going Haywire
Sapphire Falls: Going Toe to Mistletoe
Sapphire Falls: Going Hearts Over Heels

SPORTS ROMANCE
Played by Love
Playing the Rookie
Playing Without Rules
Roaring Hot!
Intercepted by Love
Playing Catch
Playing for the Save

SWEET ROMANCE
Christmas Stray
A Father for Christmas
A Pet for Christmas
A Wedding for Christmas
Christmas Lovebirds
Valentine Hound Dog
Spring Fling Kitty
Blue Chow Christmas
Valentine Wedding Hound

HOLIDAY ROMANCE
Christmas Flirt
Santa's Pet
Deck the Hearts
Her Christmas Chance
Sapphire Falls: Going Toe to Mistletoe
Bad Boys for Hire: Nick

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Michal's Window

NON-FICTION
Your Daily Bible Verse
Romance In A Month
366 Ways to Know Your Character
Love Stories: Writing a Romance Novella

Reviews

[Tarl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Novellas... often a dirty word when it comes to writing and publishing.
The question is, why?

Ayala presents a really good argument as to why novellas are important and are on the upswing with today's social media obsessed reader. She presents a number of excellent reasons as to why novellas work with today's reader and how they benefit most self published authors.

I have to say I was impressed. Very impressed.

Unlike a lot of 'how to' books, Ayala breaks down the formulaic way a lot of romances are written (and out of most books, Romances generally run by formulas) and presents them to the reader. This helps a number of ways, especially to anyone breaking into the scene and wanting a bit of a hand coming up with how to properly pace a story.

She also marks down a lot of the pitfalls romance writers come across, though as this is towards the end of the book, it felt rushed and is more of a list rather than an actual discussion about the pitfalls themselves.

In the end, this was a fantastic book on novellas, and has given me a lot to think on. It's one of the few ebooks where I used the highlight feature of my Kobo and bookmarked pages to revisit when I am tackling my own novella projects. If you are interested in writing a novella, this book is for you!!

[Tricia Pimental · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have you ever purchased a book and then let it fall behind in your reading queue? Of course you have. Me too. That's exactly what I did with Rachelle Ayala's gem, Love Stories: Writing a Romance Novella in Thirty Days or Less. Even after I began reading it and saw how this gifted romance novelist was going to make my writing life ridiculously simple--and organized--I let myself get off track with other pursuits.

I picked it up again yesterday and started from the beginning, reading and making notes. Then I realized that making notes was useless. Because Ms. Ayala has already condensed her wisdom to the point where I simply want to keep this book up on my computer as I write my novella.

My suggestion? Buy it, read it, incorporate its advice into your personal creative pattern. You will be so very happy you did.

[Jacqui Jacoby · Rating 1 out of 5]

With some info on writing, this book reads more like a biography of the authors career. Some facts presented were questionable.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have started so many romance stories, but not finished them. I also find the shorter length of story is better suited to my style of writing.

This book has some useful information for those who are interested in writing a romance novella, and some of the tips can be applied to longer stories too.

If you are wanting to write a romance novella, this is a good book to read.

[Barbara Kellyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid addition to my writing resource shelf; will refer to it time and again. I found it more helpful for basic novel writing information rather than focused specifically on novellas. The “recipe” for writing a novella within thirty days was quite simple: basically, produce enough words to hit your writing goal every day.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

The information is repetitive. Ironically, the book about writing shorter could have been shorter.

[Ashlyn Bragg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

This is a great read for any romance writer. It gives you a good insight into ways to plan out and write your short (novella) length stories.