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365 Days Of Writing Prompts For Romance Writers
With 365 Days Of Writing Prompts for Romance Writers, there’s no need for additional notepads or places to store your ideas. For each day of the year there’s a dedicated space for plotting your ideas, with a writing prompt to create an outline for a romance short story, novella, novel or even flash fiction. All you need to do is adapt the characters or setting to your sub-genre of romance. For each day of the year you’ll find a creative, engaging, fun and challenging writing prompt, with situations or people to craft your next story. There is also a personal blogging challenge with writing prompts, for romance writers to engage with their readers, grow their following, find new readers and allow their audience to get to know them via their own personal blog or author site. With 356 Days Of Writing Prompts For Romance Writers you’ll never be stuck for a romance story idea, or blog topic again! Each month has a focus and fully adaptable to your sub-genre, dip in and out of each day, week, month as you wish.
January- New Directions Love
February- Unexpected New Love
March- Fresh Starts and New Beginnings
April- Love in Unexpected Places
May- Historical, Regency and Multicultural
June- Contemporary Romance
July- Paranormal, Horror and Dark Romance
August- Christmas and Holiday Love
September- Mixed Bag of Goodies!
October- December Romance Writers’ Blog Writing Challenge Prompts
Award-Winning Romantic Suspense and Thriller Author Kim Knight, also shares her secrets on writing realistic, page-turning romance. Also her experience with writing prompts, which has allowed her to co-author two novels, and seventeen short-stories to date. So, romance writers around the world, grab your pen and your copy and get ready to write every day of the year and never run out of creativity. Note the paperback version will allow you to plot your ideas all in one space in the book, and let go of your hundreds of different idea notepads.
January- New Directions Love
February- Unexpected New Love
March- Fresh Starts and New Beginnings
April- Love in Unexpected Places
May- Historical, Regency and Multicultural
June- Contemporary Romance
July- Paranormal, Horror and Dark Romance
August- Christmas and Holiday Love
September- Mixed Bag of Goodies!
October- December Romance Writers’ Blog Writing Challenge Prompts
Award-Winning Romantic Suspense and Thriller Author Kim Knight, also shares her secrets on writing realistic, page-turning romance. Also her experience with writing prompts, which has allowed her to co-author two novels, and seventeen short-stories to date. So, romance writers around the world, grab your pen and your copy and get ready to write every day of the year and never run out of creativity. Note the paperback version will allow you to plot your ideas all in one space in the book, and let go of your hundreds of different idea notepads.
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316 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 22, 2020
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About the author
Kim Knight
18 books52 followersKim was born in 1983 and from London in the UK. She’s a full time romantic suspense and thriller writer, mother to a beautiful little boy, an award winning author, and the #1 best-selling author of : My Mum and Me, Messages From Beyond The Grave (a memoir), 365 Days of Writing Prompts for Romance Writers, also The Art of Self-Editing for Writers. She’s also a best-selling author of an Unsolved Mysteries Series.
As a reader she’s head over heels in love with romance, historical fiction, crime fiction, African- American, suspense and thriller genre books. As a writer, Kim enjoys creating steamy stories with a diverse and multi-cultural line up, within the romance, romantic suspense and general thriller and crime genres. Her other passions include learning about astrology, numerology, esoteric subjects, all things ‘witchy and strange’ and spirituality. When she’s not reading, or writing stories of her own fashion, make-up artistry, spending time at her sewing machine dressmaking, watching make –up and beauty tutorials on YouTube, and being a mum are things she’s probably doing
www.kimknightauthor.com- author site
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As a reader she’s head over heels in love with romance, historical fiction, crime fiction, African- American, suspense and thriller genre books. As a writer, Kim enjoys creating steamy stories with a diverse and multi-cultural line up, within the romance, romantic suspense and general thriller and crime genres. Her other passions include learning about astrology, numerology, esoteric subjects, all things ‘witchy and strange’ and spirituality. When she’s not reading, or writing stories of her own fashion, make-up artistry, spending time at her sewing machine dressmaking, watching make –up and beauty tutorials on YouTube, and being a mum are things she’s probably doing
www.kimknightauthor.com- author site
@kimknightauthor- Twitter
@kimknightauthoruk- Facebook
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July 26, 2020
So many great book ideas my head is buzzing!
Kim's book of writing prompts is an awesone resource for romance authors. Honestly if you are stuck for inspiration spend an hour in this book and you'll be overflowing with enthusiasm. Like Kim suggests ...you can adapt for fantasy or any sub genre of romance.
All ideas delivered in an easy to digest format wuth a nice intro. Perfect prompt catalogue.
Kim's book of writing prompts is an awesone resource for romance authors. Honestly if you are stuck for inspiration spend an hour in this book and you'll be overflowing with enthusiasm. Like Kim suggests ...you can adapt for fantasy or any sub genre of romance.
All ideas delivered in an easy to digest format wuth a nice intro. Perfect prompt catalogue.
July 21, 2020
Kim Knight truly gives the gift of inspiration to the writing community with her 365 Days Of Writing Prompts For Romance Writers. Her book gives hard-hitting practical advice while fostering individual creativity, and new writers as well as seasoned authors will find major benefit here.
As a successful and award-winning romantic suspense author, Ms. Knight has accumulated much wisdom to share about romance writing. I love her confidence in her own voice and how she encourages other writers to have that as well.
The book starts with a section of clear dos and don'ts on how to write believable romance novels that will hook readers and make them care. If you're just starting out as a romance writer, you'll find these recommendations invaluable. For an experienced author, this advice is equally thought-provoking and may well have you going back to re-think some of your work!
The book continues with a great collection of writing prompts, one for every day of the year, with a different theme each month. As a fantasy/vampire romance writer, I enjoyed the serendipity of getting the book just in time for the July prompts, which focus on paranormal, horror and dark romance. The daily time I've spent with the prompts so far is already providing me with a stockpile of new story ideas I can't wait to dive into. Some of these ideas are strengthening books and series I already had in the works, while others are encouraging me to explore new horizons in my genre or try something entirely different to stretch the creative muscles.
Ms. Knight offers some great suggestions on how to use the book as either a personal inspiration booster or a way of engaging with fellow authors and readers, which she has had great success with on her blog. So not only is this book great for enhancing your own creative process, it can give you new ideas about connecting with the community and promoting your work as well.
Many of us are low on emotional and creative energy due to the challenges the world is facing. It can be hard to make time for our writing, much less find the inner resources to accomplish anything. This book is the antidote we all need right now. It can easily become a kind of daily devotional for your creativity, giving you incentive and structure to carve out small oases of time for yourself and your writing. Ms. Knight couldn't have given us this gift at a better time.
As a successful and award-winning romantic suspense author, Ms. Knight has accumulated much wisdom to share about romance writing. I love her confidence in her own voice and how she encourages other writers to have that as well.
The book starts with a section of clear dos and don'ts on how to write believable romance novels that will hook readers and make them care. If you're just starting out as a romance writer, you'll find these recommendations invaluable. For an experienced author, this advice is equally thought-provoking and may well have you going back to re-think some of your work!
The book continues with a great collection of writing prompts, one for every day of the year, with a different theme each month. As a fantasy/vampire romance writer, I enjoyed the serendipity of getting the book just in time for the July prompts, which focus on paranormal, horror and dark romance. The daily time I've spent with the prompts so far is already providing me with a stockpile of new story ideas I can't wait to dive into. Some of these ideas are strengthening books and series I already had in the works, while others are encouraging me to explore new horizons in my genre or try something entirely different to stretch the creative muscles.
Ms. Knight offers some great suggestions on how to use the book as either a personal inspiration booster or a way of engaging with fellow authors and readers, which she has had great success with on her blog. So not only is this book great for enhancing your own creative process, it can give you new ideas about connecting with the community and promoting your work as well.
Many of us are low on emotional and creative energy due to the challenges the world is facing. It can be hard to make time for our writing, much less find the inner resources to accomplish anything. This book is the antidote we all need right now. It can easily become a kind of daily devotional for your creativity, giving you incentive and structure to carve out small oases of time for yourself and your writing. Ms. Knight couldn't have given us this gift at a better time.
June 29, 2020
365 Days of Writing Prompts for Romance Writers by Kim Knight is a great source of inspiration. I was able to copy selected tips from her to write great romances in any genre into my own document for fast referral. It strikes me as good advice as I have written my own romance series the same way she recommends.
The other thing I like about Kim Knight's book is that after each day's prompt, she left space for the readers to outline the prompt for a new story of your own making. At the end of the year you will have 365 stories to develop and publish later.
In my case, since I publish about two romances a year that would mean I have enough material for 183 years. In another case I suppose I could use some of the prompts as subplots in the same story. Either way, it's a lot of inspiration for a writer. You may be able to forget writers' block thanks to this book's content.
I will say that this book is a must for romance writers everywhere. You'll be glad you have it in your personal library. I received a free copy from Silver Dagger books tour in exchange for a honest review. Love the book.
The other thing I like about Kim Knight's book is that after each day's prompt, she left space for the readers to outline the prompt for a new story of your own making. At the end of the year you will have 365 stories to develop and publish later.
In my case, since I publish about two romances a year that would mean I have enough material for 183 years. In another case I suppose I could use some of the prompts as subplots in the same story. Either way, it's a lot of inspiration for a writer. You may be able to forget writers' block thanks to this book's content.
I will say that this book is a must for romance writers everywhere. You'll be glad you have it in your personal library. I received a free copy from Silver Dagger books tour in exchange for a honest review. Love the book.
December 19, 2021
On the one hand, I'm super thankful for the sheer number of prompts available in this book. Most of them are good story starter ideas for novellas, novels, and short stories, so whenever you get stuck, you can pull from one of these for a good writing exercise (and who knows, maybe it'll develop into something more?) The last three "months" of the book are dedicated to blogging prompts, and many of them are great ideas to connect with the readers.
That said, my love of this book stops there. Almost every prompt in the book is very heteronormative in a way I couldn't shake (why do we have to include "he" and "she" when "Character A" or "Character B" would suffice? Many people write romance that aren't in m/f boxes), but even if I looked past that, some of the prompts are incredibly problematic. For example, "write a story about a person who is blind or partially sighted who finds love somehow," as if this is an impossible ask... "somehow" really? A good chunk of the prompts are ableist, sexist, and racist in strange ways. By the time you pare those out of the book, well... a lot fewer prompts remain.
That said, my love of this book stops there. Almost every prompt in the book is very heteronormative in a way I couldn't shake (why do we have to include "he" and "she" when "Character A" or "Character B" would suffice? Many people write romance that aren't in m/f boxes), but even if I looked past that, some of the prompts are incredibly problematic. For example, "write a story about a person who is blind or partially sighted who finds love somehow," as if this is an impossible ask... "somehow" really? A good chunk of the prompts are ableist, sexist, and racist in strange ways. By the time you pare those out of the book, well... a lot fewer prompts remain.
October 18, 2023
Not exactly what I expected. There was some good, and some not so good.
THE GOOD: The prompts went well beyond the 1-2 sentence prompts that one usually finds in these writing prompt books, which I thought was a great idea.
THE BAD: From the title I would expect 365 writing prompts that are for creative fiction writing. However, this is not what you get. The last 3 months worth of prompts (October - December) are in fact writing prompts for your blog! I guess because the author herself has a blog that revolves around her writing career she assumes everyone else interested in creative fiction writing does? Very strange to me and it rendered the last 1/4 of this book completely useless, which was disappointing.
CONCLUSION: If you're looking for romance writing prompts that are more than a sentence or two long, this book is for you. Just don't be disappointed when you discover that 1/4 of the 365 prompts promised are for blogging and not for creative fiction writing.
THE GOOD: The prompts went well beyond the 1-2 sentence prompts that one usually finds in these writing prompt books, which I thought was a great idea.
THE BAD: From the title I would expect 365 writing prompts that are for creative fiction writing. However, this is not what you get. The last 3 months worth of prompts (October - December) are in fact writing prompts for your blog! I guess because the author herself has a blog that revolves around her writing career she assumes everyone else interested in creative fiction writing does? Very strange to me and it rendered the last 1/4 of this book completely useless, which was disappointing.
CONCLUSION: If you're looking for romance writing prompts that are more than a sentence or two long, this book is for you. Just don't be disappointed when you discover that 1/4 of the 365 prompts promised are for blogging and not for creative fiction writing.
July 14, 2020
My years of searching for a plot book are at an end. This author is brimming with so many ideas!
I chose this book to challenge myself -and I’ve not been disappointed.
A very helpful guide ( with examples) of plotting and character development. Each chapter is a new idea in a new direction.
Loving it!
I chose this book to challenge myself -and I’ve not been disappointed.
A very helpful guide ( with examples) of plotting and character development. Each chapter is a new idea in a new direction.
Loving it!
October 11, 2020
So helpful
This book was very helpful in getting my creative juices flowing. It's a book you will be able to utilize forever. Each prompt can produce numerous different story ideas. There are 9 months of different kinds of prompts plus 3 months of ideas for blog posts, which I will definitely be using. Glad I came across this one.
This book was very helpful in getting my creative juices flowing. It's a book you will be able to utilize forever. Each prompt can produce numerous different story ideas. There are 9 months of different kinds of prompts plus 3 months of ideas for blog posts, which I will definitely be using. Glad I came across this one.
December 19, 2020
Good resource of ideas for authors. I even found a combination of prompts useful in helping me in more than one of my stories since Ms. Knight gifted me a copy. The book includes ideas for various romance genres, so whether you're a contemporary romance writer or write PNR, if you're stuck for ideas, her book may provide a kernel to help you along.
April 17, 2024
While this book does have plenty of prompts like advertised, I expected more variety than I got. Also, while some of the blogging prompts were interesting, I’d rather have seen just romance prompts rather than a quarter of it focusing on something else.
June 17, 2020
This book of prompts is super helpful. The last three chapters are for bloggers (specifically, authors with websites) and the first eight months are all romance writing prompts. Not every prompt resonated with me, but I bookmarked quite a few. Thank you Kim Knight and Silver Dagger Book Tours for getting me a copy in exchange for my honest review. Look out for my full review at bitchbookshelf.com on June 27.
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