500 Romance Writing Prompts

by Erica Blumenthal

Writer’s Block? Not Anymore… Discover 500 Inspiring Romance Writing Prompts To Beat Writer’s Block Today.
Blocked. Frustrated. Out of Ideas…

This short-but-jam-packed writing prompt book by author Erica Blumenthal is just the firepower you need to get you through the frustrating and debilitating obstacle of writer’s block.

500 Romance Writing Prompts, offers inspiration for all romance writers - no matter where you may be in your career. These prompts will catapult your ideas for swoon-worthy heroes and sassy and sweet heroines, and new and exotic settings you’ve never journeyed to before.

Inside, you’ll discover 5 lists of 100 stimulating writing prompts covering the current big romance sub-genres of: Paranormal Romance, Sci-Fi Romance, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Fantasy Romance.

In each section, you will receive 50 writing prompts and 50 story starters, all designed to give you a starting point with either a character, setting, or conflict in mind, helping you to build the perfect story from one or more of these essential elements.


In this book you will receive:
• 500 muse-worthy writing prompts
• Story starters to get you blasting through any writing block
• The confidence to start writing a story, since you already have a starting point...
• Ideas for multiple stories, or even just your first story!
• Ideas for a short story collection or novel series

If you love fun and inspiring writing prompts, then you'll love Erica Blumenthal's latest romance writing prompts book.

Genres: Writing

76 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2021

Reviews

[Jamie Bee · Rating 4 out of 5]

What About Contemporary Romance?

As someone who has long been an unpublished romance writer (and published non-fiction writer) as well as someone who helps authors shape their books, I have a great affinity for writing prompt books. Most prompt books I've seen are more general, not focusing on a subgenre of fiction. I think this book all about romance writing is a great idea, and I highly enjoyed the prompts in the book. You can tell that the author has a strong interest in speculative fiction, as she breaks her prompts down by sub-subgenre with a strong emphasis on spec fic ones: paranormal romance, sci-fi romance, romantic suspense, historical romance (which is further broken down into ancient, medieval, time travel, and Highlander), and fantasy romance prompts. In the introductory section, she provides several ways to use these prompts to help your writing, whether you use them and expand the idea into long-form fiction or simply to practice your writing skills. The only deficit is that she left out a huge subgenre of romance: straight-up contemporary. Most romances these days seem to be of this broader contemporary genre, whether small town, billionaire, cowboy, rock star… or other contemporary tropes without a speculative or historical angle. I would have loved to have seen a section just for that. Other than this glaring omission, this is a fun book of romantic writing prompts that any would-be or established romance author would likely enjoy.

I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.

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[Jennifer Lui · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great collection of writing prompts that an work for any one writing anything with a romantic undertone. I often work with a group of writers and we like to throw out prompts to get people writing and warmed up before we start anything else and this book will work well for that.

There are different sections of prompts, so depending on the genre that you're writing in, you can easily find where your prompts are in the book and don't have to worry about the prompts given not being in your wheelhouse. Or maybe you want to dabble in another genre and need a jumping off point. This book would work for that as well.

I enjoyed reading through the prompts and look forward to using some of them in the future.

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[Opasan Ouprie · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG! I love this book. It has helped me so much with a variety of things. Not to mention teaching me now NOT to do a story. I will treasure this for all my future needs and questions that might arise. There is so much helpful information for the beginner that I am. I was shocked that someone would put out something like this to help others. Thank you so much for this book you took the time to put together. For anyone that is stuck or just not know what to do next grab this and check it out. You will not be disappointed.

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[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this very interesting. It was helpful with broken down prompts in many genres. It also gave other references to use. I plan to use these ideas to journal creative writing into a more organized manner to help with my pain at night and see if it helps. I would recommend reading this because it breaks things down very nicely.

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[Vicki Stephens · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is suggested to be used during those times when writer's block occurs. The prompts are designed to trigger writing ideas which assist in the writing process for romantic sub-genre's including fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, and historical romance. There is also a section for writers of romantic suspense. This great writing resource can be used for all levels of writers.

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[Ada Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book provides readers with 500 romance writing prompts, helpfully categorized into common romance sub-genres. I was especially interested in the section on romantic suspense, and I really felt inspired by those prompts.

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[Peggy Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great starts!*

This books of great beginnings for you to develop any good story for your novel. It is divided into simple part that makes its easy to find the best prompt for whatever trope you are looking for to apply. Eri.CA has done the hard work, so you can take one or more prompt that you can use. In

[Noemi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting material for aspiring writers and experienced writers too. Reader/writers will find some prompts, hints for those who are suffering through writers blocks, quite a bit that would help a writer out.

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[Ashlyn Bragg · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had been hoping to get more contemporary writing prompts. This book is mostly fantasy, sci-fi, and paranormal which isn't something I've ever found myself writing. Nonetheless, the prompts could possibly be worked to fit a more contemporary setting.

[KatyaRath · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent collection of romance prompts covering a number of sub-genres and tropes with intriguing and engaging options for each.