I have an idea but want to plan it out more properly before I start writing it. I am writing with no plot outline for another novel which is a children`s one. So far I am not stuck and nearly at the finish.
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| Zoe1 | How do you plot a romance story? |
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I have an idea but want to plan it out more properly before I start writing it. I am writing with no plot outline for another novel which is a children`s one. So far I am not stuck and nearly at the finish. |
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Jul 14, 2008 - 10 45
I only do some basic plotting before writing. I write mostly contemporary romance, so I create two characters, one or both with some flaw that needs to be "fixed" by the other, find a way to get the two main characters together, create a crisis for one of them, a solution for both of them, and happily ever after.
That's really all you need! I know, sounds WAY simpler than it is.
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Jul 14, 2008 - 20 13
there is always one or more periods of separation between the two protagonists, physical or otherwise.
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Jul 25, 2008 - 15 07
Absence makes the heart grow fonder?
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Jul 27, 2008 - 20 34
I completely love the Snowflake Method (if you google it there are lots of explanations) and that's for plotting anything. My other favorite is http://www.hollylisle.com/fm/ because she has a lot of romance-focused articles.
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Aug 6, 2008 - 16 11
My advice to you would be not to plan it. Let it flow. Let it be unexpected -- even to you! It's more romantic that way.