Online Class: How to Write Romance
|  | | | Suzanne wrote both a historical romance and a romantic suspense novel. To date she only received one rejection letter. Suzanne's novels are known for the characters ability to grow while facing their problems and conflicts, and for the way their relationship grows from one of conflict and strife to a believable pure love. How to fall in love, and what love is, are two topics covered in this course. Writers are taught how to use words and descriptions to show the character's emotions and trigger the reader's emotions. This creates emotional impact. While working as an editor Suzanne James edited several genres of romance from vampire and paranormal romance to inspirational romance. Some of these genres include Regencies, Scottish romance, Pirate, Gothic romance, Western romance, American Western romance, and contemporary romance. Whether an author is writing short stories or magazine inspirational stories, they will find this course informative. Students from the course “How to Write a Novel” will learn how to add elements of romance, love, and use flirting in their storyboards. In addition, this course ventures into some of the common mistakes and strengths made by writers like head hopping, passive voice, showing and telling, active voice, and dynamic characters. How to write articles covered: regency, historical romance, contemporary romance, inspirational romance, genre romance, category romance, short stories, true stories, preditors and editors, publishing scams, publishers, agents, how to aquire an agent, vanity press, self-publishing, all these are covered in the writing workshop style classes. Students who want to learn to write a romance will find everything they need to create strong characters, dynamic plots, good character motivation, build tension, increase the stakes, good endings, hooks, climax, black moments, breathers, blurbs, synopsis, query letters, partials, promotions, ebook publishers, digital publishers and POD publishers.
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How to Write Romance is a practical course, not an academic one. Students are encouraged to redo assignments and lessons until they feel satisfied with their skills. Everyone is encouraged to participate weekly in the class forums. The object of this course is to teach students how to improve their romance stories by understanding what love is, how people fall in love, and how to play on the reader's emotions to create a gripping story. The lessons include:
1. The Foundation of Great Romance,
2. Developing Strong Heros, Heroines, 3.
The Bond Between the Heroine and the Reader, 4.
Character Motivation and Point of View. 5.
The Writer's Style, 6.
Crafting the Suspense/Thrillers/Romantic Suspense, 7.
Make the Reader Believe/Writing, 8. Inspirational Romance, 9.
The Art of Falling in Love: Body language, Emotions, Expectations and 10.
Structure.
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 Course Description This self-paced, teacher assisted course is designed for any romance writer who wants to add depth to their characters and story. But this course is unique in the fact that you are not going to learn how to write about romance or love. This course will explore in-depth what romance is and how to use this new knowledge to 'trigger' the reader's emotions. When this happens the reader feels the budding relationship grow between the characters. This increases the emotional impact, and the story's chance of being noticed by book reviewers and publishers. The information in this course will also help writers struggling to create realistic, strong characters in their romance stories. Do your stories lack something? Do people think the character's actions are weakly motivated? Do people make comments that the characters are lacking passion or a firm commitment? Do critique partners dislike one of your characters? Have you created a wonderful character only to have other people say they dislike the character, or some of the ways they act? If these problems plague your story then this course is for you. If not, come and enjoy learning more about your craft in a fun, relaxed, self-paced, friendly workshop style course where you are free to contribute and exchange ideas with other students. The novel, short story, or magazine writer will all find this course improves their story. The Romance genre is driven by two things, emotional impact and reader's demands. Maximizing a story's ability to provide both will give it an edge over the thousands of other books submitted to publisher's each month. Learn from published authors the tips that make your book stand above the rest. This course is half the size of a romance novel, more than 100 pages long. It is full of information and useful tips that can improve any romance story, whether your first, or your tenth. The instructor has included things learned from writing her own romance novels, and working for an American publishing company (listed in Writers Digest's publisher directory) where she edited romance novels of all genres from paranormal to inspirational, historical to intrigue, science fiction to fantasy. The course goes beyond teaching students what makes a good romance story. It covers a wide range of topics from understanding the principals of love and how to make the reader feel loved, to the art of flirting, and what readers expect from a romance story. As a bonus, several authors contributed to the content of this course; Romance writer Lena Robinson; Writer, teacher Rob Parnell; and inspirational author Debra Kinnard. There are nine lessons, and more than seventy net links. If you would like to know more about this course please scroll down the enrollment page and click on the syllabus links. Suzanne James is a published author, full time writer, and senior editor of Novel Writer Magazine. For more information view the syllabus or visit http://www.squidoo.com/gracepub/
Course Lessons | | Lesson 1: The Foundation of Great RomanceRomance is much more than a story about relationships. Claiming almost 60% of yearly book sales, its success lies in the author's ability to touch the reader's soul. This course will show you how to develop your story to meet the challenge. | Lesson 2: Developing Strong Heroes & HeroinesThis lesson discusses society s definition of a hero: the inner man, the outer man, and his relationships with women. We will also discuss unhealthy relationships in writing. | Lesson 3: The Bond Between the Heroine and the ReaderA romance story is not the heroine's story. It is the reader's story. Accomplishing this requires a little understanding of how women tick, and what they want from their novels. | Lesson 4: Character Motivation and Point of View.What makes your characters the way they are? What gives them the quirks and foibles that define them? This lesson discusses ways to identify motivators that will (eventually) turn your characters into lovable and utterly believable people, flaws and all. | Lesson 5: The Writer's StyleA romance story is not read, it is experienced. This is easy to do when the writer understands how. BONUS INCLUDED: Get Your Own Way: A Writer's Creed and I Can't Put it Down: How to Write Compelling Fiction. Both by author ROB PARNELL. | Lesson 6: Make the Reader Believe // Writing Inspirational RomanceHow does a writer make the reader believe the characters emotions are real? The romance is real? The love is real? This is easy. It doesn't matter whether you are writing cozy, inspirational, or suspense, using these 'triggers' will hook all readers. | Lesson 7: Crafting the Suspense/Thrillers/Romantic SuspenseThis lesson is one of the largest in any of my courses, because suspense and tension are important in all genres, and all fiction. A good understanding of suspense can save floundering book, or turn a good book into a great one. | Lesson 8: Love DefinedWhat is love? How do people feel love? How can you, as a writer, touch this primal need in your readers? How can understanding love improve your character's motivations and create a strong ending? This lesson will answer all of these questions and more. | Lesson 9: The Art of Falling in LoveDo your characters have a selfish or selfless love? Although characters need to have flaws, those flaws should not be written in such a way that they alienate your reading audience. Remember, in this course we are discussing romance and nothing more. | Lesson 10: StructureThis lesson covers the basic story arc of a romance novel, and the basics of outlining a marketable novel. | Lesson 11: Romance GlossaryThis segment is a handy reference of many common terms used in the publications industry. This is not a lesson; it is a supplement to the course that can be used as a ready reference. | Optional Certificates Awarded - Certificate of Attendance
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- Certificate of Appreciation
- Certificate of Merit
- Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
- Certificate of Academic Excellence
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| | Additional Information | Course Title | : | How to Write Romance | | CEU Value | : | | | Course Number | : | 9016 | | Course Type | : | How To | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : | Not Reviewed | | Instructor | : | | | Syllabus | : | | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $20 | | | | |
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