Creating Your Hero’s Fatal Flaw
Posted on Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
Morning, RU crew! We’re fortunate to have Laurie Schnebly Campbell join us once again to talk about character development. This time, she’ll tell us why our story hero shouldn’t be perfect and how we can [...]
continue readingUnderstanding Men
Posted on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
We’re delighted to have psychotherapist Dr. Debra Holland join us once again. Last year, she briefed us on the ever-intriguing bad boy. Today, she’s here to talk with about making the impossible possible: Understanding Men.
Welcome, [...]
The Dirty Little Secrets of Character Development
Posted on Friday, April 30th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing day! Author Keena Kincaid is here to answer your questions about how secrets motivate characters at the deepest level and how these secrets, when properly revealed, propel the plot [...]
continue readingChallenging Couples in Love
Posted on Friday, March 26th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
Challenging couples in love is fun. We get to take two wonderful people who are really just perfect for each other, and make them suffer. If you’re cringing at the very idea, you’re not alone — most of us became romance writers because we believe in happy endings, and we hate to see the people we care about suffering!
continue readingSubtext: Adding Hidden Layers to Your Story
Posted on Friday, December 25th, 2009 by Tracey Devlyn
Merry Christmas, everyone! For diehard RU readers, I’ve put together a short article on subtext. I became aware of this term only a few weeks ago while listening to a workshop presented by New York [...]
continue readingWriting the Alpha Male
Posted on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Today, I’m dancing a jig at the thought of discussing the kind of men (at least fictional men) many of us like most. That’s right, today’s interview with author Jami Alden is all about the [...]
continue readingNew York Times Writing and the EDITS System
Posted on Friday, September 25th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
The EDITS System is the ultimate SHOW DON’T TELL power tool. Writers use the EDITS SYSTEM to analyze scene components. It shows writers what they have on each page. It shows writers where to add power. It shows writers what’s working, what’s not working, and what’s missing.
continue readingWhat Makes a Great Blaze Hero: The Four S’s
Posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Harlequin Blaze heroes are like the guys I know, just ramped up (and pumped up) for fictional purposes. So what makes a Blaze hero? I’ve come up with the Four S’s.
continue readingBad Boys: What’cha Gonna Do?
Posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Let’s admit it. We all love them even though we know we probably shouldn’t. Some women date them. And some women even marry them. Bad boys are to women what a 12-point buck is to a novice hunter: a trophy we’re dying to bag even though we don’t have a clue what to do with it once we get it home. Psychotherapist Dr. Debra Holland is here to tell us whether or not women should hunt the elusive bad boy or just admire him through the trees.
continue readingHistory-making Heroes
Posted on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
I don’t write historical romances, but I heard Eliza Knight’s name again and again even before I “met” her by taking her Sensual Novella class a few months back. And what I heard was she’s [...]
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