Characterization

The Form of Romance, or, A Roll in the Hay with Theresa Stevens

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ December 23, 2011 ⋅ 30 comments

Welcome and Merry Christmas to one of my favorite peeps, Theresa Stevens! Today Theresa answers the question – is romance writing formulaic? I recently had the opportunity to visit the Art Institute in Chicago, which [...]

Writing A HolyCowAwesome Story, Part 1 C.J. Redwine

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ July 4, 2011 ⋅ 20 comments

Welcome C.J. Redwine as she tells us how to write HolyCowAwesome – a new term that will soon be taking over the world! I’m a busy woman. At the moment, I work a day job, [...]

Toni McGee Causey POV Workshop Revisions and Worksheets

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ May 25, 2011 ⋅ 26 comments

I’m so impressed by what everyone’s been doing all week — I see such great writing coming out of this group! Which meant… not nearly as much to teach. (grin). So what I’ve done is [...]

Art and Soul of POV Workshop with Toni McGee Causey

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ May 23, 2011 ⋅ 28 comments

Ready to expand your writing horizons with Point of View? Toni McGee Causey of Bobbie Faye fame is here to help up get the most out of POV. We’ll be posting excerpts from a dozen [...]

Shop Talk – Romance Writers Workshops Debriefed

By Jennifer Tanner ⋅ January 31, 2011 ⋅ 46 comments

Naming Your Characters – Alpha Heroes – Love Scenes – The Perfect Query Letter – Synopsis Writing – Plotting – Writing Humor – BDSM – Characterization – World Building When I decided to take workshops [...]

The Art and Soul of POV Workshop – Toni McGee Causey

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ January 28, 2011 ⋅ 136 comments

Ready to expand your writing horizons with Point of View? Toni McGee Causey of Bobbie Faye fame is here to help up get the most out of POV. Today, you can post two to three [...]

The Art and Soul of POV by Toni McGee Causey

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ January 27, 2011 ⋅ 47 comments

Ready to expand your writing horizons with Point of View? Toni McGee Causey (squee!) of Bobbie Faye fame is here to tell us how to get the most out of Point of View in this [...]

M is for – Motivation with Laurie Schnebly

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ January 26, 2011 ⋅ 95 comments

Laurie Schnebly Campbell stops in to talk to us about Character Motivation. What is it, how to get it! M is for…hmm, what? Romance writers probably envision different M-words than, say, bricklayers or hair stylists. [...]

Ask An Editor: Adding Emotion

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ December 17, 2010 ⋅ 34 comments

I heard an editor speak at a conference and she said the most important thing in a romance is “emotion, emotion, emotion.” I guess I understand that, but how do we know if we have [...]

Creating a Relatable Heroine with Author Tawny Weber

By Kelsey Browning ⋅ December 8, 2010 ⋅ 51 comments

After picking the brain of one of her heroes a few months ago, we invited author Tawny Weber to join us again here at RU. But this time, we asked her to talk about heroines [...]