Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #254521 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Synopsis
Are you a budding romance writer? Then learn from an expert. Kate Walker writes modern romance for women and sells internationally. Here, she explains her approach to writing novels that keeps the reader gripped and holds them with that vital "page turning quality". You can use all of the hooks you want to, but if your story does not have heart, it simply will not sell. This book will explain: The 3 most important components to make a romance novel a bestseller; The connection between reading a romance & a good sexual experience; How you involve your reader with the hero and heroine in your novel; The two types of personal conflict and how to deal with them; The 4 components of great dialogue; The 4 aspects of character focus; The two purposes behind the development of sensuality in your novel; The before & after events you must include when writing passion scenes; The importance of your hero; How to write the 3 aspects of his character; The importance of the heroine; How to answer the question 'why?'; How to write the intense black moment; Write believable happy endings

Customer Reviews

Excellent Guide to Writing Romance
Kate Walker's guide is concise, detailed and practical. Each chapter has exercises to help the would-be author develop their own Romance story.
If you want to write category Romance, then this book is an excellent tool to be used before you write and during the actual writing process.

The only ýHow to Write a Romanceý guide youýll ever need
If you're serious about writing a romance novel, let me recommend Kate Walker's 12 Point Guide to Writing Romance. This book has it all: thought provoking lessons, engaging questions, and helpful writing assignments. I've read at least a dozen other "how to write a romance" guides and none of them are as complete or easy to understand as Ms. Walker's. This guide has something for everyone whether you're a beginner or a best selling author. It does a fantastic job of teaching you new concepts and making you rethink old ones. It's truly the last and only "How to Write a Romance Novel" guide you'll ever need. And I'm sure it will be the standard in "how to guides" for romance writers for many years to come. Thanks, Ms. Walker, for giving the romance community such a wonderful and helpful book.

Buy It!
As an aspiring romance writer, Kate Walker sent me this book. It's a very useful tool for unpacking mistakes in your own writing - given by a woman who's phenomenally successful in her chosen genre. I am now a multi 'accepted' author, Natasha Oakley, with Mills and Boon myself. What more can I say?