How to Write a Romance Novel That Sells
Online Writing Course
Lecture: Tuesday & Thursday Nights (90 minutes)
Live Peer Reviews: Thursdays (2 hours)
Dates: No course scheduled at this time
Sessions Start: 7:00 p.m. CST
You may also be interested in our Romance Writing Workshops – two hours each.
Romance: Empress of the Consumer Fiction Market
Romance novels dominate the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly. Every year, 74 million people around the world read a Romance novel. If you’re an aspiring author who wants to break into the fiction market, genre Romance is a good place to start.
Romance novels allow women the same fictional privileges that, in other genres, have been traditionally reserved for the male protagonist. In genre Romance, a woman is consistently characterized as “heroic” and is given power over her life.
Romance is an optimistic category of fiction. It espouses values that are important to women: family, home, love, children, community, career, and (in Inspirational Romance novels) spirituality. Romance remains one of the few bastions of fiction where a reader can turn, with confidence, knowing that in the end, the girl will get the guy, and perhaps more importantly, the guy will treasure her as a woman.
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About This Course:
How to Write a Romance Novel that Sells is a spin-off of Adrienne deWolfe’s popular 8-week fiction writing course, How to Write a Novel That Sells, which she originally developed for a college in her Texas hometown. (Read our student testimonials).
Not only do students get to interact with an award-winning, published Romance novelist during live lectures, they get the opportunity to learn from each other during live peer reviews. These four interactive, 2-hour workshops are moderated by the instructor and are designed to help aspiring authors discern between writing criticisms that are founded on the “Rules of Writing” and criticisms that are founded on personal bias or Urban Myth.
How to Write a Romance Novel that Sells will take you step-by-step through the progression of your story, arming you with the fiction writing skills that you need to sell your novel to Romance editors at legacy publishing houses.
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Instructional Materials Included in This Course:
- How to Write Wildly Popular Romances
- How to Write Romance Heroes with Sex Appeal
- How to Write Sensual Love Scenes
- Create Colorful Characters for Your Romance (Characterization Worksheets)
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About the Instructor:
Originally published by Bantam Fanfare and Avon Books, Adrienne deWolfe’s five historical Romance novels have won 9 awards, including the Best Historical Romance of the Year (from Calico Trails Magazine). She has also been a finalist for two Rita Awards (Romance Writers of America) and two Reviewer Choice Awards (Romantic Times Magazine.) A popular speaker who has lead writing workshops at five national conferences of Romance Writers of America, Adrienne has developed novel-writing courses for a Texas college in Austin. You can learn more about her writing career in the “About Adrienne deWolfe” section of this website.
Student Discounts:
Early Bird registrants receive a $50 discount. To continue to improve their Romance writing skills, students who complete the course will be offered discounts on private story critiques and private coaching with the instructor, Adrienne deWolfe.
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Regardless of whether you participate in these voluntary, live critiques, you will receive written feedback about your writing assignments from the instructor.
For Live Peer Reviews, students will be invited to submit their writing assignments (anonymously, if preferred) to the instructor for distribution to other students who are participating in the Live Peer Reviews sessions.
Live Peer Reviews sessions are opportunities to:
~ Receive feedback from multiple readers, including the instructor
~ Improve confidence in recognizing “weak” writing and “strong” writing
~ Identify writing problems that can cost you a sale
~ Debate the pros and cons of subjective fiction-writing practices
~ Learn how to discern between literary criticisms that are based on “rules of writing” versus the personal bias of an individual reader
Assignments for Live Peer Reviews Include:
1. Introduce the Hero and / Heroine (supplement to the Characterization session)
2. Grab the Reader with a Literary Hook (supplement to the Chapter One session)
3. Write Killer, Cliff-Hanger Chapter Endings (supplement to the Plotting session)
4. Write Sexual Tension and Suspense (supplement to the Pacing session)
(For details on how Peer Reviews will be moderated, read the Registration Policy.)
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~ Understanding Your Market and Your Readers
~ Developing Lovable Heroes and Admirable Heroines
~ The 14 Bestselling Story Archetypes in the Genre
~ The 8 Story Taboos that are Prohibited in Most Romance Novels
~ The 10 Top Traits that Readers Want in their Romance Heroes
~ The Birth of a Book: Chapter One & the Literary Hook
~ Write a Sexy, Thrilling, Powerhouse Read (Novel Structure)
~ Wit and Wisdom: Dialogue that Builds Character and Creates Plot
~ Confidantes and Catalysts: The Art of Writing Sidekicks & Villains
~ Bye-Bye Bloat: 7 Plotting Pitfalls that Could Cost You a Sale
~ Back to the Future: Flashbacks and Transitions
~ Bust Through Writer’s Block: Jump Start Your Creativity
~ Land a Sale: Write a Query Letter & Synopsis that Editors Want to Buy
~ Trounce the Trolls: Recognize (and Give) Helpful Story Critiques
~ Live the Dream: Plan Your Novel Writing Career
. . . And more!
Early Bird Savings $50 *
Your Investment in Your Writing Career is $249 *
No course scheduled at this time
* Note: After you register for the course, you will receive a private email from the instructor explaining how to log into the course. Instructional materials will be distributed during the course. If you have questions, or if you do not receive your login instructions within 24 hours of registering, please contact Adrienne deWolfe.
No course scheduled at this time
Your Investment in Your Writing Career is $299 *
* Note: After you register for the course, you will receive a private email from the instructor explaining how to log into the course. Instructional materials will be distributed during the course. If you have questions, or if you do not receive your login instructions within 24 hours of registering, please contact Adrienne deWolfe.
Online Romance Writing Workshops:
- How to Write Lovable Romance Heroes
- How to Write Strong Heroines That Readers Can Admire
- How to Write a Sexy, Romantic Read
Other Online Writing Courses and Workshops:
- How to Pitch Your Novel to a Literary Agent and Book Editor
- How to Write a Query Letter and Synopsis that Sell Your Book
- How to Fix the “Sagging Middle” of Your Book
- How to Write Memorable Characters: Heroes, Heroines, Villains and Sidekicks
- How to Write a Novel That Sells (8 Week Course)
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