You’ve heard the old adage that a romance novel is just: Boy Meets Girl Boy Loses Girl Boy Gets Girl Back Well, looking at that and comparing it to a three-act structure, one might actually be able to make it work. But it does seem a bit simplistic, doesn’t it? In Julie Beard’s Idiot’s Guide…
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Writing Romance: The Warrior Poet
The last romance hero archetype we’ll look at is the Warrior Poet. The website TVTropes says this about the WP, “He’s fought in a battle and is no slouch at war making, but he thinks about the purpose behind all the bloodshed and philosophizes on the meaning of life and death. Remember the last line…
Writing Romance: The Delta, Theta, and Beta Heroes
Welcome back, Campers. This month we’ll look at three other types of romance heroes: the Delta, the Theta, and the Beta heroes. (And how about those Oxford commas!) The Delta – the dark and dangerous. His past is so dark, so damaging, and combines with such a darker temperament that he exiles himself from society…
Writing Romance: The Alpha Hero
The most obvious starting place to discuss the types of romance heroes is with the Alpha male – Alpha hero. Alpha Male: a domineering man; the dominant member in a group of males, especially animals. They say that the term was coined mainly to distinguish between boring heroes and exciting heroes. Really? I’ve seen some…
Writing Romance: Starting with a Great Hero
Which came first, the plot or the character? Likely a question as old as fiction writing. I’m not going to answer this question so you can relax. But what I am going to say is that, at least for romance novels, readers fall in love with characters. Not plots. So where do we start writing…