Welcome again, Campers. Last month, we talked about the inciting incident in a romance novel. And if you’ve been following along, you know that our framework for this series of articles is Jami Gold’s Beat Sheet for Romance (found here). We’re sticking to the three act structure for these articles but, as I’ve said before,…
Author: Jax Hunter
Writing Romance: The Inciting Incident
Last month, we compared and contrasted WANT vs. NEED. Again, we’re using Jami Gold’s beat sheet as a basis for these articles. This month, we’re moving on to the Inciting Incident. If you research “inciting incident,” you’ll find that most definitions include the idea of thrusting the protagonist(s) forward into the main action of the…
WANT vs NEED
Last month we took a step back from Boy meets Girl to focus on some preliminary work. Although you can certainly throw your Hero and Heroine together on the first page, it may be better to show them apart first. Then, when Boy Meets Girl, you’ll have the opportunity for SOMETHING to catch your characters…
The Beat Sheet
As I thought about this series, I realized in retrospect that I wanted a plan. And I wanted something for you readers to be able to follow along. And I wanted it to be totally available. AHA – a Beat Sheet. If you don’t know what beat sheets are, here’s the short description: The “beat…
Boy… Meets… Girl
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…