Writing A New Contemporary Romance Novels

By Kerri Stout


Romance novels always leave you in a state that you want to read more and more of them. Sometimes they make you feel like you can write your own new contemporary romance novels only to realize that you don't know how to. If you have the qualities of a great writer then applying these tips will see you on your way to publish your first novel very soon.

This genre has a great following that comes with very high expectations. If you author a book, the readers expect a certain level of performance. Your name as an author is your brand and thus you need to create something that the readers can associate with and that they cannot get enough of.

Characterization is the important part of the book. Creating all your characters in the first few chapters and making them to be compelling you will keep your readers glued to your book up to the back cover. The main characters should be given high qualities or made as heroes to be loved by your readers. The character development should go on throughout the book and they should not be predictable.

Early development of the plot of your novel gives readers an idea of what the novel is all about and this keeps them reading. Complex plots or exaggerated plots should be avoided. Proper plot development enables fitting of characters properly and this makes your book logical to the reader. Logic is important as it determines how well your novel structure fits what the reader expected.

Don't try hard to start the story at the beginning, let it start where it starts. Choose a scene that will make your readers hold their breath when reading the first page. Make it very intense in a good way that will make them say they can't wait to open the next page. Try to make it emotion filled as the first impression always lasts. A boring start will discourage them from reading the rest of the book

The emotions that a reader can identify with should be developed in the first few chapters of the novel. The heroine or hero should be part of these emotions for a better effect. The initial impression given to the reader about a certain character will not change at advanced stages of reading. Giving a lasting impression is essential to a good novel. The emotions, in our case, are love and thus the love should be developed from an early stage.

The target audience and the age of your characters ought to be in the same bracket. If you are targeting the young adults, then your main characters should be young adults themselves. This ensures there is no mismatch between the audience and the message in the novel. It also ensures the audience can relate with what is happening to different characters properly. The dialogue and events in the story should be those that can be easily related to real life situations.

The ending should be one to remember for a high rating. Choose it be either an unfortunate event happening or the two lovers getting together. Conclude your new contemporary novels in an outrageous way.




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