Not only are romance novels always at the top of the bestsellers lists, romance novelists are routinely the most likely writers to live off their work. For those thinking of embarking in the world of romance writing, here are four tips for writing romance novels.
Treat it like the job that it is. There’s nothing romantic about being a romance novelist, it’s a lot of hard work and discipline for those who succeed, and those who succeed do so because they approach it as they would any other job.
Set a daily word goal. In the writing world, success means sales and volume. That volume doesn’t come from an idea carefully nurtured until it flourishes, it comes from set quantities that are observed daily, not weekly or monthly. If one day’s count isn’t met, it gets tacked on to the next day’s.
Time yourself, but don’t forget to take breaks. Writing is a job, and for any job to be worthwhile it has to break down to a reasonable hourly wage. Set a time cap on your daily word count, but don’t forget to take mental and physical breaks in between bursts of writing to keep the creative juices flowing.
Just move on. If you can’t quite find the right word, rather than laboring over a single line for minutes on end, drop a place filler and move on to the rest. The passage can be revisited at a later time with a fresh perspective.
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