Forbidden romance draws in writers of all levels. The appeal seems obvious. There’s a powerful, built-in conflict that should be easy to turn into a fantastic story. Sounds so straightforward, correct? Well, wrong! You know why? Because too often, we focus on the rules being broken, but we forget the powerful reason why a couple … Read more
Writing historical romance can feel like an endless loop or a trap. You spend months researching a specific era to find nuggets of romance. The end result? You get stuck, orbiting the same drawing room or dugout. Or worse, the history itself becomes so big that it swallows the romance whole, leaving you quite lost … Read more
Enemies to lovers works because the friction is real. Two people want the same thing, stand on opposite sides of it, and keep landing in the same room until the rivalry starts to crack. This post gives you two ways to begin. You get 50 dialogue-based one-liners for fast banter and clean openings. You also … Read more