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2015

Format:	Book
Author:	Samuel, Barbara.
Title:	Writing romantic fiction / Barbara Samuel.
Publisher, Date:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The 2015.
Description:	xii, 196 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:	"A comprehensive and smart guide to the romance genre in its contemporary form - a genre that is attracting growing numbers of writers through its diversity and potential for commercial success" -- amazon.com Learn to create, compose, and share your vision for a passionate love story. Samuel explains examples of subgenre to help you understand the conventions, and then helps you create ideas and rounded characters, and find an audience for your work.
Series:	Teach Yourself Creative writing masterclass Creative writing masterclass.
Subjects:	Love stories -- Authorship. Love stories -- Technique. Authorship -- Technique.
Other Title:	Writing romantic fiction : a modern guide to writing compelling love stories of passion and desire Masterclass : writing romantic fiction
Notes:	At head of title on title page and spine: Masterclass.
Contents:	Introduction -- Understanding romantic novels -- The different forms of the romantic novel -- Studying the genre -- Creating believable, powerful characters -- Plot and subplot -- Orchestrating the emotional arc -- Setting and sense of place -- Let's talk about sex -- The tools of the novelist, part one -- The tools of the novelist, part two -- Finding your unique writing voice -- From rough draft to polished draft -- Publishing -- Tricks to stay motivated.
ISBN:	9781473600423 1473600421 1473600448 9781473600447
Other Number:	904331863
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Control Number:	503910
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Call Number:	808.3 Samuel

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