Next-Level Romance Writing: The Advanced Course
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What is next-level romance writing? For me, it's not about the minutiae of writing. It’s not about a particular technique. It’s about big picture craft and confidence and putting trust in our creativity. I hope this class will help you with those things.
*This class is meant for romance writers, so if you're not writing a subgenre of romance, this isn't the class for you.
What this class is NOT:
- How to plot
- How to promote/sell
- The basics of writing romance (that’s what the beginner class is)
- A class about love scenes (check out the Love Scenes class instead)
- A class about the minutiae of writing that will make you overthink everything and get stuck
What this class IS:
- Big picture advice on things like voice, character, theme, tropes, and beginnings that can level up your writing
- The mental game of writing and how to set yourself up for a sustainable writing career
- It’s one romance writer telling you, after more than a decade of writing, “Here’s what I wish I'd known earlier.”
Topics covered:
- Finding your author voice
- Theme in your stories
- Diving deeper into characterization
- Unlikable characters and antiheroes
- Leveling up your story opening
- Grand gestures
- Using tropes in romance
- 10 straight-talk things I want to tell you, writer to writer, to help you have a long, healthy, and happy career.
NOTE: If you have not taken my Romance Writing: The Comprehensive Beginner Course or are not an experienced romance writer with a strong handle on the fundamentals, I strongly recommend you take that one first. This class is meant for those who already have a working knowledge of the foundational topics covered in that course. (You can review the topics covered in that course here.)
Your Instructor
Roni wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills haven’t improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has. She holds a master’s degree in social work and spent years as a mental health counselor, but now she writes full time from her cozy office in Dallas, Texas where she puts her characters on the therapy couch instead. She is a two-time RITA Award winner and a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.
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TWO-TIME RITA AWARD WINNER
- FIVE-TIME RITA AWARD NOMINEE
- HOLT MEDALLION WINNER
- AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2018 WINNER
- A KIRKUS BEST ROMANCE NOVEL OF 2018 WINNER
- A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018 WINNER
- AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS STARRED REVIEWS FROM KIRKUS, PW, AND BOOKLIST
- 25+ SUCCESSFUL ROMANCE NOVELS AND NOVELLAS