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Writing a Romantic Novel: And Getting Published,9780844200217
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Writing a Romantic Novel: And Getting Published


Author(s): Donna Baker
ISBN10:  0844200212
ISBN13:  9780844200217
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  4/1/1998
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill


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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction 1(2)
1 Romance -- or romantic novel?
3(7)
The qualities of romance
3(4)
The romantic novel
7(3)
2 Characters are people
10(10)
Creating characters
10(5)
Naming characters
15(2)
Describing your characters
17(1)
Using body language
18(2)
3 Characters talking
20(6)
Dialogue
20(2)
Conversation
22(4)
4 From setting to style
26(10)
Settings
26(3)
Theme or formula?
29(2)
Your voice, your style
31(5)
5 Getting to work
36(10)
Let's write a romance
36(2)
The nitty-gritty
38(2)
The back-story
40(1)
Developing the story
41(5)
6 Plots and structure
46(8)
Plots
46(2)
Sub-plots
48(1)
Structure
48(2)
Pacing your story
50(2)
Keeping track of characters and events
52(1)
Is there a formula?
53(1)
7 The middle and the end
54(10)
Fleshing it out
54(2)
It's getting too long!
56(2)
So-let's write a romantic novel
58(4)
Endings
62(2)
8 Bringing the story to life
64(13)
Suspense
64(2)
Viewpoint
66(2)
Tenses
68(1)
Ways of telling the story
69(1)
Show and tell
70(4)
Emotional warmth
74(3)
9 Romance and sex
77(13)
So, what is romance?
77(2)
Romance and sex
79(11)
10 History and research
90(14)
When did it happen?
90(3)
Family sagas and regional novels
93(3)
Research
96(8)
11 The Internet
104(5)
12 Synopses, drafts and blurbs
109(9)
The synopsis
109(2)
The draft
111(3)
The blurb
114(4)
13 And now for the publisher
118(16)
Presentation
118(2)
Vanity publishing
120(2)
Self-publishing
122(2)
Proper publishers
124(2)
Literary agents
126(3)
And now you wait
129(1)
Multiple submissions
130(3)
14 After acceptance
134(12)
Contracts and agreements
134(4)
Electronic publishing
138(4)
Copy-editing and proofs
142(4)
15 Business matters
146(12)
Income tax
146(2)
Value Added Tax
148(1)
Public Lending Rights
149(1)
Copyright
150(2)
Societies
152(1)
Conferences and courses
153(5)
16 And finally
158(2)
The last word
158(1)
And what not to do
159(1)
Further reading 160(1)
Index 161

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