The Love Plot: How to Plot and Outline Your Romance Novel (The Plot Chronicles Book 2)

I read The Love Plot through Kindle Unlimited, and I'm going back to buy a paper copy for my keeper shelf. It's full of helpful information for structuring your romance novel. It discusses why you need required "pillar" scenes, and how to fill in the rest using "connective tissue" scenes between the pillars. I liked the author's approach to structuring a novel like that, because it's easier to understand. And if you're already familiar with Syd Field's Screenplay and the modified three act to fo [...]

Helpful as someone who hasn't written romance before, but has done a lot of general fiction writing (and is familiar with story structure and beats). The content was brief but the first two chapters were quite useful. The chapter on dialogue needed more content to be something I could implement. 70% of this book is two "worksheets" / detailed beat sheets, one for category romance in 16 chapters, the second for general romance in 40 scenes (what I picked). Unfortunately they are no longer availab [...]

no rating from me as I have read this identical information in other books

I skimmed this book, because after I read the first few pages, I realized I didn't need it. I'm not saying this book isn't useful--for a writer who would like to try to write a romance who has not done so and does not have a basic knowledge of them, this book is full of good tips.But I've been reading romance since I was in my teens and I have the basic formula down pat. :) Certainly, though, this book is a great guide for a writer who would like to attempt to write one. There are lots of good i [...]

Thank you so muchI'm a science-fiction fantasy writer, looking to expand into the romance genre. That being said, I have read a few romance novels but not many. My biggest concern was the genre rules for the focus of a romance plot. This book outlines in detail not only the beats but also the emphasis of the plot. If you're thinking about writing a romance novels, you definitely need to read this.

Very helpful book. For the first time, I think I finally understand the structure/outlining process as it applies to romance books. I wish the author offered the option of downloading the worksheets as PDFs. :(

Great reference guide This was such a great reference tool. Loved the outlines and the worksheets. Going to use this. Very helpful resources.

Very helpful and easily understood.

Short, sweet, and funny. This book gives a basic template for writing a romance novel.

This is the workbook version. A really good exercise on writing even if you dont want or plan to write a romance novel.

Best Romance Plot Education SourceInformative and well presented, this is the most helpful resource for writers of romance seeking help plotting the beats of the novel.