Welcome to the Course
  • Introduction
The Foundation of Your Business
  • The Romance Novel Reader
  • The Romance Novel Author
What is a Romance Novel?
  • A Brief History of the Romance Novel
  • Sugar and Spice and Oh So Nice: Characteristics of a Romance Novel
Organization and Planning
  • Planning your Novel: Organizational Tools
  • They're Everywhere: Coming up with Ideas
Characterization & Plotting
  • Not Your High School English Class: Premise and Theme
  • Character Internal Goal, Motivation, and Conflict
  • Character External Goal, Motivation, and Conflict
  • Whole Body Exploration: Getting to know your Characters
  • Prep and Plan, Yes You Can: Plotting
  • Weaving in Subplots
  • Writing a Series
Between the Covers
  • Skeleton, Piece of Poo, Rough Draft: Whatever you want to call it, just write!
  • Scene and Sequel
  • Start with a hook, end on a cliffhanger: Chapters
  • Get Into Her Head: Point of View
  • Sink the Reader Into the Story: Show, Don't Tell
  • Bring on the Sexual Tension
  • Love is in the Air: Intimacy and Love Scenes
  • Flesh it out, Clean it up, Next Draft: Your Revision Process
Second Opinions
  • Critique Partners and Groups
  • Fun and Worthwhile: Contests
  • Beta Readers
Your Production Team
  • Finding an Editor
  • Make Them Shine: Cover, Title, and Blurb
Publishing
  • Pros and Cons of Traditional Publishing
  • Pros and Cons of Independent Publishing
Making a Name for Yourself
  • Promotion, Marketing, and Social Media
  • Your Author Website
  • We Love Them, Yes We Do: Book Reviews
Your Business
  • SWOT Analysis: Strengths
  • SWOT Analysis: Weaknesses
  • SWOT Analysis: Opportunities
  • SWOT Analysis: Threats
  • TOWS Analysis for Authors
  • Action Plan for Authors
  • Business Plan for Authors
The Writer's Life
  • Keep Your Dream Alive: Finding Time to Write
  • Summary of Lectures