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Conflict Between Your Characters is a Good Thing by Deborah Bailey

What are some of your favorite romance tropes? “Enemies to lovers” is certainly a very popular one. There’s so much conflict involved as the “enemies” realize they have more in common than they thought. It’s the basis for countless movies and TV shows as well as books. There’s something about the conflict that draws us …

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Keep the Fires Burning No Matter the Heat Level by Deborah Bailey

Years ago, when I wrote short stories, I didn’t include love scenes. I’d have the characters flirt and maybe have a kiss or two. But that’s as far as it went. Anything more was behind closed doors if the characters went that far. When I wrote my first novel, however, I wanted to do more …

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Three Ways to Pick the Right POV for Your Story by Deborah Bailey

Before I started writing novels, I wrote short stories in first-person point of view (POV). I didn’t do it on purpose, it just happened. Like a lot of writers, my stories started out as a “what if?” idea. What if an office worker could plug their computer into their bodies? What if a person could …

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Your Heroine’s Journey is Your Reader’s Journey by Deborah Bailey

It’s probably safe to say that most writers are familiar with the Hero’s Journey, or some variation, of it. Years ago, I read “The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers” by Christopher Vogler, which is based on Joseph Campbell’s work (and described in his book, “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”). What I didn’t know …