How To Get The Best Of The Western Romance Novels


By Aimee Schwartz


Romantic novels are the highest selling novels in North America which makes up to 40 percent fiction which means if your book is good, it will sell. Romance readers look for new books to read every day so it means the market is ever growing. The highest paid romance writer in the world is Danielle steel with close to $35 million back in 2011 followed by Nicholas Sparks. If you want to write western romance novels, you have to research on history of the west.

There are a lot of flaws people make while writing a romantic novel from the western. You ought to do a lot of research and make sure you use it accurately. There are chances that you might overuse it or omit some important aspects and your novel might turn out to be really bad. If its a historical love novel, make sure you use the correct mode of transportation.

One thing you should never do while writing a novel is use perfect people to base your two main characters. It makes your characters predictable at the same time the story becomes boring. When the hero and the heroine first meet, they will be antagonists but as the story continues, they should be drawn towards each other. Build the interest of the reader as to how they will both end up together.

How can a writer avoid being boring? Making the mistake of boring the reader can be fatal to your story so do not delay in bringing the two characters together so as to make the reader interested. There should be conflicts between the hero and the heroine and how they solve it.

There are tips to help an aspiring writer break into this genre writing. One of them is understanding the genre well. Romance writing has its own compilation of rules that you have to understand first. You have to plot around the connection of the hero and the heroine. The hero can be strong, charismatic and likable while the heroine is charming.

Familiarizing oneself with the market is important. Read as many recently published books as possible in the field you want to specialize in especially in the series category. You have to select a genre or subgenre you are comfortable in like: historical or contemporary romance, romantic comedy, erotic romance and then look for published books to read.

Can one join a writers club? It is good to join a writers club and nowadays with the improvement of technology, you can join one online or locally, entirely your choice. When you feel overwhelmed, you can discuss the details with them and you will realize it actually helps a lot. Read books about romances to also give you more tips.

Romance novels are normally based on fantasies. The readers want to escape from reality to their world of their choosing whereby they can go through the joy of falling for someone who in real life might not exist hence, the readers want the hero to be someone they admire in real life and even ends up being their very own role models they want to take after.




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