#resource masterpost
Here is a large compilation of resources based on what you guys told me you struggle with the most when writing romance. This ranges from creating a healthy romance to inspire other people to seek the right kind of love, finding inspiration to write, writing realistic scenes, and many other topics. I hope that you find this useful!
Healthy & Realistic Romance
- How to write strong character relationships
- How To Write Realistic Romance
- Realistic Romance
- Writing Realistic Love Relationships
- LGB Relationships
- Romantic Subplots
- Writing a Romance Novel
- How to Avoid Forced Romantic Sub-Plot
- Subtle Signs of Love
- Love at First Sight and the Stages of Love
- Using Timelines to Pace Romantic Relationships
- Avoiding the Cheesy Stuff
- Building an Organic Romance
- Writing Healthy Couples In Fiction
Cliches & Tropes To Avoid
- What’s Missing In The Modern Romance Heroine
- Romance- The deal with triangles.
- Writing a quality love triangle
- Writing 101- love triangles
- The problem with love triangles
- Massive List Of Romance Tropes
- Massive List Of Friendship Tropes
- Things About Romance Learned From TV
- Cliches To Avoid Or Reconstruct
- Writing Emotional Scenes Without Melodrama
- Friendship to Love
- Enemies to Lovers
- Female Characters To Avoid
Romance Scenes & NSFW Resources
- Handling the Risqué Parts of Writing Romance
- The Big Book Of Writing Sex
- Twenty Steps To Writing Great Love Scenes
- Ten Essentials To Writing Love Scenes
- Sizzling, Sensuous and Steamy: How to Write Love Scenes
- Keeping it Sweet While Turning Up the Heat
- Kissing Scenes
- Sexual Tension
- Delicate and Relevant Sex Scenes
- Types Of Kisses
- Five Flirting Styles
- Flirting Types
- Obvious Flirting Signs
- How To Flirt
- Writing Flirty Things
- Words To Use In Sex Scenes
- Synonyms For Private Bits
Things For Beginners
- Tips for Beginning Romance Writers
- 5 Tips To Writing Engaging Romance
- How To Write From The Opposite Gender’s Point Of View
- Writing Gender Specific Dialogue
- How to Write a Romance Novel: The Keys to Conflict
- 4 Tips For Writing For The Romance Market
- How To Write Romance
- Bringing Humor Into Your Romance
Inspiration
- Romantic Things On Tumblr
- Love poems
- The Bad Sex Awards (What Not To Do)
- TheRomantic.com
General Tools and Tips
- Romance University
- RT Book Reviews’ Romance site
- 5 Ways To Write Romance With Respect
- 10 Ways To Improve Your Romance Novel
- 7 Essential Tips For Writing A Romance
- Using Real Psychology In Your Writing
- Help With Romance: General Things
- Plotting The Teen Romance
- Research Flaws In Romance
- Writing Romantic Dialogue
- Touchy-Feely Words
Resource Masterposts I Made
Here is a master post for a variety of resources that have been of wonderful use to me and hopefully to all of you. ♡ ♡ ♡
♡ ♡ ♡Please please please like or reblog if you found this useful.
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WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}
- E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;
- Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);
- BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;
- Charlotte Dillon - Research links;
- Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;
- One Stop for Writers - You guys… this website has literally everythingwe need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;
- One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It’s FREE!
- Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;
- National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;
- Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;
- Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;
- The Creative Academy for Writers - “Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication.” It’s FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;
- Reedsy- “A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book” It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;
- QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I’ve never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);
- Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It’s FREE but has a paid plan;
- Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;
I hope this is helpful for you!
(Also,check my blog if you want to!)