by Annette Elton | Mar 9, 2017 | Romance Story Starters, Uncategorized
Why do you write romance novels and stories? Is it because you have a story inside you that you want to get out? Put down on paper? Is it because you love the process of writing? And surely at some point you’ve read a romance and thought, “I can write better than...
by Annette Elton | Feb 5, 2017 | Romance Story Starters, Uncategorized
Your heroine or hero has the opportunity to go back to a moment in time and change what they did (or didn’t do). Do they take the opportunity? If so, what time do they go back to and what do they change?
by Annette Elton | Jan 12, 2017 | Romance Story Starters, Uncategorized
Procrastinating on Your Romance Novel? 7 Baby Steps You Can Take Today As a writer, procrastination is a dangerous thing. The goal is to engage with your novel, your work in progress, daily. When you take time away, the motivation, the excitement, and the story...
by Annette | Dec 5, 2016 | Holiday, Romance Story, Story Starters, Uncategorized
Your heroine owns and operates a holiday sleigh ride business in Colorado. She hitches a sleigh to her team of horses and takes tourists into the mountains on a romantic ride. When a snow storm catches her off guard she leads her customers to a small ranch owned by...
by Annette | Dec 2, 2016 | Holiday, Romance Story, Story Starters, Uncategorized
Your heroine decorates people’s homes for Christmas. She’s a stylist who has a popular niche to style wealthy people’s homes for the holidays. She has a new client and on the first day in his home, realizes that he is recently divorced, bitter, and had no idea that...
by Annette | Jan 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Your heroine has been rescued by a man. She doesn’t know who he is or what he wants. She doesn’t trust him and yet right now she has to rely on him for her survival. What was she rescued from? Who is he and what does he want from her? Why did he save her?...
