Columns – Watch a novel grow
Richard Beynon offers a peek over his shoulder as he tussles with the problems and experiences the exhilaration of crafting a romance novel from the ground up.
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Real life intrudes…
Thieves steal my first draft of Chapter Three—and it takes me four months to resurrect it
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Chapter Three
Notes for Chapter 3.
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Chapter Two: Plan and Execution
Note for the second chapter of the novel, plus the first scene…
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The Cute Meet - Under Fire
How to begin my romance? How about with a cute meet during an armed robbery?
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A tale of romance and deceit
Character is plot, plot is character… But what sort of romantic story does my character suggest I tell?
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The Cute Meet
In my love-story within a love story in my romance novel, I have a second bite at the cherry when my hero meets my heroine for the second time.
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The soap within the novel
An important part of the world of my novel is the soap I’ve called The Parks. Before I can start writing, I need an idea of what the soap is all about…
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A writer, a whiner and an impossible mother…
I need a few subsidiary characters to support the main cast. What about one of the writers on The Parks - plus the heroine’s whining ex - plus the heroine’s daunting mother?
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My heroine’s confidante - and more
I’m steaming ahead now. I have a fair idea of my heroine and my hero. Now I need a confidante for my heroine…
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Creating a hero
I’ve created the heroine—now’s my chance to create my hero, built into whom are multiple opportunities for conflict with the heroine.
