http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php en alissa@allaboutlove.net Copyright 2011 2011-10-05T13:32:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/real_life_intrudes/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/real_life_intrudes/#When:14:43:00Z Thieves steal my first draft of Chapter Three—and it takes me four months to resurrect it Watch a novel grow 2010-01-11T14:43:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/chapter_three/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/chapter_three/#When:14:25:00Z Notes for Chapter 3. Watch a novel grow 2010-01-06T14:25:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/chapter_two_plan_and_execution/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/chapter_two_plan_and_execution/#When:14:12:00Z Note for the second chapter of the novel, plus the first scene… Watch a novel grow 2009-12-30T14:12:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/the_cute_meet_under_fire/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/the_cute_meet_under_fire/#When:12:47:01Z How to begin my romance? How about with a cute meet during an armed robbery? Watch a novel grow 2009-09-30T12:47:01+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/a_tale_of_romance_and_deceit/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/a_tale_of_romance_and_deceit/#When:12:21:00Z Character is plot, plot is character… But what sort of romantic story does my character suggest I tell? Watch a novel grow 2009-09-23T12:21:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/the_cute_meet/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/the_cute_meet/#When:07:27:00Z 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. Watch a novel grow 2009-09-16T07:27:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/the_soap_within_the_novel/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/the_soap_within_the_novel/#When:07:09:00Z 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… Watch a novel grow 2009-08-05T07:09:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/a_writer_a_whiner_and_an_impossible_mother/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/a_writer_a_whiner_and_an_impossible_mother/#When:07:05:00Z 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? Watch a novel grow 2009-07-31T07:05:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/my_heroines_confidante_and_more/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/my_heroines_confidante_and_more/#When:07:00:00Z I’m steaming ahead now. I have a fair idea of my heroine and my hero. Now I need a confidante for my heroine… Watch a novel grow 2009-07-22T07:00:00+02:00 http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/creating_a_hero/ http://www.allaboutlove.net/index.php/columns/entry/creating_a_hero/#When:06:53:00Z I’ve created the heroine—now’s my chance to create my hero, built into whom are multiple opportunities for conflict with the heroine. Watch a novel grow 2009-07-18T06:53:00+02:00