Writing the Romance

INSTRUCTOR: Emma Jensen, Author

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

Each course will be approximately 2 1/2 hours long, beginning at 9pm EST and ending approximately 11:30pm EST.

These courses are intense, topic specific workshops, rather than general workshops.

There are 4 workshops in this series. You can take just 1 or you can take all 4. If you register for 3 of Emma's workshops in this series, you will get the 4th workshop FREE. ***(save $20.00!)***

USING WHAT WE KNOW: Homemaker, doctor, lawyer, spy. We've come a long way in a few centuries. Can we use what we know, what we do daily in writing a historical romance? Absolutely. In fact, we'll have better books for doing it. Beyond the careful research and the esoteric details we have our own expertise and we'll explore how we can use it to write a book we can sell.

Fee: $20.00

PLOTTING YOUR HISTORICAL ROMANCE. As we all know, the plot of any romance is Boy Meets Girl; They Fall in Love. That's easy enough. The difficulty can come in choosing your subplot: the conflict, intrigue, etc. We'll discuss coming up with appropriate and unique subplot for your future best-seller.

Fee: $20.00

WRITING STEAM. For many romance writers, sex scenes can be the toughest to write. In this session, we'll discuss how much sex, how hot the sex needs to be, and how many awful (or not so awful) euphemisms there are for various body parts. Writing steam should be fun and not difficult. We'll work on reaching perfect levels of comfort and "art"

Fee: $20.00

CHARACTERIZATION. Do your characters have a tendency to do their own thing? Do the wrong thing (for the story or the era)? Are they two-dimensional or too familiar? Romance is a character-driven genre. Until we have our characters clear, compelling, and under control, we don't have a romance. We'll work on developing unique, compelling characters- and keeping them that way for 300 pages.

Fee: $20.00

Fee: Payable by credit card, check or money order (payable to The Romance Club, 2219 N. Glenwood Avenue, Niles, OH 44446 ) -- enclose the following information with your check or money order (on separate paper): Name, address, daytime phone, email address, and name of workshop you are reserving your space for. We will notify you with instructions on how to enter the classroom for this particular workshop. Please register as far in advance as possible so you can get used to the FREE software you need for these workshops (it's different than most chat software you've probably used -- but it will make the experience so much more fun). There is a 25.00 fee for all returned checks. Email LMALCOTT@aol.com if you have any questions.

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Bio:

Emma Jensen is the author of seven romances, both traditional Regency and Regency-era historical. Romantic Times called her most recent release, ENTWINED (Ballantine, 10/97), "exceptional", "a sparkling gem in the tradition of those marvelous tales of dark heroes and strong women a la Mary Balogh and Mary Jo Putney". She is currently at work on her next historical, set in early-19th century Ireland, and a contemporary romance set in Scotland's western isles.

Backlist:

CHOICE DECEPTIONS (Fawcett, 2/96)

VIVID NOTIONS (Fawcett, 5/96)

COUP DE GRACE (Fawcett, 8/96)

WHAT CHLOE WANTS (Fawcett, 11/96)

ENTWINED (Ballantine, 10/97)

Upcoming from Fawcett in 1998:

HIS GRACE ENDURES

BEST LAID SCHEMES

Future Workshops

Romance Novel Writing Course Part 1 | Romance Novel Writing Course Part 2

Psychic Workshop for Writers | Writing The Historical Romance |

Characterization, Plotting, Writing Steam and Writing What You Know

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