Romancing the beat

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When it comes to romance writing, you need a romance novel outline. Check out how I created my own using Romancing the Beat.

Today we’re going to look at story beats to help craft your romance novel. Beats are specific points of significance that occur in stories that a) help keep the tension up and b) help drive the story forward. They can also be extremely useful in helping you map out your story before you dive into your first draft.

One of my most popular posts is for my Romance Beat Sheet, but one of my readers asked if I could create a Scrivener template to go along with the Romance Beat Sheet. Yes! If you're a romance author and use Scrivener for drafting your stories, today's post is for you.

Want to write a story that works? Learn how to plot your novel using the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet in this post! (Free worksheet included!) #writingtips

“I've started using beat sheets to help navigate the story. If you're interested in writing romance, I highly recommend Gwen Hayes's "Romancing the Beat." It helps me think about the expectations readers have when it comes to making a love story bloom. 2/2 #NaNoWriMo”

Do you know how to use the Save the Cat Beat Sheet? It's a novel-writing template with 15 plot points, and I want to show you how to use it!

Discover 7 of the most popular story structure models used by writers today. Suitable for authors, playwrights, and screenwriters.

Just after Christmas, I finished the first draft of Hero and since the New Year I’ve been hard at work on the second draft. Dan Wells’s 7-point plot system (aka the Pantser’s Beat…