Last night my two teenaged grandsons watched A Timeless Christmas, presented by Hallmark, with Del and I. I could tell they liked it because they didn't fall asleep. Well, our guest speaker of yesterday at the Romance Writers of America San Diego Chapter, be she Alexis Stanton, Eva Leigh, or Zoe Archer is a masterful writer and the movie she wrote was full of memorable scenes, very real dialogue, and managed to highlight the craft points she made yesterday in her 2 lectures without being obvious. Catch it. You'll love it.
Her workshop explored
how to take beloved romance tropes to create compelling stories, and to keep
your readers coming back for more. It suggested tweaking and sometimes
mixing tropes to give your story unique and memorable twists and how to do this
realistically in a way that would not disappoint a reader, who knows and loves
the tropes.
Her presentation also examined
techniques to create strong characters with depth and heart. She
suggested investing in Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi’s books, all ending
in Thesaurus. I have The Emotion Thesaurus which I use quite often and
highly recommend. She suggested for the purpose of her subjects: The Positive
Trait Thesaurus & The Negative Trait Thesaurus. The team has
written others, all of which look helpful.
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