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Writing a Romance Novel For Fun.
Diary of Being a Writer; Month 67.
As my writing time continues to be encroached on from all angles, it has been a struggle to get to the keyboard and just write. I have been trying lots of different things to carve out the time and energy to get some words on a page. The journaling and writing by hand at odd moments has definitely been a great tool, but the other thing I started, was to try to write a Christmas Romance. Mainly because it is that time of year and Hallmark Christmas movies are my go to right now when I need some comfort and predictability to wind down from a big day of counseling and training. Yes, I signed up for another therapy course. I couldn’t help myself, it was a really good one and there was a discount.
So I tried, and although I didn’t manage to come up with a wintery, snowy Christmas theme, I did come up with a romantic plot.
I have tried to write romances before and always given up, wondering how on earth they do it. A couple of friends of mine are published romance authors and I have always admired them for being able to actually get the job done. About 30 years ago, my friend and I got the Mills and Boon Submission guidelines sent out to us, thinking that we could write one together and then being completely stumped by the formula.
