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May 26, 2022: How to Outline a Romance Novel and Keep the Love Scenes Sweet with a Little Bit of Heat

May 14, 2022 By Jeremy Madsen

May 26: How to Outline a Romance Novel and Keep the Love Scenes Sweet with a Little Bit of Heat

A discussion with romance author Julie L. Spencer

How far is too far in clean romance? Heat level is important to readers of all genres–but especially romance novels. And that heat level is often subjective, which means writing clean romance isn’t easy! On top of that, most story structure models don’t work for romance. Outlining is not the same thing as plotting, but they go hand in hand.

Bio: Julie L. Spencer is a best-selling author of over 30 books, most of them romance novels. As an author and publisher, she has mentored other authors to springboard their own successful careers. Her stories include snarky, flawed characters and romantic twists and turns.

This free Zoom event features a short presentation by Julie, followed by Q&A. Julie will be presenting a longer version of this presentation at our conference in October.

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