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Romance Plotting Resources
No matter where you are in your romance journey, this book will improve your understanding of the genre and plot structure. It isn't prescriptive, and in the years since it was written, expectations for and the importance of the third act break-up have changed, but it's still the best book to read if you're starting your romance writing journey.
Readers love, and choose books based on, tropes. But just including a trope in your book isn't enough to draw them in on its own. To really hook readers and keep them coming back for more of your books, you have to dial into the fantasies we all want to see played out on the pages. Theodora Taylor does an exceptional job of explaining exactly how to do this, and her companion book, The Universal Fantasy List, goes even deeper into the concept and gives you a list of fantasies to incorporate into your next romance novel.
Fantasy romance is having a moment, and if you want to jump on the bandwagon, there's never been a better time. But the sub-genre requires world-building, a skill that's hard to learn . . . unless you have this book series, of which On World Building: Volume I is the first, in your arsenal. It teaches you how to build every aspect of your fantasy world, leaving no element out, so by the end of the series, you'll have built a complex, intricate world readers will want to return to again and again.