Romantic Suspense Novel Builder
$10.00
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This tool will help you plot your own sexy romantic suspense novel (designed for two partners) from beginning to end. It is designed to give you structure for 20 chapters plus an epilogue and yield a word count of 50-60,000 words, depending on your writing style. It can easily be adapted to use with MM or FF as well as the MF referenced in the Storybuilder. There are several ways to structure and plot a romantic suspense, and this is just one, but it should help you get a feel for how to do it, and it can be reused indefinitely.
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Excerpt
There are numerous subgenres that fall under the broad umbrella of romantic suspense. These include military romance, involving one or both main characters being in the armed forces; romantic thrillers with psychological twists; gothic romance suspense featuring brooding heroes homes full of secrets; small-town mysteries where passion ignites amid the danger; dark and mafia romance; motorcycle clubs; and others. Writers can draw on scenarios from crime shows, spy thrillers, and disasters movies, then lace it together with a compelling romance.
Chapter 1
FMC’s POV
We’re introduced to the everyday world of the heroine as she goes through her normal routine. Reveal subtle hints about inner demons or past trauma she has overcome to get to this point in her life, whether through glimpses of lingering pain or illustrations of her quiet strength despite adversity, OR toss her directly into the situation that’s going to put her at risk (such as witnessing a murder).
She comes across as intelligent, capable, and independent, yet there’s a sense of something missing, a void she copes with by immersing herself in work and keeping tightly closed off from others emotionally. Toward the middle of the chapter, the first stirrings of danger or mystery begin to arise (if you didn’t open with the action), through foreshadowing hints or a sense of being watched/followed, putting the heroine on alert.
