Write a Romance Novel Today

If you are an author, or would like to be, consider starting out in the Romance Novel genre. Getting published is easier if you do so in a popular genre like romance. Consider that fifty-five percent of all paperbacks published in 2004 were romance novels and you begin to get the massive scale of this growing, lucrative genre. 1.2 Billion dollars in novels were sold in that same year in the form of over 2 thousand romance novels. Two thousand! Why couldn't one of your books be included in this massive tide of business? Many intelligent, professional women are addicted to these types of novels as a form of spice in their life and they will purchase one right after the other, and even go so far as to always have one tucked away in their purse. There is a hard-core fan base readership for these novels that consist of nothing less than a subculture. Breaking into this genre with a hot title can literally change your life and sweep you off your feet into a world of success you never dreamed possible today. For ten tips on writing a bestselling romance novel, visit How To Write a Romance Novel

What do women want? This is the question you must answer to find your pot of gold in the romance novel field. The funny part is, it has already been answered for you. According to the Romance Writers Guild of America, the main objective of a romance novel is to conclude with “an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.” It beats a sharp stick in the eye, and if you can provide that, along with some bumps and conflicts along the way, you can make it in this business. The romantic relationship, how it is avoided, how it progresses, how it is blocked, and how it finally overcomes all this to a happy ending is basically all that romance novels are. It's a classic formula that is no less satisfying for being a formula. Consider that certain dramatic cliches have been around for literally thousands of years, since the dawn of the theater, and they still work today. Why? Because humans haven't changed that much in all this time. We still want love and happiness and the ability to give and feel important. We still desire to see heroes struggle and fail only to get back up and triumph. This is the first story we ever told.

Most romance novels are told from the woman's perspective, either in first or third person. It is the story of one woman's struggle to find love. If you are a man, that may seem difficult to adopt, but I would remind you that women are essentially human as you are, and have those same emotions that you do. You may bring something wonderful to the genre that no one has before just by accident through your unique voice. Something you may not know is that twenty-two percent of romance readers are male. So don't let anything stop you from starting on your way to an empire of stories.