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With this process, I write 35-40k novellas in about four weeks. Click through on the image to save an Infograph with the steps for later! SPOILERS FOR MY CURRENT WIP BELOW! This will spoil the book so proceed with caution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea4efa41f74947051a19775/1616771515734-0KD5X0VV4JSRBE0VUYH1/Screen+Shot+2021-03-26+at+10.10.38+AM.png Blog - How To Outline A Romance Novella - Add as many or as few here as you want! For me, I knew this book was going to have a lot of Farmer’s Market scenes and baking scenes. I didn’t need to add specifics into that yet because that’s sort of the whole premise of the book — but these other two scenes are ones I know I want in, so I’m adding them now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea4efa41f74947051a19775/1616771791732-CODFHDPO7BH9OSMLR7PK/Screen+Shot+2021-03-26+at+10.16.08+AM.png Blog - How To Outline A Romance Novella - Okay. You’ve got a good idea, you understand who your MCs are, and you understand what the plot is going to look like. Write it down in a small pitch — don’t worry about it sounding great, just get the main ideas out so when you’re deep in the outline, you can come back to stay on track. Great! Now we can start actually outlining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea4efa41f74947051a19775/1616770415410-9RM3X0074V35KI9RVQHY/Screen+Shot+2021-03-26+at+9.53.19+AM.png Blog - How To Outline A Romance Novella - As you can see here, I’m using a Meet Ugly instead of a Meet Cute to emphasize the enemies-to-friends-to-lovers dynamic that I’m working with this time. I also write Dual POV, so the Realization of Feelings has to be two chapters so that we get that moment from both POVs. 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First, in the 1990s the regular way. Then again, in a messy Suburu when a carpool group finally managed to choose a pseudonym as dramatic as the romance stories I pen. My work as Imogen includes: novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, and other fiction-driven stories in the romance genre. All my stories involve queer protagonists and promise happily ever afters. As a feminist writer, I strive to create realistic characters, demonstrate healthy, consensual relationships, and give readers a happy ending, every time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea4efa41f74947051a19775/e86cb090-8511-4d9a-9ab0-83ed5f5afc8c/5.png IMT - AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK This MM queer time loop fantasy romance novella follows Prince Henri of Nemeth, a man trapped to relive Christmas Day over and over again like some sort of purgatorial punishment, and Tauren, a warlock who has been dreaming (and pining) after the prince for years. 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