This post is based on a presentation made by Editors Hannah Rossiter and Soraya Bouazzaoui at a conference in summer […]
Feisty duchesses, determined detectives, evil exes, or grumpy chefs — characters are the heart of every story. Creating vivid characters […]
Write for Harlequin wants to get Back to Basics! Join us over the next month for a series of posts […]
This week on the blog, we’re talking you through creating strong secondary characters! Read on for our advice (originally posted […]
This week on the blog, we’re talking you through how to bring those wonderful secondary characters who fill out your […]
The Cinderella story is a perennial romance favorite. We posted 10 Tips for Writing the Perfect Cinderella Story on Wednesday. […]
“Consider what makes a person so fascinating. Who captures your interest in a powerful way?” – Senior Editor Patience Bloom, […]
Character clichés. Archetypes. Stock characters. We encounter them in every genre—the mad scientist, the femme fatale, the high school jock, […]
By Deirdre McCluskey For our last writing challenge we talked about frenemies. Another favourite secondary character in romance is the […]
by Deirdre McCluskey This week we’ve been talking about secondary characters. One of my favourite character types is the “frenemy”. […]
