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What Authors Find Fun About These Classic Tropes

We asked Harlequin authors to tell us about the romance tropes in their latest releases and what they love about writing romance stories with them.

Posted on: November 28, 2023
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HEA Writing Week 2023 | Embracing Emotions

Welcome to the final day of HEA Writing Week 2023! Today, we’re talking about how to create emotional intimacy without […]

Posted on: November 3, 2023
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HEA Writing Week 2023 | Character Building

We’ve been looking at romance tropes and hooks so far during HEA Writing Week. Today is about building your characters. […]

Posted on: November 2, 2023
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HEA Writing Week 2023 | Hooks & Tropes

Today for HEA Writing Week, we’re talking about story hooks and tropes. Romance novels use classic tropes to drive the […]

Posted on: November 1, 2023
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HEA Writing Week 2023 | Writing Foundations

Welcome to day two of HEA Writing Week! Today we’re going back to basics to recap some of the writing […]

Posted on: October 31, 2023
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HEA Writing Week 2023 | Planning & Goal Setting

Welcome to HEA Writing Week 2023! We are so excited to kick off this week (and NaNoWriMo) and get everyone […]

Posted on: October 30, 2023
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The Roadmap to Writing Romance: 5 Writing Resources

Get ready for HEA Writing Week from October 30 to November 3 with this top list of writing resources recommended […]

Posted on: October 26, 2023
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Writing an Opening Paragraph | Medical Romance & Romantic Suspense

The first lines of a novel can do many things, but one of the main objectives is to capture the […]

Posted on: October 18, 2023
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Writing the Modern Hero

This post is based on a presentation made by Editors Hannah Rossiter and Soraya Bouazzaoui at a conference in summer […]

Posted on: October 17, 2023
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Trope Spotlight: Forced Proximity

The much-loved forced proximity trope is all about giving two people the chance to fall in love, despite all of […]

Posted on: September 27, 2023