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3 Things Romantic Conflict Adds to Your Story

Romance is never perfect, is it? Not in real life, the movies, or in the books we all love! We’ve […]

Posted on: September 1, 2022
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Advice from the Archives: 5 Things Romantic Conflict Provides

In today’s post from our Archives, we share the many benefits of creating romantic conflict, a key building block of […]

Posted on: October 6, 2020
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Writing Challenge: Create a scene with tension!

We love secret babies in romance! But what if the hero isn’t the father? Welcome to this week’s writing challenge! […]

Posted on: March 22, 2019
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Writing Challenge: Create tension in your scene

This week at So You Think You Can Write we’ve been talking about how to include exposition and backstory in […]

Posted on: June 22, 2018
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Make them suffer: Why conflict is necessary

This week, Susan Litman, Editor for Harlequin Special Edition, shows us why we should make our characters suffer! “They met. They […]

Posted on: May 4, 2016
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Weekend Writing Tips: starring Dana Hopkins!

The Weekend Writing Tips are back! Do you want to know more about how to create and sustain fever-pitch emotional […]

Posted on: November 13, 2015