Editing Romance Novels One-on-One Instruction

And they lived happily ever after.

It may sound cliché, but the happily-ever-after ending in romance novels keeps those books selling, which means authors are still writing romance novels, which means there’s a market for romance novel editors!

Whether you’re editing historical, contemporary, or steampunk romance, there are certain elements that readers (and publishers!) expect to see in a romance novel. In this four-week class, we’ll look at those elements that make a novel a romance, as well as reviewing some fiction-editing basics.

Here’s what you can expect from Editing Romance Novels:

• The Basics of Good Fiction (and how to incorporate them in romance novels)
• Romantic Characters (from their meeting to their attraction to the minor characters around them)
• Romantic Plots (learning to pace the romance, make it difficult, then bring the characters together)
• Common Mistakes (including mislabeling books as romance, cliché situations, and more!)

If you’ve never studied fiction editing, this class includes a good introduction; if you’re already editing fiction, it will be a good refresher! This stand-alone course can help new editors kick-start their careers while helping seasoned editors strengthen their skills so they can expand their services to include a new genre.