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Writer of Romantic Comedies, much like the Mumbai Monsoon. A little warm, a little lyrical, definitely gritty.

Not feeling hopeless or helpless isn’t easy right

Not feeling hopeless or helpless isn’t easy right now.

Here’s one way to help:
Donate to The Immigrant Rapid Response Fund (https://www.wfmn.org/funds/immigrant-rapid-response/) and enter the Romance for Minnesota (@romanceforminnesota ) giveaway.
Signed copies of all four Raje books are on the list of prizes. But the list is long. So, please donate and enter.
Prizes will be shared on Instagram @romanceforminnesota, and winners will be randomly drawn and notified on Sunday, February 1st.
The Romance for Minnesota fundraiser is organized by romance authors Jane Hadley, Louise Mayberry, and Andie James. Direct any questions to romanceforminnesota@gmail.com.

2016 feels a hundred years ago. What a year, thoug

2016 feels a hundred years ago. What a year, though. 3 books in and filled with hope. Met some serious titans of the business, imagine meeting @norarobertsauthor @writer_dg @authornalinisingh all in the same year. I was starstruck! Also, Vegas, NOLA, Rome, Arches National Park, Maryland, Ann Arbor, Milwaukee, India for my niece’s wedding. Sending high schoolers off to dances. Building Author friendships. Holding tight to family. So much changes yet so much stays the same. #2016 #sonalidev

**I’m teaching a 4 session workshop on The Art of

**I’m teaching a 4 session workshop on The Art of Writing an Unforgettable Romance**
If you’ve been meaning to give yourself the gift of finally finishing that book and publishing it, I hope you’ll join me!
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The heart of a story is change: characters changing themselves and their world makes readers turn pages, especially in romance when internal and external growth is the story’s core. The harder the change is for the protagonist in (or out of) love, the deeper readers fall into the narrative. In this workshop, we’ll learn about how change is related to stakes, and how conflict fuels these stakes and is the engine for the romantic arc. This gives meaning to your plot and tangible form to your theme.

Through hands-on sessions that use your own stories, we’ll learn how to know your romantic protagonists as real humans and weave conflict into every aspect of their journey so they stick in readers’ hearts. Each student can work on an existing work-in-progress or bring a story idea to develop.

Week 1: Knowing Character-
Crafting characters through backstory: how to build the spine of characters through backstory

Week 2: Revealing Character-
Learn from romance classics and bestsellers how backstory is the key to infusing your story with emotion and making it impossible to put down

Week 3: Conflict as Story Fuel-
Generate meaningful story by tying conflict into how the characters define themselves and what they need to overcome to survive

Week 4: Conflict in Narrative-
Pacing, story arc, setting, and dialogue and how they relate to conflict and change

Categories: Classes, Fiction, Multi-Week, Online
Registration link: https://www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/classes/genre-series-the-art-of-writing-an-unforgettable-romance-with-sonali-dev/
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#writing #writingcraft #romancenovels #sonalidev

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