Necessary Elements
What Elements Are Necessary for the Genre You Write.
Necessary Elements
Please use this opportunity to discuss the elements needed to write in your genre.
I’ve found that writing historical romance requires many elements.
- A strong romance yet the characters have to show growth. The characters cannot be the same at the end of the book as they are at the beginning. The transformation is everything.
- Must be historically correct. You can’t play with history. Granted these are fictional characters but they have to fit into the scope of the time.
- Romance has to have a good plot to be a good read.
Mystery
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Romance
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A regal beauty with raven hair and piercing blue eyes, Fayth Graham is unwilling to parade herself in front of the wealthy Lords of England during the season. Seeking a means to dissuade any man wishing to wed her, she seeks a way to ruin herself for marriage. When she unexpectedly meets a man with sparkling gray eyes and an infectious grin, she decides this is the man who will keep her from agreeing to obey.
He returned from six months at sea, looking for a few nights of pleasure with a willing lass, but Jarret Kinsley got more than he bargained for when he met a beautiful debutant who responded to his kisses with a wild innocence that touched his heart. Yet the obstacles looming between them might rip them apart. Both had vowed never to marry, so when consequences of their dalliances got in the way, Jarret would have to choose between the life he’s always desired and the woman he loves more than life.
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For the most part, I write fantasy. While I can make anything happen, I like to keep the story just this side of possibility. Gravity still holds the characters to the ground, no matter the location. The events must feel as if they can or did occur. The good guy still wins the day no matter what color the sky and life, be it alien or earthly, still continues forward.
I write alternative history and I have written a trilogy spread over 20 years. What I have learned about writing alternative history is that I need to be as historically accurate as possible before adding my own inventions. This is because there is a difference between alternative history and out and out fantasy – and I don’t want to look ignorant!
With series or even one book spanning many years, I strongly recommend that you note everyone’s date of birth and dates of significant events i.e. marriages or divorces, before beginning to write. It makes writing much easier!
My novels are mystery/suspense. One of the necessary elements to the story is making the plot believable. I take a medical probability, such as a medical condition, disease. anomaly and introduce it to the reader. The reader must be drawn into the story, saying to themselves: this could really happen to me, my friends or family…or all three.