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Index
Cover
Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Copyright Page
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1 - What Is a Romance, and How Do I Know If It’s Erotic?
Chapter 1 - Focus, Focus, Focus: It’s All About the Love Story
Chapter 2 - Ready, Set, … Write!
Chapter 3 - The Romance Genre: It’s Like a Box of Chocolates!
Chapter 4 - Planning Erotic Romance: Giving Sex Its Due
Chapter 5 - Writing 101: World-Building
Part 2 - Lust at First Sight: The External Journey
Chapter 6 - What Is Going On?
Chapter 7 - Plot: Establishing Motives, Goals, and Conflict
Chapter 8 - Writing 101: Putting It All Together
Part 3 - Who Do You Love? The Emotional Journey
Chapter 9 - The Building Blocks of Story People
Chapter 10 - What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Chapter 11 - Writing 101: Characterization
Part 4 - Tangled Sheets: The Physical Journey
Chapter 12 - Sex Isn’t Always About Love
Chapter 13 - Sex: Make It Count
Chapter 14 - The Morning After: Postcoital Tension
Chapter 15 - No Room at the Inn for the Shy and Retiring
Chapter 16 - Writing 101: Sexual Tension
Part 5 - Talk Dirty to Me: Writing Explicit Sex
Chapter 17 - Lose Your Comfort Zone? Let’s Find It!
Chapter 18 - Say What? Flowery Language and Four-Letter Words
Chapter 19 - Intimacy: The Character/Reader Connection
Chapter 20 - Getting Wild and Kinky
Part 6 - Satisfy Me: Meeting Your Reader’s Expectations
Chapter 21 - Doors Wide Open
Chapter 22 - The Marriage of Fantasy and Reality
Chapter 23 - How Steamy Is Too Steamy?
Chapter 24 - Getting a Rise Out of Readers
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Index
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