Hearts Through History Romance Writers

Ps & Ts

One of the worst things that can happen to a writer is a happy childhood, a functional family, an optimistic point of view. What can there be to write about with such poor resources, such fallow ground? And yet, we are driven, no less than our unhappy colleagues, to form words into sentences, sentences into pages, pages into stories.

When we start a new story, of these, what is the first element we create to work with?

  • People
  • Place
  • Plot

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