Writing New Adult: Bridging the Gap Between YA and Adult Romance
New Adult romance bridges the gap between Young Adult and adult romance. Lynne Smith gives tips on writing New Adult. Come see if this genre is a fit for you!
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In order to make creating your series easier, I recommend getting a three-ring binder or a disk bound notebook for organization purposes. These work better than a journal or a regular notebook because it’s easier to add and rearrange pages when needed. This binder or journal is called a series bible.
In the series bible, you’ll put all the relevant information about your series such as notes about character and plot. You’ll want to keep it by your side while you write, not only to jot down new information and ideas as they come to you, but also to easily confirm story details like the color of your hero’s eyes or the name of their pet.
You could also make your series bible electronic. The important thing is to have all the relevant information in one place in order to reduce continuity errors. In today’s post, we’ll go over how to set up your series bible.
Whether you choose to have an electronic series bible or keep it in a physical journal or a three-ring binder, the information you put into it is the same. It doesn’t matter if you are a plotter (a writer that plots out the book before writing) or a pantser (a writer that sits down at the keyboard and just starts writing). Eventually, all the details will be in the series bible and you will use this as reference as you write all the books in the series.
The first pages of your series bible should be an overview of the series. Include the following:
Every book in the series should have its own section with the following information:
I find answering the following questions about my main characters helps to keep the focus tight on the relevant details. Answer these questions on your character’s series bible page:
Once you’ve set up your series bible, if you feel comfortable with what you have, it’s time to start writing. The series bible is a fluid document and will change as you finish each book—sometimes it will change after every chapter. The more information you have in your series bible at the start of your writing the series, the easier it will be to avoid rewriting to add in breadcrumbs for the reader to follow, as well as reducing the chance that you’ll find in book five that you should have foreshadowed the climax better in book one.
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New Adult romance bridges the gap between Young Adult and adult romance. Lynne Smith gives tips on writing New Adult. Come see if this genre is a fit for you!
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