April 2017 ROMANCE Stories, Screenplays, and Short Films

Submit your Romance Screenplay Festival: http://festivalforromance.com   COMEDY BEST Scene Screenplay – FATE’S PECULIAR SENSE OF HUMOR April 2017 ReadingWritten by N. Triton LAST SCENE Screenplay – SHOULD I DIE BEFORE I WAKE April 2017 ReadingWritten by Nicholas R. Zingarelli 1st SCENE Screenplay – THE DEBT April 2017 ReadingWritten by Michelle Patkowski FAN FICTION TV… Continue reading April 2017 ROMANCE Stories, Screenplays, and Short Films

ROMANCE Short Film of the Day: Ratri, by Krishnendu Sain

PITCH: Title: Ratri Written by: Krishnendu Sain Type: Short Screenplay Genre: Romance, Drama Logline: Ratri-an untold story of a girl is a dilemma between love and life. It’s a complete romantic flick between two strangers. But the love between then can’t be expressed. It simply happens. Interested in this logline, please email us at info@wildsound.ca… Continue reading ROMANCE Short Film of the Day: Ratri, by Krishnendu Sain

ROMANCE TV PILOT of the Day: Will Date Won’y Date, by Stuart Wheeldon

PITCH: Title: Will Date Won’y Date Written by: Stuart Wheeldon Type: TV PILOT Genre: Comedy, Romance Logline: The ultimate ‘will they, won’t they’ romantic comedy series where lovelorn singles seek out their perfect mate with aid of their ‘will-date-won’t-date’ dating app. But whether their love blossoms is up to . . . YOU. Interested in… Continue reading ROMANCE TV PILOT of the Day: Will Date Won’y Date, by Stuart Wheeldon

ROMANCE Feature Film of the Day: ANGEL DOWN, by Ursula Wessels

PITCH: Title: ANGEL DOWN Written by: Ursula Wessels Type: Feature Script Genre: Supernatural action thriller / romance Logline: Angel Kael goes to earth to rescue his “fallen” brother and save the kingdom of heaven but then discovers his true identity and does the forbidden – he falls in love. Interested in this logline, please email… Continue reading ROMANCE Feature Film of the Day: ANGEL DOWN, by Ursula Wessels

Genre Police! Relying on Genre Terms in Werewolf Romance

I’ve been bringing my werewolf romance novel to a weekly writing group. Young adjuncts, stay-at-home mom’s, science professors, and recent retirees make up just some of the members, writing everything from religious poetry to YA to thriller. They’re smart people with valuable feedback, but none of them write or read my genre. So there’s been…

Writing the Love Scene after a Break-up

He left town on a Saturday morning, three weeks ago. That afternoon I sat down to write the grand love scene: in which the fated werewolf mates claim each other forever and ever. I was sad but had accepted the end of the relationship, and I was ready to get to work. But I couldn’t…

The Truth About Edits

Originally posted on Capri Montgomery:
I actually don’t like editing. I do it because it needs to be done but I really hate doing it. Why? The short (not so short) answer is that once I finish writing a book I know how it ends and so the mystery is gone. I know what happened…

On writing cliche stories

Originally posted on Miss Gret:
Many people are allergic to cliche stories; however, most of the time all we get are cliche stories. This is especially true with romance—a good girl falling hopelessly in love with a bad boy, a rich man falling for a poor woman,  a billionaire and his secretary, a gangster—don’t make me start…