Romance Novels: What Are “Formulas” and Are They Bad? #amwriting

There are two words you’ll hear writers—especially romance writers—throw around which, if you’re only a reader, you might not understand: FORMULA and TROPE. Formula, when it comes to romance, has taken on quite a negative connotation, which I hope to dispel today. Tropes are something we writers like to talk about—which ones we prefer to […]