How to Write a Vampire Romance Novel
- 1). In your notebook, create a hero and a heroine--make them about the same age. Include all descriptions of your characters, including hair color, eye color, height, weight, likes/dislikes and whatever else you think is pertinent.
- 2). Make one of your heroes a vampire.
- 3). Also in your notebook, create a mythology for your vampires. Draw upon mythologies that have already been written, such as the "Twilight Lexicon" (twilightlexicon.com) and "The Encyclopedia Mythica" (pantheon.org), but be sure to add your own twists on it.
- 4). Write the first chapter of your story. Put the two characters into a normal, everyday place. (If it is a young adult novel, like "Twilight" or "The Vampire Diaries," then make it a school). Make sure that your non-vampire character has no idea that the other hero is a vampire.
- 5). Have your two characters meet. Have one of them notice little things about the other to let your audience know there is the chance of attraction.
- 6). Have the two characters fall in love. Do so no sooner than chapter 5.
- 7). Have your non-vampire character notice that something is "off" about your vampire character. Make it something that the vampire did that maybe he/she shouldn't have. Have your non-vampire character do some research, and have them turn up the mythology you created in step 3.
- 8). Have your non-vampire character confront your vampire character--about being a vampire. Have them argue and have it end badly so your reader thinks they may never get back together.
- 9). Establish the villain. While you may have introduced the villain's character earlier in the novel, it is at this point where your reader should know that this character is definitely the villain. Have the villain be equal in every way to your vampire character. In other words, if your hero vampire has super strength, then your villain should also posess this quality.
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Make the villain in some way be a threat to your non-vampire character so that your vampire character will have no choice but to protect him/her. - 11
Have the two heroes destroy the villain (or just get rid of the villain if you're planning a sequel), and finally fall back in love with each other. - 12
Have the two heroes, now in a relationship, going about their lives as if everything were normal. - 13
Write "The End."
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