Vivienne answers the question “Do you know the ending before you start?”
In writing romance, I know it will end with happily ever after. As for the final scene in the story, however, no, I don’t usually know. Most of the time, I have a vague impression of the characters, and the setting before I even start the writing process. But a story really takes shape when I figure out the dark moment between the hero and heroine.
It may seem a little morbid to get a thrill out of discovering how to rip your characters’ world to shreds, but I have the best of intentions. In THE ELUSIVE LORD EVERHART there are two dark moments. While writing those …
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