Too Much Plot?
I’ve always looked forward to writing the fourth book in the Stormy Weather series. The hero is Andre. You’ve met him in the other books. But I know him as a dark, slightly dangerous, brooding, quiet Alpha male. The Alpha of the Alphas in fact.
I’ve known for a while now that he needs his own pack. And he would never challenge his brother, Sebastian, to become leader of their pack.
So as I set about writing Andre’s book I wrote several outlines and scrapped them all. There was just too much plot there. Too much stuff happening. And Andre’s book…well, it’s really all about him and his heroine Juliette. Having too much other stuff going on was just detracting from their relationship and all the hundreds of years worth of issues they need to work out.
Less plot may sound strange to some people. In fact, I worried about it a lot. But then I realized there’s plenty of conflict and this is a romance novel after all. It’s about the central couple. It’s about learning to communicate, learning what makes your partner happy and falling in love. It’s about exploring your passion and fulfilling your desires. It’s about teaming up to overcome whatever obstacles stand in your way.
And in this novella, that’s really all I have room for I think.
