A novelist is a writer of one or more novels. Novels come in a variety of genres, including adventure, fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, romance, science fiction, thriller, and western, to name a few. A novel is distinguished the fact that it is a fictional prose narrative that is usually divided into chapters and is longer than 50,000 words. An author who writes romance novels is known as a romance novelist.
A romance novelist isn’t just someone who writes love stories, as the name implies. Love stories can be found in a variety of genres. A romance novelist, on the other hand, writes a specific type of love story that is defined the romance genre. Adventure, as well as love, is a common theme in romance novels. The protagonist or heroine may face danger, enslavement, or other perilous adventures.
The lovers’ union is frequently thwarted for the majority of the book, only to be realized at the end. Alternatively, the lovers are reunited early on, but their happy union is disrupted a twist of fate, and the rest of the book follows them until their happy union can be restored.
A romance is a fictional story that has its origins in early Gothic novels that featured key elements of innocence versus malevolence, as well as a gloomy and fearful atmosphere. A doomed love story was featured in a few of them. Today’s romance novelists frequently choose from a variety of settings, including traditional Gothic settings, exotic settings far removed from the reader’s everyday life, and historical settings. At least one of the main characters is usually wealthy or noble, albeit in disguise, which allows for a wider range of settings.
A romance novelist can either write a standalone or contribute to a series. Romance novels are now available in a variety of formats, including print books, ebooks, movies, and other media. In one respect, the romance novelist can count on a readership that is nearly completely homogeneous: Women read 90.5 percent of all romance novels.
Depending on where a romance novelist lives, he or she may be a member of several professional organizations. Romance Writers of America is a group based in the United States. The Romantic Novelists’ Association exists in the United Kingdom. According to the Romance Writers of America, there were 7,311 new romance titles published in 2008, with 74,800,000 people reading at least one romance novel.