Discovering the Key to Every Romance Novel: The Heroine

Most romance readers are women, and naturally, they want to see themselves reflected in their choice of reading. That desire for reflection doesn't mean that every heroine has to be straight from everyday life (even everyday life in, say, the 1800s); however, the heroine does have to feel real and be interesting and emotionally complex enough to keep the reader interested in your story.

Your heroine has to be the most accessible character, because the packaging (the cover art, copy, and often the title) usually focuses on her. And in most cases — unless the author is already one of the reader's favorites — the packaging is crucial to making the sale to the reader.

Your heroine needs to be at the center of the plot. Your story is really her story. Fifteen or twenty years ago, her point of view was usually the only one. Nowadays, authors make room for the hero's point of view, and sometimes even secondary characters'. But a romance novel is still the story of the heroine's romance — she's the focus, the pivot on which all action turns. In the end, the happy ending is happy because she literally gets her man.

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