Ok I’m set! Now what?

Submit your article to article directories and article announcement lists. There are hundreds, if not thousands of article announcement lists and article directories. Article directories is where you can let your articles reside and Article Announcement lists announce your articles to a variety of targeted audience.

Here are a few article directories you can use:

http://www.isnare.com http://ezinearticles.com http://articlecity.com http://ideamarketers.com

There are thousands of article announcement list, is there a site to do submissions for me?

Yes, indeed there are sites that do submissions for you, but there is a payment for each article you send or if not, a monthly payment.

Try checking these sites for Article Announcement offers:

http://www.isnare.com/pbenefits.php - Distribute as many articles as you can for $35/month with an option to request for proofreading before distributing your article.

http://thephantomwriters.com – Amount depends on number of articles you distribute

http://www.ezineannouncer.com – I haven’t looked at this one yet

http://www.articlesubmissionsites.com/ - $49.00 introductory six month renewable membership

The theme of my story could be about ‘Loss’. The character best to tell this story is heroine who has lost both her parents in a car accident. The message can be conveyed to reader via her dialogue and internal thoughts. She fears loss so much that she is unable to get close to hero.

You will be able to build on this by asking yourself following:

Who? Why? What? Where? When? How?

Who – Hero: Blake Carter, Heroine: Stephanie Dale

Why – They meet through work, he is pilot, and she is an air hostess.

What – There is conflict between them when she finds out he is man who humiliated her at a recent staff meeting.

Where – The action takes place on board airplane and in Britain and Australia.

When – The time span is during summer through to Christmas.

How – Although there is conflict, somehow they are drawn to one another.

Think of your romance plotline as hero’s and heroine’s journey. The Hero’s Journey has been used in storytelling for hundreds of years. Both characters need to get from A to B. Place a few obstacles in their path for them to overcome during their journey. Make it an adventure. Then, just when all seems lost [the black moment], there needs to be a sacrifice made by person who has most to lose. Finally, they are triumphant, a victory is won.

Think about your plot. What are bare bones of your story? Think about paragraph above…how can you send your hero and heroine on a journey together?

Word count should be somewhere between 500 and 1000 words.

N.B: This will be a synopsis or summary of your story written in present tense.

* The above article was extracted from Lynette's e-book, CRAFTING THE ROMANCE STORY IN A NUTSHELL, [PDF format]. To purchase book click here: http://www.ebookad.com/eb.php3?ebookid=20996