How to Write an Inspirational Romance
by Lenora Worth

I   Interesting characters in an interesting situation.
N  Never forget that these characters have to have some faith.
S  Show your characters growing in their faith and in their lives.
P  Put your characters into tough situations, then let them get out.
I   Intrigue is good.  You can add a bit of that to spice things up.
R  Remember to make your characters and your plot seems real.
A  Always allow your characters to pay attention to faith.
T  Tell the reader a good story with lots of emotion and feeling.
I   Increase the tension as you go, so the reader will keep reading.
O Only a good romantic story is allowed.  No love scenes.
N  Not everyone has to be nice.  You can have villains.
A  Advance the plot with both internal and external action.
L  Love conquers all.  In the inspirational, this is a three-corded love and a three-corded plot:

• Hero / Heroine / God
• Romantic internal plot / External action plot / Faith Element

“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy;
love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; . . . .
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things.  Love never fails.”
1 Corinthians 13, Verses 4 and 7