Stop Guessing Your Romance Beats

Writing romance isn’t just about putting two characters in a room and waiting for sparks. Readers expect a story that pulls them through attraction, conflict, heartbreak, and resolution. If you don’t know where the kiss, the breakup, or the reunion belongs, your draft stalls.

The Romance Story Builder Workbook gives you a map. Built in Notion, it walks you step by step through 17 proven romance beats — from meet cute to happily ever after. Along the way, you’ll build out characters, track the relationship arc, and layer in conflicts that make the love story feel earned.

Why most romance drafts stall out

• You don’t know when to land the big moments.
• Notes are scattered across docs, notebooks, and sticky notes.
• Generic beat sheets don’t connect to your characters or conflicts.

The fix: a guided romance planner

This workbook is designed to keep you moving forward one beat at a time. Each page includes:

• Purpose — why this beat matters.
• Checklist — what needs to happen here.
• Guiding Questions — prompts to shape your scenes.
• Examples — famous stories showing how it’s done.
• Trackers — characters, conflicts, and arcs that update as you go.
• Scene Notes — a space to outline the scenes for this beat, which all roll up into your full story outline at the end.

Highlights

• 17 Romance Beats → Know exactly where sparks, quarrels, and reunions belong.
• Character & Relationship Trackers → Log wounds, fears, and growth so the love feels real.
• Media Examples → Learn from Pride and Prejudice, When Harry Met Sally, and more.
• Synced Blocks → Update details once and see them auto-fill everywhere.
• Story Starter Setup → Capture title, theme, dynamic, and ending before you write a single scene.

What makes it different

Unlike PDFs or scattered beat sheets, this workbook is interactive. Update your character’s flaw once, and it’s reflected across the whole system. Unlike doing it in Google Docs, the beats are built in order with guiding questions, so you don’t spin your wheels.

You're so close to getting a full outline for your romance

By the time you finish the workbook, you won’t just have scattered notes — you’ll have a scene-by-scene outline of your romance story that nails every emotional touchpoint from first spark to final kiss.

📖 Get the Workbook. Write the romance readers actually finish.

FAQs:

"I already have romance beat sheets. Why do I need this?"

Beat sheets tell you what the beats are. This workbook guides you how to fill them in and connects them to your characters and conflicts.

"Why a Notion Workbook? How is this different than a PDF?"

Unlike PDFs, this workbook is interactive — updating your notes and structure in part of your workbook updates it in everywhere else you need them. No need to flip back to previous pages thinking "What did I write down for this character/beat?" — your notes are along for the ride and update dynamically.

"Do I need to be good at Notion to use it?"

Nope. The template is ready to go out of the box, with instructions built in. If you can click and type, you’re set.

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