Dreame Writing Guides

Part 15 Billionaire Novel Writing Guide

Ⅰ What is a billionaire novel

A Billionaire novel has always been a very popular type of online book. With many readers and authors, they are also very lucrative. Despite the large number of online books available, many billionaire novels follow a similar writing model.

When creating your characters, the leading actor should be tall, handsome, and have a charming appearance/demeanor. He is often the heir of the business empire, with a significant amount of property and rights. He should be the golden bachelor of the upper classes, and the partner that countless women dream of, but his character should be arrogant, and he should be emotionally naive. Before encountering the leading actress, he has barely experienced the taste of true love. In contrast, the leading actress is more like an ordinary person. She may come from an average family, or she may be from an impending noble or official family. Her life has difficulties and frustrations, but she is kind and beautiful. She believes in true love and is full of confidence.

As a part of the plot's design, in the beginning, the leading actor and actress are virtually or actually strangers, and, through some adventures, they meet. The leading actor loses his arrogance and becomes gentle, while the leading actress overcomes the difficulties in her life and achieves her goals through hard work. The two eventually live happily together.

It has been said that Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was an early billionaire novel. This is an interesting perspective. In simple terms, the billionaire story is a modern version of Cinderella.

Ⅱ Why readers love billionaire novels

(A)  Sense of substitution and satisfaction

The leading actresses in billionaire novels are often "imperfect protagonists" or "defective protagonists." They are not as inapproachable as the leading actors, which are always the darlings of high society. On the contrary, they always have some "disadvantages," as most ordinary people do. For example, she could be an unloved daughter in a declining family, a college student who needs to work to earn tuition or a shy girl who is rejected by her secret crush. In short, she is the type of person who exists in reality or the media. Thus, it is easy to relate to her. The readers of billionaire novels are mostly women, so female readers' sense of substitution is very important. The starting point of the leading actress' setting in billionaire novels is not that of a Princess Type. Instead, it is that of an ordinary woman. Only in this way, when the leading actor and actress have achieved their happy ending, will the readers feel satisfied. The readers are led by the words in the book to experience their own "Cinderella" story and find happiness and satisfaction in the book that they've read, which is the main reason why people read.

(B) The pleasure of breaking taboos

Due to the character setting, the leading actor usually has some taboos:

Class Taboo: He felt that he would never fall in love with women from the ordinary working class.

True love taboo: The leading actor does not believe in true love, and will only play with women. He forbids women from entering his private life.

Family taboos: The leading actor's family once hurt him. When he grew up, he prohibited others from knowing about his past.

Personality Taboo: The leading actor is overbearing at first and doesn't allow others to resist or question his decisions.

As the plot unfolds, the leading actress will slowly break through these taboos. She will let the leading actor open his heart and re-build his belief in true love. She goes into his private life and comes to understand his past. The leading actor will gradually become gentle and considerate. This is the process of breaking taboos. According to some psychological explanations, breaking taboos can allow for spiritual pleasure. If the process is well written, their readers will experience the same pleasant feeling that the book's protagonists do.

(C) Conquering and being conquered

Love is a game of conquest. The leading actor and actress in the billionaire novels continually conquer each other, but their methods of conquering each other are different. In the book, Resisting My Billionaire Husband, the leading actor first arbitrarily imprisoned the leading actress. She refused to submit to him and asked for a divorce. During their conflicts, though, the leading actor gradually conquered the leading actress' heart. In the billionaire novel, the leading actor's conquest is aggressive. Sometimes the physical conquest takes place before the emotional conquest. In contrast, the leading actress' conquest appears to be gentler. It pays more attention to the emotional needs of the leading actor. This process of conquering and being conquered drives the novel from scene to scene and creates the kind of intrigue that readers often enjoy.

Ⅲ Billionaire novel writing guide

Billionaire novels have similar plots, but it's not easy to write them well, especially for inexperienced writers. The following summarizes some conventional writing models that anyone could use.

(A) The setting of the leading actor

1. Basic characteristics:

Has a tremendous amount of wealth, tall and handsome, outstanding appearance

2. Family background

(1) Family breakdown: The leading actor's family was destroyed by his enemies; his relatives died or disappeared. The leading actor bore the hatred and desire to seek revenge and regain the family's property and status.

(2) Single-parent family: One of the leading actor's relatives died because of the another relative (usually the mother died because of the father). The leading actor had conflicts with his family since he was a child. After he grew up, he left his family and stood on his own two feet.

(3) Happy family: The leading actor's family is comfortable, but his parents or grandparents are pushing him to get married, which is a catalyst for the leading actor and actress' relationship.

(4) Cold family: Parents have been cold-hearted and strict to the leading actor since childhood. The family's dynamic is depressing, and the leading actor has not felt the warmth of a family since his childhood.

3. Personality

(1) Indifferent to women, often playing with different beauties, does not think that there is such a thing as true love.

(2) High IQ and high educational level

(3) Domineering, with a strong desire to be in control

(B) The setting of the leading actress

1. Appearance characteristics

Beautiful, or working towards becoming beautiful, perhaps by losing weight

2. Family background

(1) The distressed princess: The leading actress was born in a happy family, but suffered family bankruptcy or the death of a loved one, and was driven away by a vicious relative to become a homeless person.

(2) "Cinderella": The leading actress is an ordinary girl and needs to work hard to earn a living.

3. Personality

(1) Kind, hard-working, and cheerful.

(2) Sexy, charming; dares to love and hate.

(C) The setting of the supporting actor

1. A man with an artistic atmosphere and a feminine/handsome appearance

2. A licentious character, rich; second-generation wealth

3. Polite gentleman

4. Cute and sporty

5. A gloomy and deliberate power holder

(D) The setting of the supporting actress

1. A charming femme fatale

2. A malicious woman pretends to be a kind and poor

3. A proud and lively young lady

4. A gentle and considerate girl

5. The powerful female leader

6. A shy and silent timid woman

(E) The opening chapter involving the leading actor and actress could include a:

1. One Night Stand

(1) The leading actor and actress did not know each other and, for whatever reason, hook up.

(2) One of the leading actors and actresses know about it, but the other does not. For example, if the leading actress might pretend to be the supporting actress under the pretense of the one-night stand with the main protagonist.

2. Contract marriage

(1) The leading actress is sold to the leading actor by her father or other elders

(2) Infant matrimony was set by their parents many years ago

(3) The leading actor or actress does not want to go through it

(4) One is agreeable, but the other is in an attempt to get revenge

3. Work/Campus reason

(1) The leading actor's company hires the leading actress, or the leading actress becomes a project partner for the leading actor

(2) The leading actress is a transfer student that has transferred to the leading actor's class

4. Misunderstanding/coincidence

(1) The leading actor mistakes the leading actress as a gold digger

(2) The leading actress accidentally breaks something that the leading actor treasures

(3) The leading actor breaks into the leading actress' room while evading an enemy

5. Special interests

(1) The leading actor discovers the hidden secret of the leading actress and becomes interested in her (for example, the leading actor discovers that the leading actress is secretly a killer)

(2) The leading actress rejects the leading actor or ignores the leading actor, showing a different personality and attitude from other women that he's met in the past.

(F) Story Mode

1. Chasing a wife: The leading actor hurts the leading actress, and she leaves. The leading actor tries to win back her heart.

2. Revenge turns into love: One party approaches the other for revenge but falls in love with them instead.

3. Misunderstanding and injury: There is a misunderstanding between the leading actor and actress, and the leading actor physically and emotionally hurts the leading actress.

4. A second chance: The leading actor and actress once loved each other, and, after a time, they meet again.

5. Private occupation: The leading actor makes the leading actress his personal assistant, maid, etc.

6. Growth and change: The leading actress changed from a weak girl to a powerful person.

7. Others: Amnesia, time-traveling, false death, etc.

Ⅳ Multi-professional billionaire novels

Due to the high similarity between the plot and character design of billionaire novels, readers are prone to have reading fatigue. At this time, we need to add some changes to the original design to keep this type of novel attractive. One of the most popular and effective methods is to change the professional setting of the characters.

So how to create a multi-professional billionaire novel?

(A) Set a career for your character

The occupations for reference are as follows:

i. Body temptation

Athletes, blue collars (plumbers, etc.), models, etc.

ii. Youth Campus

Cheerleader, campus basketballrugbyhockey player, etc.

iii. KnowledgePolitical profession

Lawyers, doctors, journalists, professors, detectives, etc.

iv. Emerging occupations

E-sports players, webcasters, etc.

v. IntelligenceMilitary occupation

FBI intelligence agents, underground killers, officers, SEAL members, spies, etc.

vi. Occupations in the entertainment industry

Actor, host, singer, instrumentalist, etc.

The profession of the protagonist can change a lot, but his core characteristics should remain unchanged. A character has a high reputation and a wealth of knowledge in his field. He is young and handsome and has a strong appeal to the opposite s*x. In the book, All Started with A Forced Marriage, the leading actor is the handsome, rich, and somewhat overbearing King of the Sea. He is not the CEO. Instead, he is a charming billionaire. In the novel, Wild Heat: A Motorcycle Club Romance Bundle, there are a group of locomotive boys. Although they are not business elites in suits and shoes, they are cold-looking, highly skilled, and have a high status in the motorcycle industry.

Similarly, as an ordinary person, the leading actress may also have a career. We encourage authors to create powerful women. Female characters with a clear professional setting often have a more distinctive personality and are more likely to be loved by readers. In the book, Best Friend's Contract, the leading actress, is a doctor. Although she is a gentle and kind person, she is able to focus on her work and is an independent woman. A strong female character should not always wait for the love and salvation of a man. She should have her pursuits and a life of her own. Try to add a career setting to your female character. You may find unexpected gains.

(B) Make your role full of changes

As mentioned before, the leading actor of a billionaire novel is usually a young and handsome rich man, and the female character is kind and beautiful, but ordinary. What if we change this setting? What if the female character is also a billionaire? What love story would happen to her? In the book Wall Street Seduction, the leading actress, Scarlett, is the CEO of a Wall Street company. She used to be an ugly duckling but now enjoys a high reputation and has many suitors. At this time, two men appear in her life. One is her past lover, and the other is a sexy and powerful billionaire in Wall Street. Scarlett's life is no longer peaceful, and this is where the real story begins.

Although the setting mode of the prince and Cinderella has his charm, it can easily bore readers. At this time, there are many ways to develop your characters and plot to make them more attractive. Your male character can grow from a nobody in an orphanage to an FBT agent, or from a carefree rich man to a pirate. Your female character could go from a ridiculed fat girl into an acting star, or from a good girl to a member of the mafia. If you change the characters, it will make it easier to change the plot and vice versa. Making these changes will also facilitate a longer story's growth from one scene to the next.

(C) Add different elements to the story

Now that the characters have a clearly defined career, the design of the storyline can be built around them. We recommend that authors should have a thorough understanding of their character's careers before writing. If your protagonist is a rugby player, then you need to understand how a rugby player trains, what games are usually played in rugby, and how long a rugby player's career is. In the billionaire story, the romantic love element dominates, but we also encourage the author to add some other elements to the story. If your protagonist is a detective, then there can be some suspense, reasoning, and thriller in the story. If your character is a Star Wars general, then the story can also have some fantasy plots. If your main character is the campus cheerleader, you can also add some youth campus elements to the story. Or you can set the two main characters of the story to the same gender as Sirius Black, the author of You Are My Superstar, so that the story has LGBT elements.  Billionaire romantic stories should not be limited to contemporary urban themes. We hope that authors can use their imagination to bring more vitality to such accounts.

We encourage everyone to create Multi-professional billionaire novels. If you are interested, you can participate in our "Multi-professional billionaire novel writing contest" held from April 1st to July 1st. Share your story and win bonuses.

If you have more thoughts and opinions on billionaire novels, you are welcome to share them with us in the comment area.

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