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Romance/Love: December 16, 2020 Issue [#10514]




 This week: Seasonal Romances and Emotions
  Edited by: Dawn Embers Author IconMail Icon
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Romance/Love Newsletter by Dawn

Seasonal romances are a common creation with stories coming from summer or winter flings. There are different elements a writer can use when it comes to showcasing or using season within romance stories.


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Holidays and different seasons have a special place when it comes to the romance genre. Seasonal romances exist in many different forms with novels and even short stories that focus on the use of the season or weather changes as part of the setting or even create a conflict. Weather changing, no matter if it's in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, has elements that can be used in creating romantic stories. There can be romances experienced within a single season (summer flings for example) or maybe there is something about the season that causes a struggle that leads to the character finding a new love. There are many options and it's not just the romance but also the characters we can develop through the changes.

Emotions can experience ups and downs, with some that are affected by the seasons. For some people, it's a lighter situation with maybe some sleepiness in colder months or when there is less day light. Others love autumn and experience joy from having their favorite coffee drinks and sweaters for the chilly weather.

However, some have more struggles when it comes to their emotions during certain seasons, in particular that of winter. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year. Most people with SAD have symptoms that start in the fall and continue into the winter months.

While not the happiest or romantic of topics since depression doesn't often mix well with love. However, it's a real emotion and a struggle that many face. And those emotions can bring about a story. While not natural to romance, we do need to have conflict within our tales, which can be something brought about by emotions. Characters have different emotions and struggles that they face, which can be incorporated into some fiction. Using them may help to create depth for the character along with pushing the struggles and plot fu7birther.

The question isn't so much about whether or not seasons affect emotions or influences a relationship but more as a matter of how you can write that story. What seasons are involved in your story? Does your character have their emotions affected by changing in weather or seasons? Is it a seasonal romance? If you haven't written one before, maybe now is a good time to try it out. Write a seasonal romance and have the character be affected by the changes in an emotional way. What can happen in your story? That is all up to you. Now, go write and enjoy this season and maybe even the next one too.






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Are your characters or the romances affected by the changing in seasons?

Last month, I wrote a romance/love newsletter where I discussed writing quick and romance stories that are minimal in word counts. Here are two comments sent in from that topic and newsletter:

Comment by WakeUpAndLive~doingNaNo'24 Author Icon
Thanks for the Newsletter and highlighting my first paranormal romance story. I found it very hard to do since I don't read romance at all. It wasn't my usual cup of tea but I had fun writing it. Doing the HSP class and the Paranormal Romance class helped. I might try again writing in this genre.

- Thank you. It is fun to try different genres. I honestly started writing romance and erotica on a whim, to see if I could and now I'm writing in part of the time and even doing these newsletters. You never know what type of story will come out strong unless you give it a try.


Comment by Quick-Quill Author Icon
I have a problem with writing Quick or low WC stories. My mind goes into detail mode and what was the start of a 1500 word story turned into a 3000 word chapter 1 ouch! The story is still sitting there. Maybe someday I'll turn it into romance novel.

- I'm with you. Even though I manage and judge a quickie contest, I am not a quick, short word count type of writer. I tend to write scenes for contests her on WDC and most of my ideas are novels and/or series.


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