 Romance/Love: April 06, 2022 Issue [#11282] |
This week: Creating Budding Romances Edited by: Lilli 🧿 ☕  
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With this week's newsletter, we are going to explore ways to create and show budding romances for your stories.
I hope you find these useful and if you like or use any, I'd love to know about them!
Kindest Regards,
Lilli, guest editor for the week |
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Here are some topics and corresponding lists for you!
Give your characters a reason to click:
 The two main characters need something in common - a hobby, philosophy, something in their background. Something that can connect them.
Readers like to see relationships where the two characters fir better than they would a different character.
Give the characters compatible traits. Perhaps have them share certain characteristics, or make the characteristics complementary - one is a hot-head, while the other can keep their cool in a situation.
Ways to hint at romance between characters:
 Glancing at one another then immediately turning away when the other party notices.
Agreeing to everything that person says.
Making the character get nervous and shy when they are around someone they are crushing on.
A character might lean toward a person they like when in a group discussion.
Finding subtle, non-sexual, ways to touch that person.
Ask deeper questions and then have them listen intently.
The character looks for attention around their crush.
Allow your characters to be vulnerable
 Have the characters share secrets, open up about their feelings and tell each other things they've never told anyone before. Have one cry in front of the other and be comforted by the other.
Having the characters open up to each is a great way for them to discover things they have in common or love about each other.
Slowly build the tension:
 One of the best parts of a romance is the pining. Readers want to see that build-up.
Give your characters time to sort through their feelings. Have them fall in love slowly by throwing in a few obstacles.
Throw in a couple of 'almost' kisses - not too many though because readers will become frustrated.
Write a healthy relationship.
 Have your characters be kind to one another, support, and truly care for one another.
If the characters are constantly putting each other down, physically/emotionally abusing each other, or constantly going against the other's wishes - they are not in a healthy relationship.
A great way to write a healthy relationship while still maintaining some tension is to have the conflict in the relationship be external. Have those obstacles enter from the outside.
If other characters in the story are rooting for this couple, your readers likely will too.
I hope these few tips help you with building romantic relationships between your characters! |
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