Romance/Love: February 14, 2024 Issue [#12411]
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 This week: Love and Romance
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3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
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About This Newsletter

Not only can romance bring your characters to life, but it can also real drama and emotion to your story. If done correctly, it will add real depth. It’s the idea that when two people meet, they change each other. For better? For worse? Either one can be great for your characterization. In real life, finding and getting along with your “other half” long-term is difficult. The good news when it comes to fiction is that Conflict is the engine that keeps every story going, and the love relationship between your characters is one of the most important parts.


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A great romance is about the people, not just the plot. It's about the growing relationship between two individuals. Besides, loving someone is about loving their personality and everything else that comes with it. You want your characters to struggle and fail and ultimately succeed just as much as real people do in their love lives. People in relationships grow independently and collectively.

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Your character can grow and change without your partner's influence just as much as your character can grow and change due to your partner's influence. Agreements, disagreements, similarities, differences. They're never going to be static, for they too will change. After that, write their relationship like any relationship between two people.

There should be a voluntary consensus between the people involved, even if it's not explicitly said. This doesn't mean that a relationship should be perfect. There are disagreements and tension that can be used to improve any relationship if used correctly.

Meaning they're not solely for the sake of creating drama.

Despite many shows and books that say otherwise, most people in close relationships share more similarities than differences. Generally, we are attracted to people who are, to a certain degree, similar to us; we prefer times when our partner would support us rather than oppose us. While differences are great and stimulating, don't forget that your characters should have similarities that can help strengthen or even start their relationship.

Once you have the core aspects of their relationship, add the romantic traits into it. What is romance to you? Most importantly, what is romance according to the characters involved?

Romance, in general, is interpreted differently in many cultures and upbringings, so it's important to focus on what your characters deem as romantic. As long as romance delivers, as long as romance is believable, for the characters involved, then your readers will pick up on that.


Editor's Picks

 A New Dawn Open in new Window. (13+)
A story about regret and resolution.
#2312402 by In the manGer(vic), He sleeps Author IconMail Icon

 
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Love Letters Open in new Window. (13+)
Old letters found
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The Cutting Edge Open in new Window. (E)
Who's the best Ice Skater?
#2313648 by SantaBee Author IconMail Icon

 Ride with me Open in new Window. (13+)
Love story about a Roman charioteer and a senator's daughter
#2313219 by LightinMind Author IconMail Icon

 The New Bar(bell) Open in new Window. (18+)
Bailey decides to go to a gym on January 1 to meet a resolution
#2311257 by Dawn Embers Author IconMail Icon

 
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