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Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
~ Albert Einstein ~
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Romance as the SubPlot
Stepping aside from Romance/Love as the main genre, I want to take a brief look at how it is used as a sub plot.
Sub-plots can be deliberately plotted into a storyline, but I think often the sub-plots will develop naturally, with a life of their own. This is so true of romance.
There are commonly used methods of including romance as the sub plot. Can you think of books or movies that use these:
1. The most common, I believe:
the hero(ine) falls in love with the person that saves/helps them
2. Only slightly less common:
the hero(ine) falls in love with their enemy/antagonist
3. Sometimes used:
the hero(ine) falls for a lesser character (sibling, third party, associate)
What other areas can you think of for love as a sub-plot? There are numerous ways, for love is not just for man and woman, but for children, pets, nature, God, mentors, friends...
Combining romance and love aspects with any other genre will make a more complex, and emotional, read. Mix it with action/adventure, mystery, family, animal, in fact any of the genres available on Writing.com.
The trick with the sub-plot is to not make it obvious. Think about how the love interest can be created without making it cliched or an obvious plot development. It's horrible when you can see it coming from the beginning, it takes away all the fun! 
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I have tried to pick out items which use love or romance as a supporting role to the main genre or theme. I hope you enjoy them. 
Romance is definitely in the back seat on this one. I couldn't resist adding it.
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From a cat's perspective.
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It's all natural...
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The love of a family takes many forms.
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*sigh* Truly beautiful!
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The art of making one thing something else. Read and you'll get what I mean.
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Good list of statistics, and interesting. The one about husbands kissing their wives before living home in the mornings caused me to wonder. I was the one leaving home in the mornings for twenty-some years; then we both stayed home. Does that mean he'll live forever?  ~~ Viv
Vivian 
It means you'll be the one living five years longer, or something like that. 
Hello Puditat,
Thanks for featuring "Love's Sun" in the Short Story newsletter. I adored the statistics about love that you shared. Great newsletter!
Kim
Leger~ 
No probs, hun. Glad you liked it.
Puditat, thanks again for a link in the Romance newsletter to my poem -- and I loved this issue's "Snippets"! I'm going to read the other poems you suggested and live in la-la-lovey land for a while.
Take care,
winklett 
You're welcome! Hope you had nice dreams afterwards.
Nice newsletter! So glad to Phyllis's "First Kiss" among the choices, and Winklett's SLAM poem!
Katya the Poet 
There were some great reads, yes. Thanks, Katya.
Well, it looks like I'll have an extra five years! Or do I only have an extra two and a half if we aren't married? :)
nexuscommand
Take the five! 
Interesting.
robi4711
I'm glad you thought so.
Thanks for the stats, Puditat. I don't think I would have had the patience to go through all that info.
Kenzie 
There was a plethora of sites to look through, but it was fun, too. Even if it did take an age to sift.
Those were some interesting statistics you provided!
Brians Next Novel Almost Done!
Glad you found them so.
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