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Romance/Love: November 02, 2005 Issue [#687]

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Love transforms; it simultaneously makes us larger and limits our possibilities.
It changes our history even as it breaks a new path through the present.
Michael Dorrius



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**The Chase**


What is interesting about a love story? What is exciting and keeps you turning page after page?

I know there are many things (identifiable characters and scenarios, emotion, etc), but one of the grippers really must be the chase. After all, if the woman gets her man (or vice versa) on page three, what is going to fill the remaining pages?

There simply is no story without the excitement of the chase. 'Chase' is often thought to relate to a new relationship, but it also applies in an existing relationship. The process of a husband reconciling with his wife is just as much a chase, as the sixteen-year-old guy trying to get a date with a cheerleader.

Without the chase, it's really a load of fluff one sneers at when removing it from the inside of a dark pocket.

The chase provides excitement, mystery, intrigue, suspense, action, adventure, and even comedy.

The chase allows us to put our characters into unusual circumstances. We can create blocks, diversions or side-steps. We can even contrive the events, but only if it looks as though the character set it up--not the author!!

Any good chase must have a few elements to it:

1. The goal

2. The racetrack i.e. how one will get the goal

3. Pitfalls - the unseen potholes, oil slicks and tyre blowouts on the chaser's racetrack. There should be lots of these on the road to love-in fiction anyway. *Wink*

4. A consolation prize (optional) Where it may seem the character settles for second best, or s/he is beaten to the finish line by another eligible batchelor/batchelorette. The point of this is to mislead the reader and provide a not too easy conquest.

5. The checkered flag - finally they realise the attraction and come together.

6. Aftermath. Do they party until dawn, ride off into the sunset in a bright red convertible sports car, or crash at the next corner?

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Responses from last month's survey-"Invalid ItemOpen in new Window. Thank you all for your responses. Each answer gave me a deeper feel for lighting and you provided some wonderful descriptions of your own. *Delight*

Question:

What is your understanding of using 'lighting' in the writing of romantic works?

Answers:

It is to ensure that the reader empathises with the mood that's going on in the scene. This helps to capture the readers' interest.
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The tone and language being used, which sets up the atmosphere in a piece of romantic writing.
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Lighting is how you choose to describe a person or what they are doing, how fast or slow you pace different parts of your scene, what you include and what you leave out - what you do to express and vary the mood, pace and setting of a piece.
rosalba

it's kind of lighting in an apartment-- sometimes you darken the mood, sometimes you lighten the mood
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To me 'lighing' has two meanings. One is actual lighing (either specifically stated or implied). The other is the writer metaphorically shining a light on some parts of a scene and not others.
Caitlin_MacKinnon Author Icon

The use of "lighting" creates mood, builds a slow paced suspense with very descriptive narratives.
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I loved the example of Gary and Jane. It exemplified "lighting" as a more showy, more full-bodied example when finally given by the last case. To take Gary to a higher level, one step at a time, heightens a limp character into a subtle, magical movement with words. "Lighting", gives us grace. It was proved true in Gary-Jane Case and described with a good nature of movement.
VictoriaMcCullough Author Icon

A concept for creating a mood for the story. Using words to build a romantic feel.
karabu

When I personally have written romance/love pieces I have a tendency to go for light subtle and soft shades and hues, dusky pinks of sunrise, violet and powder blues of sunset, dimly lit rooms with soft shadows etc.
cerianwen Author Icon

Question:

I identified some ways of adding light and shade to your writing in my editorial "Invalid EntryOpen in new Window.. Can you suggest other ways?

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When writing a love scene (that might possibly involve hugging and kissing), try not to make the whole thing about the characters' emotions but describe their physical movement in details! I find that very interesting and attractive!
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in the inneraction between the lovers:
they sat and talked he sat on the couch and she sat on the recliner and they looked at each other's eyes and they took turns sharing

they were both so angry they couldn't wait for the other to finish before they said their peace

They didn't look in each other's eyes they just stared at the wall
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Adding light and shade can also be used to set the stage of the scene.
Example: Sunlight shone through the sheers as the aroma of morning coffee filled the air as Gary awoke to Jane's lovely face.
lynjs Author Icon

Perhaps, by admitting the subtlety in more characters besides two? Your thorough explanation was a bit new to me, and made good sense.
VictoriaMcCullough Author Icon

Not right now. I've never thought about this idea before, but I will now. Thanks for the interesting suggestions.
karabu

Having completed this survey it made me think about items I have read recently not just in the love/romance genre but through the varying genres read, I have come to the conclusion that lighting is something which gets overlooked all too often.

It is amazing how a piece can become so different with lighting, how shadows move, how sunlight can be described, how the circle of light from beneath the shade of a standing lamp can all add to the overall effect of the piece.
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