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fandomhigh2016-08-11 03:51 am
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Writing the Great American Romance Novel, Thursday Per 2
Unlike the past two weeks, there was a teacher in the classroom when the students showed up. There was also an assortment of decadent pastries on everyone's desks. "I suck at apologies, so I tend to keep them short and simple," Karla announced when class began. "I'm so sorry for the past two weeks. My mun was a flake Territory was facing a nasty outbreak as I mentioned in my note and it hadn't fully run its course by last week and I didn't have the presence of mind to have someone take over class instead. I'm so sorry, but I highly doubt it will happen again."
There. Apology over. Now to move onto the more interesting things. "So, today, we're going to talk about your couple. Because the central plot of every romance is the story of how the couple--or, more rarely, the triad--got together, the characters of the story have to be interesting enough to make the story stand out. They have to be an interesting blend of traits, their relationship has to be interesting and believable, and there had to be some kind of conflict keeping them apart, since conflict is what drives a plot. Good stories usually have several sources of conflict, both internal--'I can't be with this person because of reasons!'--and external--'I'm going to try to keep these people apart for reasons!' A mix of quality, creative conflicts gives the couple stuff to do besides stare longingly into each other's eyes, which gets very boring very quickly."
There. Apology over. Now to move onto the more interesting things. "So, today, we're going to talk about your couple. Because the central plot of every romance is the story of how the couple--or, more rarely, the triad--got together, the characters of the story have to be interesting enough to make the story stand out. They have to be an interesting blend of traits, their relationship has to be interesting and believable, and there had to be some kind of conflict keeping them apart, since conflict is what drives a plot. Good stories usually have several sources of conflict, both internal--'I can't be with this person because of reasons!'--and external--'I'm going to try to keep these people apart for reasons!' A mix of quality, creative conflicts gives the couple stuff to do besides stare longingly into each other's eyes, which gets very boring very quickly."
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Discuss Your Characters
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"Their names are Christabel and Jonathan," she said. "They were childhood friends, but when reaching an age where they discovered that friendship had turned to love, they were sent away to different places, as their families did not approve of the match. The excuse given was education, as Jonathan's family didn't wish to insult Christabel's."
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Isabela didn't so much have a couple as two people whose wide array of sexual partners often included each other.
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