Pay attention to the things that work for your character and the things that don’t. Whether we’re telling them to stand up for the things they believe in, to believe in themselves more fully, or to embrace the power of love, we need to be mindful of what we are saying. Stories have an incredible power and ability to shape the way readers think. Why wouldn’t your characters fall in love with any other person? 2) Share Your Best Relationship Adviceįiction is our way of sharing our beliefs with the world.
At the very least, it’s not going to do you any favours.īefore you write your romantic subplot, take a minute to decide what it is about these two people that makes them perfect for each other? Remember, we’re always looking to create the ending that ‘couldn’t happen any other way’. Maybe your reader won’t care that much, but a relationship that would be inauthentic in the real world is probably going to feel inauthentic on the page too. Please don’t force your characters together just because they’re there. Suffice to say, it was the most awkward 48 hours of my life.) 1) Give Characters a True Love ConnectionĮver been set up on a blind date where your friends thought, “She’s single, he’s single, it’s perfect!”? (Friends did this to me many years ago, for an entire weekend no less. But if you’re planning to introduce some romance, here are five tricks to keep it as smooth as possible. Of course, not every story needs a fully developed romantic subplot, or even romance at all. It just makes sense that if we want to give our story a little addictiveness boost and keep readers racing through page after page, we put a little relationship drama in there too. Oxytocin–the relationship hormone–is one of the four brain chemicals that creates happiness, and therefore one of the things that we crave. Romance is one of the most common subplot styles to add to your story.
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