Moonlighting Novelist

@noah-cochran

An enemy from her past in a contemporary setting could be interesting

Yeah, I thought so too. I was thinking maybe an ex husband who she thought had died…

I would recommend you think along the lines of: pick a relatively normal activity or hobby, add some interesting conflict to it, and have it connected to both the guy and the…

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@noah-cochran

I love romance subplots in books, but I don’t typically read straight romances. They do interest me enough to think about writing one though.

Gotcha. That’s cool! It’s hard to read straight romances. I enjoy them, but it’s hard to find clean ones.

I like both of those ideas! I was thinking of ways to make it a mystery, but I s…[Read more]

@noah-cochran
Haha, ngl, i totally didn’t see you as a romance guy.

Yes, it is the former. I think It’ll probably be more of a contemporary thing to show the difference in a Christian courtship versus a modern day thing.

I have no plot ideas, just characters and genre.

Thanks for being willing to help!

@erynne

Does your romance help the plot or characters?

I like to think both 🙂 I haven’t written it yet, only outlined, so my answers are purely theoretical XD

The romance (or more accurately, the potential for romance) is mainly used as a motivator for the characters. Both positive and negative. I use it to leverage them to do things they don’t…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

I couldn’t sleep XD

I may or I may not add it in. It depends on my mood lol

Does your romance help the plot or characters?

Thanks for your help 🙂

@erynne

For the record, it is 3 am here and I’m replying to you so I hope that means something to you

Erynne! Go to bed! It really could have waited until the morning. *Shakes head in mom-friend*

It seems like you really want to add this romance, so I say go for it. If it is unecessary, it won’t ruin your story. Most published books have u…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

For the record, it is 3 am here and I’m replying to you so I hope that means something to you

I can’t copy and paste so it’s hard to do the quote thing here so just try to follow.

I completely see what you’re saying however I do think that having romance does make it more realistic. My mom has always said that most often if…[Read more]

@erynne

Hi Erynne!

I am always down for some [appropriate] romance so I naturally like writing it.

So, I’m on the other far end of the spectrum. I’m skeptical of romance nine times out of ten. I just genuinely do not like reading it.

However, I’ve found that writing it is a lot more fun, so I do have a romance sub-plot in my project.

But I got…

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