Here are a few tips on writing your “happily
ever after”. Ninety percent of the
romance reader population are women, and more men fall into the romantic
suspense category. A wedding is a superb
ending or at least a promise for the future.
In Deadly Alliance (on sale at Amazon for 25% off) my protagonists are
charismatic and appealing but have insecurities and flaws. Perfect people are
boring. Both hero and heroine must be worthy of the other’s love. They are good inside. Bring your hero and
heroine together quickly. At least mention them in the first scene with conflict
with each other right off the bat. Their first meeting should be explosive
emotionally. It should make them be attracted to, and hate, each other from the
beginning. Then let something interesting happen. I like at least three conflicts
over the span of a novel with emotional highs and lows. Readers want to love and get involved with.
Each character should use slightly different pet words and phrases. To guard against your dialogue sounding stilted, use lots of contractions, incomplete sentences, one-word answers, silences, and body language. Women tend to speak in more complete sentences than men do, and they express their feelings more. In Deadly Alliance I had fun writing a pontoon wedding on Lake Arrowhead. They motored to a hotel where the reception took place. The bride's colors are yellow and pink because the hero gives her yellow and pink flowers in the book.
Each character should use slightly different pet words and phrases. To guard against your dialogue sounding stilted, use lots of contractions, incomplete sentences, one-word answers, silences, and body language. Women tend to speak in more complete sentences than men do, and they express their feelings more. In Deadly Alliance I had fun writing a pontoon wedding on Lake Arrowhead. They motored to a hotel where the reception took place. The bride's colors are yellow and pink because the hero gives her yellow and pink flowers in the book.
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