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Why can’t you love me, baby?

By on March 4, 2010 in Editing Basics

Last month we spent a lot of time on our hero and heroine – and why they fall in love.   This month, as we ponder what goes into writing a romance, we’re going to talk about why they can’t fall in love.   First, let’s talk about romance for a second…falling in love is amazing. Regardless of your age, when you find that one you love, it stirs an breathlessness, an awakening in us that our beloved would…well, love us.  Because, frankly, now one but you know why he or she shouldn’t.  Right?  You think:  if he or she only knew the truth, they go running.    But, eventually they do find out the truth…  And they stay.  And that’s what makes true love even more breathtaking.    Add to that […]

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Why do fools fall in love?

By on February 26, 2010 in Editing Basics, How to write a Romance

Hello from Atlanta!  I can’t believe it’s been a week since I blogged last – so sorry.  I was in Melbourne, FLA for the first annual Deep Thinker’s Retreat.  What fun, with a great group of aspiring author.  I just fell in love with this group of ladies! Why?  Oh, I’ll tell you –  First, I live in the woods, and when I say woods, I mean tucked into a little hamlet in the snowy tip of northern Minnesota, where ice and snow clasp us in solitude for the better part of four months. Worse, I am an extrovert, so….well you get the picture.  I shed my layers going south, met my friend, stood on the beach and shouted out a hallelujah!  The retreat Filled that Empty Place….you could say […]

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She’s so Beautiful to me!

By on February 11, 2010 in Editing Basics

So – you’ve created a heroine with confidence, despite her flaws and fears, one who has a goal that will drive her through the story. But you need one last element of a Heroic Heroine – and that is…  Beauty   Your heroine needs a special kind of beauty, both inner and outer that only the hero can see/love. Something special, only hers. Maybe it’s her eyes, but also the way that she can look right through him and see what he needs. Or maybe it’s her patience. Maybe it’s her strength to see the good, or believe in the good.   Beauty – what is it? An informal Warren family poll taken a couple years ago elicited very different responses:   16 year old boy: Someone who is smart. 13 year old […]

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Give her a Backbone!

By on February 10, 2010 in Heroines, How to write a Romance, Protagonists: The Basics

Yesterday here at MBT we talked about your heroine’s fears and flaws and how they work together to create a heroine that becomes heroic.    Today, let’s touch on another element that a heroine needs —   Confidence.   Just like we don’t like wimpy heroes, we don’t like flimsy heroines.  Give her a sense of self that is confident, despite her flaws. It’s easy for a heroine to have flaws – mostly because we write about ourselves, and we all have flaws. So you need to work at putting confidence into your heroine, and giving her something she’s good at, that makes us applaud her.   Often, that confidence rises in the end to allow her to do something that she has never done before.  However, we need to […]

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