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Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#447126: Sep 6th 2015 at 11:01:41 PM

If anyone wrote a believable romance, I should say relationship, it'd be boring. It'd be boring as fuck. It'd be two people basically doing normal shit together, and that's it. The fact that two characters are in a relationship is not enough. You have to make it interesting through the characters or the situation their in.

That's where the Romance comes in, in the literal sense. Everything's overblown and made to seem special and unique but you're doing that to a very common thing. So you really have to work to make it interesting and not cause your audience to be pushed out of the world your trying to craft by the very thing you're trying to draw them in with.

This is part of the reason Romances linger on the "Will they, won't they" stage of things because its easy to write conflict for that, and feelings of infatuation are very strong, making them easy for the audience to relate to. And the moment the two lovebirds finally get together for good is easy to portray as a big pay off, because again, strong feelings anyone can relate too. Beyond that you have to start actually crafting a story.

So basically it has you starting with essentially nothing but is easy to build up at first but not so much later on.

There I have walltexted about Romance. I can die now.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#447127: Sep 6th 2015 at 11:04:31 PM

That's basically true of any kind of storytelling.

It's not specific to writing relationships or romance or what-have-you.

WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#447128: Sep 6th 2015 at 11:10:01 PM

Well yes but there is arguably a market for someone spending four pages talking about, say, aliens.

There is possibly not much of a market for people telling each other how much they like each other and then maybe paying some bills for four pages.

(Still writing the Battleworld signup.)

edited 6th Sep '15 11:10:10 PM by WonderSquid

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#447129: Sep 6th 2015 at 11:11:39 PM

i would say there's more of a market for the latter

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#447130: Sep 6th 2015 at 11:18:39 PM

What I mean is.

No matter what you're writing you have to embellish it to make it interesting.

It doesn't matter if you're writing about aliens or sports or war or high school.

Romance isn't special in its exaggeration.

SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#447132: Sep 6th 2015 at 11:52:55 PM

i am going

to get this goddamn banner shaded and highlighted

if it is the last thing i do tonight

release is so close i can feel it

i should be wearing a donut avatar for saying that

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
Imca (Veteran)
#447133: Sep 7th 2015 at 12:05:23 AM

....

Netflix, I dont think I want to know.

._.;

It is currently recommending me a fuck tone of religious movies because I watched Transformers Age of Extinction.

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#447134: Sep 7th 2015 at 12:11:17 AM

extinction = dinosaurs = evolution = religion

i am netflix

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SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
LatverianBadger Calamity is a housewife from gacha hell Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Calamity is a housewife
#447136: Sep 7th 2015 at 12:29:50 AM

[up] ehhhh

eeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[tup]

"Shake the dust." - Anis Mojgani
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#447137: Sep 7th 2015 at 1:01:01 AM

Today it's been two years since Abbott became Prime Sinister.

And all of his accomplishments have been dismantling the previous government's system.

He has nothing to go on, now. He hasn't got any solidly defined plan he's willing to share with us.

He's still an Opposition Leader, it's just that he happens to be in government.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#447138: Sep 7th 2015 at 1:46:10 AM

oh lord

my brother and cousin just came home

but neither of them had keys to the house so they had to go get me

but i am still awake doing night art so i just got really freaked out by my brother suddenly appearing by my window

i'm not sure if sudden appearances are more favorable than loud awakenings

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#447140: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:43:08 AM

There, there.

1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#447142: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:06:45 AM

Well gee, and you wonder why you are so lonely.

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SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#447144: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:23:51 AM

No.

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SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#447145: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:32:47 AM

Fuck.

Rivux, come over here and be interesting.

I see you on Tumblr you sack of shit

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
LatverianBadger Calamity is a housewife from gacha hell Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Calamity is a housewife
#447146: Sep 7th 2015 at 5:49:00 AM

I still don't know who I should Battleworld with.

"Shake the dust." - Anis Mojgani
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#447147: Sep 7th 2015 at 5:54:31 AM

Best to pick something you know you will stick by.

Something you're unlikely to run out of passion for.

I dusted off my transformer obsession and have been right back into it ever since.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#447148: Sep 7th 2015 at 6:00:46 AM

oh nvm

edited 7th Sep '15 6:05:44 AM by Boxen

dead devotion
LatverianBadger Calamity is a housewife from gacha hell Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Calamity is a housewife
#447149: Sep 7th 2015 at 6:05:05 AM

That's good advice.

Guilty Gear it is!

@ Box: You checked the right sign-up right? Battleworld 2.0?

edited 7th Sep '15 6:06:44 AM by LatverianBadger

"Shake the dust." - Anis Mojgani
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#447150: Sep 7th 2015 at 6:06:16 AM

For some reason I spent like a year thinking Guilty Gear was some kind of LoL-esque game.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

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