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Re: Advice for someone new to writing romance?

[(Anonymous)]

That reddit post seemed really formulaic, yeah. But assuming the context is traditionally published romance novels, I'm not surprised. Readers expect a certain degree of formulaic writing in that genre, and the whole "opposites attract" thing is a cliché older than dirt.

I don't have much advice for your particular scenario except to maybe not hammer home the whole "oh they can't possibly like me THAT way" thing too hard. So many romances do this and it's a strain because it makes the character seem stupid and oblivious. Most people have doubts and insecurities - go with that, but don't exaggerate it. Otherwise you get scenes where the two leads make out and then later one of them goes, oh, but that doesn't mean they're into me when YES IT DOES YOU IDIOT.

Frankly, I think it'd be refreshing for two people who are good friends who've been through a lot together and at least one of them decides to cut through the bullshit and say "Hey, I don't want to make this weird and I've been afraid to say anything because I don't want to lose your friendship. But I like you as more than a friend."