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⌈ Secret Post #5212 ⌋

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Re: Things to keep in mind while writing a slow burn

[(Anonymous)]

Well, it sort of depends where the slow burn is starting out. A lot of the multi-chaptered slow burn stuff I've written starts where the characters don't know each other very well, and definitely they aren't looking to start a relationship. And gradually they get to know each other better - find out things they have in common, learn about their likes and dislikes, gradually start going "oh that thing they do, that's cute" and finding more ways to spend time with each other.

Obviously something like that wouldn't work if the characters involved have already been best friends since childhood and already know each other very well. But some of this stuff would still work, finding out secrets the other has kept hidden for some reason...

It helps to have some kind of overarching goal other than the romance, like "X wants to find out why Y has come home to their hometown after leaving ten years ago without explanation", or "X has a problem with [insert issue] and needs help, Y thinks they may be able to offer it". That way there's something going on to give them a reason to get to know each other better, and excuses for them to keep interacting even if they do have some kind of misunderstanding or if you reach a point where you don't know what to do next. Advance that plot, see what the characters do.

What works for me might not work for you, of course. But this is how I've kept stories going.