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saraswritingtipps · 1 day

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Sweet and genuine moments when characters realize they are in love

Cooking their partner's favorite dish just to see them smile.

Recalling not just the big moments, but also the small, seemingly trivial details of conversations they've had.

Feeling a sense of peace just by being in the same room, even if no words are spoken.

Making future plans in their head that unconsciously include their partner.

Feeling a pang of longing whenever they see something their partner would like or enjoy.

Automatically writing their partner into hypothetical scenarios when daydreaming.

Finding themselves texting or calling for no reason, just because they want to connect.

Getting nervous or excited before meeting up, just like it's still one of their first dates.

Being more willing to compromise, even on things they used to be stubborn about.

Noticing that they're smiling more often, and it's usually when thoughts of their partner cross their mind.

Feeling a strong protective instinct whenever their partner is upset or in trouble.

Starting to adopt some of their partner's habits or phrases without even realizing it.

Finding joy in planning surprises that they know will delight their partner.

Experiencing a deeper empathy towards their partner's challenges and achievements.

Seeing their partner's quirks not as annoyances, but as endearing traits that make them love them even more.

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em-dash-press · 1 year

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How to Write Characters With Romantic Chemistry

Writing great chemistry can be challenging. If you’re not super inspired, sometimes the connection between your characters feels like it’s missing something.

Here are a few steps you can consider when you want to write some steamy romantic chemistry and can’t figure out what’s blocking your creativity.

1. Give the Love a Name

Tropes have a bad reputation, but they can be excellent tools when you’re planning or daydreaming about a story. Giving the romance a name also assigns a purpose, which takes care of half the hard plotting work.

You can always read about love tropes to get inspired and think about which might apply to the characters or plot points you have in mind, like:

Friends to lovers

Enemies to lovers

First love

The love triangle

Stuck together

Forbidden love

Multiple chance love

Fake lovers turned soulmates

There are tooooons of other tropes in the link above, but you get the idea. Name the love you’re writing about and it will feel more concrete in your brain.

2. Develop Your Characters

You should always spend time developing your characters individually, but it’s easy to skip this part. You might jump into writing the story because you have a scene idea. Then the romance feels flat.

The good news is you can always go back and make your characters more real. Give them each their own Word or Google doc and use character templates or questions to develop them.

You should remember to do this for every character involved in the relationship as well. Sometimes love happens between two people who live nearby and other times it happens by:

Being in a throuple

Being in a polyamorous relationship

Being the only one in love (the other person never finds out or doesn’t feel it back, ever)

There are so many other ways to experience love too. Don’t leave out anyone involved in the developing relationship or writing your story will feel like driving a car with only three inflated tires.

3. Give the Conversations Stakes

Whenever your characters get to talk, what’s at risk? This doesn’t have to always be something life changing or scary. Sometimes it might be one character risking how the other perceives them by revealing an interest or new fact about themselves.

What’s developing in each conversation? What’s being said through their body language? Are they learning if they share the same sense of humor or value the same foundational beliefs? Real-life conversations don’t always have a point, but they do in romantic stories.

4. Remember Body Language

Body language begins long before things get sexy between your characers (if they ever do). It’s their fingertips touching under the table, the missed glance at the bus stop, the casual shoulder bump while walking down the street.

It’s flushed cheeks, a jealous heart skipping a beat, being tongue tied because one character can’t admit their feelings yet.

If a scene or conversation feels lacking, analyze what your characters are saying through their body language. It could be the thing your scene is missing.

5. Add a Few Flaws

No love story is perfect, but that doesn’t mean your characters have to experience earth shattering pain either.

Make one laugh so hard that they snort and feel embarrassed so the other can say how much they love that person’s laugh. Make miscommunication happen so they can make up or take a break.

People grow through their flaws and mistakes. Relationships get stronger or weaker when they learn things that are different about them or that they don’t like about each other.

6. Create Intellectual Moments

When you’re getting to know someone, you bond over the things you’re both interested in. That’s also a key part of falling in love. Have your characters fall in intellectual love by sharing those activities, talking about their favorite subjects, or raving over their passions. They could even teach each other through this moment, which could make them fall harder in love.

7. Put Them in Public Moments

You learn a lot about someone when they’re around friends, acquaintances, and strangers. The chemistry between your characters may fall flat if they’re only ever around each other.

Write scenes so they’re around more people and get to learn who they are in public. They’ll learn crucial factors like the other person’s ambition, shyness, humor, confidence, and if they’re a social butterfly or wallflower.

Will those moments make your characters be proud to stand next to each other or will it reveal something that makes them second guess everything?

8. Use Your Senses

And of course, you can never forget to use sensory details when describing the physical reaction of chemistry. Whether they’re sharing a glance or jumping into bed, the reader feels the intensity of the moment through their five senses—taste, touch, sight, sound, and smell.

Characters also don’t have to have all five senses to be the protagonist or love interest in a romantic story. The number isn’t important—it’s how you use the ways your character interacts with the world.

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Anyone can write great romantic chemistry by structuring their love story with essential elements like these. Read more romance books or short stories too! You’ll learn as you read and write future relationships more effortlessly.

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plxtypusbearr73 · 21 days

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༘⋆ things characters can do when they’re flustered or nervous instead of blushing and stuttering ᡣ𐭩ྀིྀི₊ ⊹

drop eye contact

cough/clear their throat

walk or run away

laugh or giggle anxiously

talk very fast/very slowly

fidget with their hands

play with their hair

grin widely

randomly blurt out something unhinged

change their posture suddenly

bite their nails

touch their neck

change the topic of conversation quickly

talk way too loud or quiet

clenching their fist or jaw

breathing faster then normal

break up sentences with phrases like “yknow” “i mean” “maybe” “like”

tap their feet quickly

blink rapidly

sweat

make a cringy joke

chug a ton of their drink

hide their face

hope this helped! ⋆˚ ౨ৎ ˙˖°

#bug rambles #writing help #writing #writing tips #tips #tips for writers #writing love #writers on tumblr #writeblr #writing advice #writing romance

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aspiringwarriorlibrarian · 1 year

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I just had to endure a whole scene where a male character, after being a perfectly nice person for the whole book, suddenly turns rude, condescending, and a bit sexist when he meets the female protagonist as a sign that he’s gonna be the love interest and I am BEGGING authors to stop fucking doing this. It isn’t charming, it isn’t funny, it isn’t clever, it’s just fucking exhausting having to endure the female protagonist being demeaned until he deigns to consider her a human being and that’s a sign that it’s True Love. Believe it or not you CAN write a romance that doesn’t require one or both of them to be terrible people.

#writing romance #writing love #like if this were just a sometimes thing i wouldn't mind it #if that's your kink that's your kink #but it is goddamn EVERYWHERE and I am so tired of it sneaking in and ruining perfectly good stories #because you can't think of anything more interesting than 'oh he's a terrible person but she changes him with her love'

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inkmadeofsky · 14 days

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an excerpt from my poem “heartache”

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badbraincake · 7 months

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How to Spice Up Your Love Interest

1. Relationship with a side character, instead of having the main character fall for the "obvious" choice. Have them fall for the character that would usually suffer from unrequited love.

2. Give them a serious flaw, give them something more than being bad at communicating or hiding their feelings. Be more creative with it.

3.Have them show genuine interest, have them ask questions, have them be a good listener. Actually have them get to know the character they're loving on.

4. Give them a strong moral code, give them a line that they refuse to cross, I'd eat it up. It doesn't even have to be anything big, just give them some kind of moral.

5. Give them a strong sense of self, if they're in your main cast of characters, this is already a given but try to make them stand out in their own way instead of their only purpose being to love another character

#character creation #creating characters #love interest #writing advice #writing love #writing a book #writeblr #writing #writing tips

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maiawrites · 1 year

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To the 'You' in all my writings and poetry.

Ps- save or send this to your special human.

#maysunwrites #original poem #poetic #higher #daily prompt #i love you #you tell him #writing love #writing prompts #writing life #love poetry #love notes to no one #my home is you

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stef67ania · 7 months

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I just wrote my most toxic,possessive,crazy, disgusting love poem I idk if I should post it 😭

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bloodinwine · 2 months

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For My Love

There's been a lot of kind words/love for Until You and Effy. I just want to say thank you to everyone you're so so kind...but also...I just want to take a moment to say that Until You would not be possible without @harlequinromancing (AKA rakkyattacky on A03)

She beta reads every chapter with the utmost care and love and attention. She puts up with all my whining and how I grieve endlessly over how I'm going to pull off connecting all the threads of this story together and finally make Effy and Astarion fuck

There are so many little details that get snuck into that story that are inspired by her brilliant mind. We can all thank her for Astarion's silk robes being pink, for B&B's literal existence, his underwear being a burgundy color and for his corset being a shiny silver and just so many other things!

I am so grateful to have a friend like her. She's just an incredible human. Thank you for everything, literally everything.

I love you forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever ~~~~~

Highly recommend everyone to check out her work!!! <3

Bergamot and Beans on A03

Cozy campfire crowd with a case of wine on A03

#harlequinromancing #bergamot and beans #cozy campfire crowd with a case of wine #i love you so much #fanfic recommendations #beta reader #fanfic rec #a03 #astarion x oc #astarion fic #astarion fic writers #proofreading #fic writing #friendship #writing love

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toribookworm22 · 2 years

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--Writeblr Introduction Post--

I'm new to Tumblr, so I thought I'd do an intro!!

Bio:

My name's Tori.

I love everything about writing, so please send me any questions in regard to mine or yours! I love giving tips and motivation! I will hype you up! MORAL SUPPORT!

Favorite color is teal/turquoise (more green than blue).

My library takes up most of my room, but I'm always looking for more books (recs welcome).

I'm a huge music lover and playlister.

I'm aro and ace-spec and am in love with the word queer.

Pronouns are she/her.

Writing-Specific:

I started out in bad poetry and lyrics.

Novels are my favorite to write.

I also enjoy writing poetry, short stories, plays, and musicals.

I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy nerd, so those are my favorite genres to write.

Current Projects:

The Animatronic Saga This is actually my completed sci-fi series (5 books). It's multi-POV and involves distant future technology, messy group dynamics, and drastically imperfect protagonists. I'm currently working on cover art and any final edits before I move into the publishing process (ahhhh!). I'm also working on an untitled secondary series that takes place 7 years later.

Brats! This is my musical project, for which my composer, of course, shares credit. It's about a military family of 8 that moves to NY right as the dad deploys. Based on reality. It focuses on the importance of family, especially between siblings and the mother-daughter relationship.

You Do Not Have To Apologize For Your Existence This is my first poetry collection. It's pretty much a love letter to myself with entries spanning about 5 years. I'm working on final editing and figuring out the publishing process while a friend of mine does art for the inside.

Extra:

I'm, again, new to Tumblr, so I'm still learning, and please bear with me.

I'm an open ear to any writing rants.

I'm not scared to block people. Send all the hate you want, I guess, but I have neither the time nor room for it.

I'll send info on any of my projects, book recs, or playlists through specific asks. Careful. I may not shut up about it. :)

All my love,

toribookworm22

#writeblr #writeblr intro #queer writers #writers of tumblr #hello tumblr #writers #writing love #bookworming

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em-dash-press · 1 year

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Types of Love to Write About Besides Romantic Love

There are so many types of love besides romantic love. Let’s talk about how they can spice up your storylines and challenge you to think about your character development/conflict from a new perspective.

Love for Your Yourself

Everyone deserves to love themselves, but we don’t always start there. Characters don’t either. Your story could focus on your protagonist’s journey to falling in love with themselves, becoming proud of who they are, or loving a new version of themselves that feels more true (think: coming of age or maturing into your identity as an adult).

Love for Your Friends

When you love your best friend, you’d do anything for them. For the purpose of this post, I’m leaving out the friends-to-lovers trope. Instead, a story could follow the development of a friendship or the destruction of one. Platonic, devoted love can result in endless scenarios that would make a great story.

Love for a Passion/Cause/Hobby/Career

Another form of growing into yourself at any age involves finding what you love to do. Your protagonist might devote themselves to a cause, start a hobby that shapes their worldview, or begin a new career that teaches them what they like or don’t like.

What you love and what you love doing with your time on this planet speaks volumes. Let your characters speak that language too!

Love for a Pet

People do wonderful things out of love for their pets. I’m not talking about buying sweaters or custom furniture. I’m talking about leaving their homes to find a safer environment, pursing court cases against animals they adopted from abusive homes, and even meet new pet families so their animal makes friends.

You can center a story around this type of love or make it a subplot. Either way, your protagonist will learn important things about themselves when they love their pet. It’s a compelling plot vehicle that often gets sugar-coated, but it can be gripping too.

Love for Your Family

The love your protagonist has for their family might be rock solid. Maybe it’s been shattered and they want to mend it. Maybe the love is never assured, so they have to make a crucial decision to leave.

People don’t have the same family structures or even the same family members, but we can all relate to the ups and downs of loving the people who raised us or grew up with us. It’s an immediate hook for readers—and I’d even say as much of a hook as any overdone, love-triangle romantic plot for a protagonist.

Love for Your Distant Family

It’s also compelling to read about people who are closest to their distant family members. There’s history there or history being made that brings them together. It’s also relatable for many people because immediate family members don’t always love each other.

Love for Your Found Family

Found family is a wildly popular type of love in fictional stories. I probably don’t have to even mention specific books or TV shows to bring one to mind for you.

There’s immense joy in crafting a family with the people you pick up along your life journey. The intensity of that love can also bring equal amounts of pain. There’s depth to mine, so don’t leave this type of love out of your writing toolbox.

Love for a Personal Hero

Who do you look up to as a role model or personal hero? Your protagonist can have the same love for someone in their universe. It’s part of finding who you are and what you value, which results in tons of potential storylines.

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There’s nothing wrong with writing romantic love, but you’re missing out if that’s the only thing you ever try to write. If you don’t think you can handle these other types of love storylines, read about them or watch movies/TV shows with them! As long as you approach the story from the perspective of a writer, you’ll learn from the craft and find new story ideas that interest you.

#writeblr #writing tips #writing advice #writing love #creative writing #writers of tumblr

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rightwriter · 8 months

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6 Questions to ask yourself about your story!

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wisteriasymphony · 1 year

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soulmates are cool and such, but please, consider: unsoulmates.

Unsoulmates: A pairing that is explicitly not soulmates, usually because one or more have a completely different person as their soulmate. Other than that, they work perfectly well together.

Because like— Our modern view of love has been skewed by soulmates into thinking there is only one perfect person for us that we just need to go out and find and then boom, love just appears from thin air.

Or that, if you have a soulmate, that person should be your first, your last, and your only partner. (With the implication that anything else is a tragedy, if not twisted and wrong.)

And this is what we're fawning over?? Narrative arranged marriage??

There isn't such a thing as having only one "perfect person" for you. People are a lot more similar than we like to think; Some people could easily be content with someone who's 80% close to being their one true love, just as they would with the 100%. Not to mention how love is something you have to put effort into, it's an act of intentional caring and support and kindness that anyone is capable of showing anyone.

There's not just one person out there who has the capability of loving you. You're only limiting yourself by thinking there is.

#writing stuff #soulmates #writing romance #writeblr #soulmate au #writing prompts #loveislove #romance #creative writing #writing love #writing #story prompts #soulmate prompts #writing opinions #writing on tumblr

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inkmadeofsky · 12 days

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an excerpt from my poem “unlike the spring: hydrangea”

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ironhusband · 1 year

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Dear writers,

I know how important comments are - believe me, as a writer myself I absolutely do - but I would like to notify you that sometimes a simple kudos can be all a person can do to show their love. My brother loves fanfics, even saves passages of them onto his phone - but he has crippling social anxiety to the point where he’s afraid to even bookmark or mark for later a fic. It doesn’t matter how much I reassure him writers love comments of all kinds - he’s simply too anxious.

So everytime you - understandably - despair over the ratio of comments to kudos you get (or maybe you even don’t get comments at all), just remember there are people like my brother who love you from afar and are simply too nervous to tell you themselves.

You have more fans than you know. Keep writing. It’s a blessing for everyone.

#ramble rumble #idk why this was important for me to share but like sometimes I see those posts of like #‘writers love comments!! don’t be afraid to talk to us’ and it’s true and all but with my brother it’s just truly #not gonna be solved by a post. and like sometimes I myself get sad by lack of comments so I. I know there’s at least one writer who needs to #hear this. keep writing. you’re making someone’s day even if you don’t know it #writers on ao3 #writers on tumblr #ao3 #writing #writblr #fanfiction #fanfic #social anxiety #writers #fanfic writer #writing love #writer love #also redears should know: sometimes when a writer doesn’t answer your comment it’s because of that too #we love all comments and treasure them I swear but some of us are really nervous about saying ily to online strangers #that being said if you like a fic comment! it is loved and appreciated and if you don’t have anxiety on my brother’s level #truly no reason not to

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hyac1nths-sunshin3 · 1 month

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It's all new, it's all foreign to me

The way just your gaze can make me feel

The warmth you fill me with

It feels as if flames lick at my system

A gaze so warm it can light me up from a mile away

Foreign is the weakness I feel when I see you

Foreign is the way you enter my thoughts as lyrics play in mind

It's inescapable, but I'm unable to complain

For this time, the fire doesn't burn

It only warms

#sonny's rays #poetry #love #poet #sun #me and my daydreamed lover #queer #pansexual #light academia #academia #writing #writing love #hopeless romantic

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