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Dear readers and writers of romance and love,
Summer is such a fun season for romance because it has a determined ending date.
Romance lives in the longing for more. Or, as Mercutio said, "You have to leave the party when it's at its best." (Romeo and Juliet 1996) |
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Summer Crush
Summer is the perfect setting for a cute young adult romance. The setting almost narrates itself and the story structure is predetermined by the season.
Setting:
Home for one of the characters, but new for the other one. This one is great because the one with the home advantage can show the other one around. This gives you the opportunity to describe their world in a natural way. You can have the couple discover secret spots in the forest, among the cliffs, in the rocky desert, just about anywhere. Throw in a "best kept secret that the tourists don't know about" and you have the perfect spot for some romance.
Destination vacation for both of them. You can choose whether they traveled there together, or got to know each other there by chance. This lets them explore together and the discovery of their world can be wondrous for both.
Story arch:
Ah, so perfect. All you have to do is write along the normal timeline of a vacation while following the tried and true story structure. Arrival, inciting incident, rising tension, climax, resolution, denouement, departure.
Plot:
Of course, the idea of a limited-time romance on vacation has been done thousands of times. It will be hard to come up with anything that is truly new, but as long as your characters are having a good time and your readers are entertained by them, you're golden.
Mix it up!
It could be a good idea to mix the genres. Romance/Love mixes well with most anything else. Add a dash of adventure when your couple finds an ancient artifact and tries to find out what it is. Give your story an air of mystery when things go missing. Make your story a harmless animal story when the thief turns out to be a tarsier that sneaks in at night. Concoct a horror story when it turns out both your characters are wanted fugitives - who's going to find out first?
Do you have fond memories of your summer crushes?
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I received the following comments for my last Romance/Love newsletter "Sweet, Sweet, Sweetness"
Monty  wrote: I never knew this about chocolate.
Turkey DrumStik  wrote: Oh, chocolate, my enemy. The theobromine in chocolate does bad things to my heart. So does the caffeine. If my husband intentionally gave me chocolate, I'd have to pack my bags and skip town because my life is on the line at that point.
Thankfully we mock valentine's day (all lowercase intended) with pizza and bad movies.
ChrisDaltro-Chasing Moonbeams  wrote: Thank you for featuring my short story Just Another Valentine Day in your awesome WDC Newsletter, February 10, 2021.
Christina Daltro
What would be your perfect Valentine's Day? Wrong answers only.
s wrote: My Valentine and I drive the car out to a secluded location, in the heart of the Australian Outback. It’s mid-February, so it’s hot, but we get there at sunset and watch the sun go down over the distant horizon as we share a bottle of champagne. Then she gets her shovel out of the boot of the car and I get a pick-axe and soon we have a hole dug, deep and wide. We stand in the hole and we kiss like we’re the last two people on Earth. We’re both smiling so wide it’s like we’re children again. We go back to the boot. It takes the both of us to carry each of the two large plastic bags and dump them in the hole, then we take our time covering it up and filling it in. The bags wriggle and move a bit as we cover them in dirt, but that hardly matters. It takes until the moon is high in the clear sky, casting everything in its romantic blue glow before we’ve re-filled the hole. And then we get back in the car and drive away, leaving our two exes forever a part of the landscape…
Oh, sorry. You said wrong answers only…
JayNaNoOhNo  wrote: The abolishment of Valentine's Day, on Valentine's Day, at a Valentine's Day Party full of people born on Valentine's Day, all of whom are also named Valentine.
It is, of course, written and signed into law on the back of an overpriced Valentine's Day card.
Bryce Kenn  wrote: You give candy to your Valentine, but it must contain an allergen. Soon she has hives covering her face so badly that her head resembles the big red heart that graces the front of the card you gave to her. Perhaps you should have gone the jewelry route.
Bride A. Livewire  wrote: Dear John-
The divorce papers are in the mail.
Sincerely your brother's girlfriend,
Jane
PS. Happy Valentines Day
Alana Lenore wrote: I wake up to the smell of something burning, I roll over and hit the side of my face against a burning curling iron that fell off my end table and onto my pillow. The ends of my hair had been touching the hot iron for lord knows how long, my hair is fried. I was staying up all night practicing different hairstyles on different wigs in preparation for an exam at beauty school. I must've forgotten to turn it off, but it could've been worse at least there was no fire. Holding my scalding face and thick tears, I run to the bathroom to stick my head in the sink under running water. Seconds from relief, I hear the phone ring and jump up too fast, hitting my face against the faucet and chipping my tooth. I drop to my knees to take a moment to feel my pain and disbelief before making any more moves. After some deep breathing, I rest the back of my head against the wall and open my eyes to black mold attached to my ceiling. I think to myself, it must be Friday the 13th. Shit, no it's Sunday the 14th! I jump up to check the time and realize I'm on the track to being late to a date with my Valentine, I hop in and out of the shower, and get a glimpse of my ridiculous appearance in the mirror. Fried hair, chipped tooth, puffy eyes. Before I have time to gather my thoughts, the phone rings once again. I slowly, carefully make my way out of the bathroom, across the house, and into the front room to pick up the phone. It's my date. He cancels our plans and immediately begins confessing to having a girlfriend of many years, I can't get a word in edge wise as he berates himself in a humiliating fashion. He apologizes for dragging me into his mess. I tell him whatever, he's the one that has to face the wrath of his girlfriend, not me. He tells me I don't understand, and explains his girlfriends affiliation with an alleged coven the whole town is familiar with. He warns me to be careful and aware of any strange misfortune that may come my way and hangs up. He wasn't even that cute.
Matt 2021 Dean wrote: Giving my love a plastic joke terd to place on her toilet when her family visits
QueenOwl ~ A New Day Dawns wrote: Instead of taking me out on a weekend getaway, he goes deep sea fishing with his fishing buddies and comes home with fish baits. No marlin or yellow fin tuna to show off as a trophy. Perfect Valentine’s Day celebration ever!
nick wrote: Going to watch the football with my mates. Getting back to a nice hot meal cooked by her indoors and then straight back out to the pub. What a fabulous valentines that would be. The rest of the year, not so hot.
Olivia: it's NaNo-Time
37873  wrote: Yesterday, I visited Jürgen and Marina, dear friends of my late parents, and unofficial new parents of mine.
After lunch, Marina and I made curd balls, a German pastry. Only it was impossible to make actually balls from the dough as we used spelt flour and not the usual flour. (I always use it because it's healthier.)
Anyway, the dough had the consistency of caulking compound, and the most impossible curd pastries emerged from the deep fryer.
We had:
- a Corona Virus (seriously! The pastry had the form of the darn thing.)
- a flying saucer,
- a roasted chicken.
Unfortunately, we ate them all, before I thought of maybe taking evidence photos.
Making those were like pouring lead on New Year's Eve, accompanied by the songs featured in the movie The Martian, means disco.
We had such a blast. Haven't laughed that much in a long time.
Any man coming along will have to live up to that Valentine's Day.
DevilsBargin wrote: This answer dosent fall under the category of pg 13. If I answer this question truthfully you eyes have a forty nine percent chance of melting in their sockets from pure joy. So I'll remain silent on this issue. Instead I'll say nice day for fishing ain't it. Huh huh.
jdennis01jaj wrote: A case of beer, chips and dip, and a subscription to any sports channel. Oh, yeah, and a red rose for the wife. Uh, she won't see this, will she?
tj-turkey-jobble-jobble-hard-J  wrote: Going to the store on Valentine's day morning to get a gift for my wife and meeting an attractive, young female who is crying because she doesn't have anyone to spend the day with. So, instead of getting a gift for my wife, I end up bringing the young lady home, giving her the gift and asking my wife if she would be so kind as to make the young lady and me a nice, romantic, dinner before she goes to her mom's for the night so we can have some privacy.
I should add, it would also be my last Valentine's Day ever!
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