 Romance/Love: August 07, 2024 Issue [#12667] |
This week: Love Interests Edited by: StephBee  
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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
Romance: An ardent emotional attachment between two people. A love affair.
Welcome to August. Did you know August is Romance awareness month? August is the halfway month between Februarys so this is a great time to give your romance a checkup. Send a card, deliver flowers, watch your favorite romance movie, or even cook an unexpected dinner. The little things say a lot.
This month we’re going to look at different types of love interests and share some tips on how to write a love interest.
Here’s a poll to go along with that summer heat:
Question for you: Who is your favorite romantic couple from a book? From a movie or TV series? Why?
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The love interest is the character that the hero falls in love with. In a romance, it’s basically the point of the story. In other genre stories, it’s typically a subplot. What the love interest brings to the table is that in their own way, they make our hero a better person. How? They make the hero someone to root for. They start the change the hero has to make in their life. They help the hero deal with the conflict in front of them.
In my research, I found there are archetypes for love interests. Love interests are a bit more broad than female archetypes that we looked at last newsletter.
Here are some love interests that you find in stories and movies:
Friend-to-Lover – They’ve been best friends since grade school. Their friendship is tested, and they discover – quite accidently, that they’re in love.
Hate-to-love. – These people start out hating each other, but as they navigate throughout the conflict, they fall in love. This type of romance has to be set up carefully with a delicate hand to make it work.
Forbidden love – The love interest is out of the hero’s league or visa versa. Some boundary separates them that can’t be crossed, yet they dare to cross it.
The Other Half – These love interests complete the hero. For example, they’re knowledgeable in things the hero isn’t, or strong in areas where the hero is weak in. This couple needs to feel they belong together and not randomly thrown together.
The Nerd/Wallflower – this love interest is shy, yet smart, and often overlooked, but they manage to catch the hero’s attention. After they go through their conflict, the hero is totally in love with this glasses wearing geek.
TIPS:
Even love interests need to be more than one dimensional. Too often, love interests are sexy and….. that’s it. It’s okay to be sexy, but they need to be more than that - they need character.
Sell the reader on the relationship. Make the romance realistic. Have them go on dates and talk about their interests. Show us those moments were the couple grows together.
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