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Romance/Love: September 03, 2008 Issue [#2595]

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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Welcome to the Romance/Love Newsletter. My name is darkin and I'll be your editor this week. So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride*Bigsmile*


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Letter from the editor


Doctor, Doctor, Give me the News


Yeah, I know, it's one of the oldest ploys in the romance writing world, but illness is a great way to add tension and move a story plot along. Almost losing a loved one can really make your romance character's appreciate what they have.

Using an illness in this manner takes a lot of care and research. You need to be sure it is the right plot vehicle for your story. Don't use it just for the sake of moving your plot along. Use it because it works for your story and your characters.

If you are going to use illness as a tension builder, then take care, and follow these few simple rules.

Research
Find out all you can about the illness you want to use. Don't rely on what people tell you. Type it into your search engine, read a medical text book, or ask a doctor or nurse. The last thing you want to do is use an illness and then not portray it correctly. That will turn off readers who actually know what that illness is all about.

Compassion
If you are going to use an illness, make sure you do so with compassion and understanding. Don't make it out to be the bad guy, it's just an illness. You can make it be the thing they fight against, but it shouldn't be the villain in the story. It isn't a character, it's a tension builder.

Magic
If you plan on your character's living happily ever after, don't pick an illness that isn't curable. The only exception to this is a romance story set in the future. In that case, finding a cure could be possible.

Be Creative
There's nothing in the rule book that says you can't make up an illness. But if you do, be sure you make it sound realistic. An illness should have symptoms, a course to run, a treatment (if curable or manageable), and a conclusion. Kind of sounds like the plot to a story, doesn't it?

Tension is great in a romance novel. Using an illness to create more tension can work for, or against, your story. But if you plan it out carefully, make sure you know everything you can about the disease, and use it wisely; then you can't go wrong.

Thank you for taking the time to read. Happy Writing!

darkin


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Ask & Answer

Thank you for allowing me into your e-mail boxes for this week's issue. I had a wonderful time writing this issue and would love to hear what you think about it. Here is some feedback I received from my last newsletter.

darkin

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I guess I've always looked at it this way: If you do anything for fame and fortune and not for joy, if you get the fame and fortune, there's no guarantee you'll be happy. But, if you do it for the joy of it and happen to get fame and fortune along the way, those are added benefits, not goals in themselves. I'd rather be happy than rich and famous.

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