Romance/Love: April 06, 2016 Issue [#7566] |
Romance/Love
This week: Summer Lovin' Edited by: Crys-not really here More Newsletters By This Editor
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Summer Lovin'
What do Grease, Dirty Dancing, and My Girl have in common? Besides being romances, they're also three of the most popular romantic movies that take place in the summertime.
So, what makes summer the most romantic time of the year, a time to be immortalized in literature and the big screen forever? Part of the appeal is the forbidden aspect, as shown in both Dirty Dancing and Grease. A family goes on vacation and the daughter meets the local bad boy. They have a secret, hot romance on the beach or in the woods (or wherever exactly the setting of Dirty Dancing was).
Another thing that makes summer romances so popular is the uncertainty of "will they make it or won't they?" Either the father finds out, or he doesn't, but either way there's conflict and heartbreak at the end of the summer. Viewers are on their seats, wondering what's going to happen next. Will they make it as a couple, as Lena and Kostas in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants did, even after a sequel? Or, will one of them tragically succumb to a bee sting, like Macauly Culkin's character in My Girl?
Finally, what's hotter than practically wearing no clothes? Beach romances are notorious for this. There's just something extra hot (so to speak) about hot weather and bikinis and frolicking in the weather. I, for one, can't wait for warm weather to arrive on the East Coast. In the meantime, I'll be watching some summer lovin' on my TV.
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Thank you to everyone who commented on my last newsletter about common themes in romantic stories!
I have a paranormal book I've written. Hero tries to protect a mother and child while the mother doesn't think she needs it. All the while they are together running from a common villain... They fall in love. What better story than that?
-Quick-Quill
i feel like a common romance troupe is "former enemies falling in love". it is not exactly forbidden, but the two characters start off hating each other and slowly fall in love some how.
then there is the "when harry met sally" sort of friends falling in love thing. i see that one a lot! -scooter
I suppose emotions. deep, heart pounding, realistic emotions in our writing is the only way I think we can keep up. with just sex scenes to get a story going is not enough. for me, what really makes a story good is how emotionally driven it is. emotional conflicts, withholding of emotional gratification. and the likes. -naruxsasumi
How about friendship to love or second chances? I write a lot of stories where the h/h reunite after something in past tore them apart. -vada |
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