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Romance/Love: June 05, 2019 Issue [#9575]




 This week: Descriptions
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
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6. Ask & Answer
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Dear readers and writers of Romance/Love, I am NaNoNette Author Icon and I will be your guest editor for this issue.


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Letter from the editor

Descriptions


Describing people and places in romantic ways.


Like many of you who have come here to read this Romance/Love newsletter, I enjoy reading romance. I have also dabbled in writing it. Once, I took a class on romantic writing. I quickly stopped being a student in that class because I realized that the teacher wasn't teaching me to find my own romantic voice, but was telling me to write like them.

What I mean by that is that I do felt that my own writing was a little bland. I needed (still need) more descriptive words to make my romantic writing visual and sensual. Writing a romantic seduction has to be more than listing positions and body parts. On the other hand, not every kiss can be "liquid fire."

One of those always true bits of advice is to read a published fiction novel and see which phrases and formulations resonate mostly with you. Far from telling you to plagiarize anything, I suggest you read with a note pad and pen in hand so that you can write down those words, phrases, and situations that you find the most descriptive.

Don't ever use a paragraph or even a whole sentence from another writer. That's just weak and you've not improved on your own writing. However, you can use some of those words that describe a motion, a feeling, a sensation in words that are unusual. As you read romance from different authors, you will find that many words that you wouldn't normally attribute to a romantic setting are well-used by authors. That means your audience of romantic readers will know what you're saying.

Don't overuse any one word or phrase and get creative by coming up with variations that are colorful and vibrant without coming across as trying too hard.







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For my last Romance / Love newsletter "Love of the Outdoors" Open in new Window., I received the following replies:

Pepper Author Icon wrote: Nature also has a way of creating conflict and drawing characters together as they battle to stay alive.

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Thank you for your kind comment.

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