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Romance/Love: July 03, 2019 Issue [#9635]




 This week: The Spark in Romance
  Edited by: Dawn Embers Author IconMail Icon
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Romance/Love Newsletter by Dawn

Fireworks and flashes of inspiration are something that can spark an idea or relate to a romance story. This newsletter takes a look at how we can show that spark to the reader.


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"I know what love is. When you find the person you are supposed to love, bells ring and fireworks go off in your head and you can't find the words to speak and you think about him all the time. When you find the person you are supposed to love, you will know by staring deeply into their eyes." - Jody Picoult


The flash of interest, the proverbial fireworks of a romance when the character gets that spark where all things are possible, it is a common and useful element when writing a love based story. While it's a common moment within a romance story there are still different ways we can approach that aspect as the writer. There are a couple of ways we can use the firework metaphor to show the reader when the main character and their love interest experience that flash or spark.

Using the words

One easy way is to just go about and say it. As long as the characters are in a world that has fireworks, you can use the term in order to describe the emotions or the moment when their attention is grabbed. There are even different types of fireworks. Maybe it was the glow of a sparkler or the large flash of a more dynamic type of firework when the two characters experienced that particular moment of connection. There is the risk of it coming off as a bit of a tell, which depending on the time and wording within the story can be okay. Yes, we like to show more than tell but in the end we're writing stories so it's okay to tell a little from time to time. You might just want to keep it simple in the moment and state that the character experienced an emotional flash of fireworks when their hands touched or their gazes met. Instead of spending a long paragraph to give the more descriptive approach of the way the emotions flashed and sparkled. Other times, you can spare some space and provide the reader with more of a show.

How to show

When writing, you have to consider how you show many different parts of the story. For the genre of romance/love, it's a big moment or element of the story when it comes to how the characters come about the act of falling in love. The point of view can be a factor since writing in first person does provide a different perspective compared to third person but either one can be done in a way to show the reader what the character is experiencing in a particular moment. How they react, the words they say and even internal dialogue can give the impression of the fireworks even if we don't tell the reader that is what the character is experiencing.

Moments this can be done:
a look
hands touch
words spoken
what isn't spoken
actual electric shock...

Okay maybe not the last one unless you have a character that is like one of the x-men or has some type of magic that includes electricity. The list is just a general representation of times where a spark or those infamous fireworks might come into place. It all depends on the characters, their views, the romance and how you write the story. When they experience the moment is another question. So, ask yourself when did the character experience fireworks in relation to their love interest. Then write the scene twice. One where you mention that it was fireworks and one where you show it in a different way. Which do you prefer?

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How do you create the spark or fireworks between your characters? How do you show that to the reader?

Just last week I wrote for this Newsletter but touched on the topic of quickness in story length as well as the overall romance. Here are a couple of comments sent in over the topic from just a week ago:


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Thank you for highlighting my story "Invalid Item" Open in new Window.! Whenever I write romance it tends to happen fairly quickly. That's because that's how I've experienced romance in my life. My husband and I knew each other for only a few short months before we moved in together and then got married a year later. We're celebrating 20 years together and 18 married years together this year.

If I'm writing romance I need around 3k words allowance cause I have a hard time keeping things short and if I'm reading it, then like any other genre on wdc, I do prefer reading things 10k words and less online but it always depends on how well it's written.

Comment by Alexi Author Icon
Romance can go beyond the grave. I was blessed with a man who was my soul mate in life and the story of us goes on. He has been gone now for over twelve years and there is not one moment when I don't think of us and what we had/have and the love we had was enviable so I was told. People watched us and saw love through thick and thin times we never stopped loving each other. He told me that I was so good to him, both as a husband and a lover. The day he died I lost part of me and have not been the same since. I wrote this after my man died. I could write a trilogy of my /our love and more.

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