MAKE USE OF ROMANCE TROPES
4. USING LOVE SCENES TO FURTHER YOUR PLOT
For an experienced writer, writing love scenes isn't going to be that much difficult. As an amateur writer, it may be a difficult task.
Regardless of your writing style, if you are writing intimate scenes in your love story and they turn out to be overt, it may leave your readers alienated, and on the other hand, if your write love scenes that are too tame, you will end up disappointing your readers!
The bottom line is that the purpose of writing intimate scenes in your romance novel is to progress your plot further or to use them in character development. This will not only keep your readers engaged but will also make your love story a successful one!
5. MAKING USE OF ROMANCE TROPES
You know that romance stories are based on a specific formula. Usually, the love stories revolve around one of the following common settings best friends becoming lovers, separation based on class, society or family afflictions, etc.
But as readers, the readers are past the same old family saga plots, and can easily predict the plot when a similar formula is used again, leaving them bored and disappointed.
The idea is to use romance tropes that are not used before and to use your creativity and imagination to subvert them while writing your love story.
The idea is to understand the expectations of your readers and to give them something different. For example, if they are expecting a classic ending, you can change it to something that is not in their scope of imagination.
This way, you will be always a step ahead of your readers and your romance novel will be a page-turner for sure.
These tips will help you in writing your next successful romance novel. What are your thoughts on this? Do you incorporate these tips in your writing stories or have some other tips for the writers out there? Do share with us in the comments section below.
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