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Question of the day part 8
mare:
Yay a question I can answer lol although I have no idea what that answer is going to be.
colorguard_diva:
Romance is not just about get the couple in bed and slam, bam, thank you ma'am. Romance is about relationships. When writing a sequel, I visualize the couple in a different phase in their relationship. Say they got married and now have kids, their relationship is not the same as when they first met. They have different obstacles they face, whether it's less time together or someone focusing on their career instead of the relationship. Personally, I view it as real life situations, no relationship is going to be focused just on beginning love. The couple needs to evolve and change, if not the relationship is stagnant.
I think whether a sequel is romance or suspense you still need to change up the dynamics and situations the characters are involved in.
RokofAges75:
I don't think I worded my question very well. I'm not so much wondering how people can write sequel after sequel about the same characters - I get that because I've been there, done that. I'm wondering how people who write predominantly romance go about creating different couples in each story/series, using the same guy (Nick or whichever boy). Is it a challenge to create the right chemistry with a new (and presumably different) female character and the same boy you've already used for a power couple in a different story/series?
colorguard_diva:
Personally whether you write romance, suspense, adventure, etc. over and over the goal is to create an exciting, dynamic story. Just because you may write Nick as a lead doesn't mean the story is a carbon copy every time. That's where an engaging plot comes in. That sets the tone of your characters.
Julie, you have written more than one cancer story about Nick. Both are extremely different due to your plot line. Your plot line helped drive your characters by making them do what they do in a given situation.
I see no difference just because the genre is romance. Basically I have a million ideas and the plots and characters are different because of the storyline.
FrickingKaos:
My favorite Villain....I would have to say Valerie from Figured You Out. She was twisted.and psychotic, just a really fun character to play with and see how far I could push the crazy level. I loved writing her so much.
As for the romance question, I myself write a series and it is somewhat of a challenge to make it and keep it interesting, luckily AU gives you so much roo to play around and see what you can throw into the story.
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