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penguinfaery) wrote2010-12-26 12:14 am
penguinfaery) wrote2010-12-26 12:14 am
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THIS IS HOW WE WILL PAY RENT
Step 4: The Hero and Heroine
* Nowhere is the character-driven plot more essential than in romance novels. As the romance genre has evolved, the character roles have as well. Heroines were once portrayed as vulnerable, lonely women in desperate need of a man to complete them, and the heroes tended to be dominant, social climbers intrigued by the conquest of a woman beneath them.
* Today the characters are more in tune with current societal roles. Whether you are writing about a futuristic vampire or one of Queen Guinevere's handmaidens, the people in your story need to be real enough for your readers to identify with them.
* When creating your hero make sure he is:
1. Strong, exciting and bold.
2. Sensitive.
3. Attractive.
4. Sensual and sexy.
5. Realistically flawed. If he is 100% perfect, there is no way he'll be believable.
6. Everything your heroine fantasizes about in a man.
* You'll want heroines who are:
1. Attractive, even if she doesn't know or believe she is attractive.
2. Independent and self-reliant.
3. Smart and spunky.
4. Sensitive, but not vulnerable.
5. Not too desperate to have a man in her life.
6. Unafraid to speak her mind when needed.
7. Motivated by an inner-drive.
8. Imperfect, as long as it doesn't detract from her character.
9. Someone the hero is willing to do anything to get.
Oh yeah.
It's all coming together now.
This is TOTALLY how we are all paying rent. Romance novels, here we come.
* Nowhere is the character-driven plot more essential than in romance novels. As the romance genre has evolved, the character roles have as well. Heroines were once portrayed as vulnerable, lonely women in desperate need of a man to complete them, and the heroes tended to be dominant, social climbers intrigued by the conquest of a woman beneath them.
* Today the characters are more in tune with current societal roles. Whether you are writing about a futuristic vampire or one of Queen Guinevere's handmaidens, the people in your story need to be real enough for your readers to identify with them.
* When creating your hero make sure he is:
1. Strong, exciting and bold.
2. Sensitive.
3. Attractive.
4. Sensual and sexy.
5. Realistically flawed. If he is 100% perfect, there is no way he'll be believable.
6. Everything your heroine fantasizes about in a man.
* You'll want heroines who are:
1. Attractive, even if she doesn't know or believe she is attractive.
2. Independent and self-reliant.
3. Smart and spunky.
4. Sensitive, but not vulnerable.
5. Not too desperate to have a man in her life.
6. Unafraid to speak her mind when needed.
7. Motivated by an inner-drive.
8. Imperfect, as long as it doesn't detract from her character.
9. Someone the hero is willing to do anything to get.
Oh yeah.
It's all coming together now.
This is TOTALLY how we are all paying rent. Romance novels, here we come.