Now this letter should have been a given in the A-Z of Romance.
WHY?
Because THIS is why we read romance. For the mushy love!
Most genre's don't have *rules* you have to follow, do they? Well, not with romance, peeps. If you write straight-up romance, their is one hard and fast rule that you MUST, must follow. Period. No exceptions.
The hero and heroine must fall and love. There must be an HEA (happily ever after). The characters don't need to have walked down the wedding isle by the end of the book. Heck, they don't even have to be engaged, but the thought must be there.
The two characters, no matter what you threw at them during the course of the book, must have fallen in love and by that last page, they must be blissfully happy. *sigh* That's why we love them so much. No matter the heartache they go through during the book, no matter the tears and struggles and fights, we always know they will end up together. In love. Hopelessly. And it's beautiful.
That's why I read romance. That's why I write romance. You can't find that aspect in any other book all the time. I know it's not a genre for everyone, but when you get right down to it, the endings are what makes us happy.
~JD
WHY?
Because THIS is why we read romance. For the mushy love!
Most genre's don't have *rules* you have to follow, do they? Well, not with romance, peeps. If you write straight-up romance, their is one hard and fast rule that you MUST, must follow. Period. No exceptions.
The hero and heroine must fall and love. There must be an HEA (happily ever after). The characters don't need to have walked down the wedding isle by the end of the book. Heck, they don't even have to be engaged, but the thought must be there.
The two characters, no matter what you threw at them during the course of the book, must have fallen in love and by that last page, they must be blissfully happy. *sigh* That's why we love them so much. No matter the heartache they go through during the book, no matter the tears and struggles and fights, we always know they will end up together. In love. Hopelessly. And it's beautiful.
That's why I read romance. That's why I write romance. You can't find that aspect in any other book all the time. I know it's not a genre for everyone, but when you get right down to it, the endings are what makes us happy.
~JD
1 comment:
Oh l'amour!!!! Where would we be without it!??! Yay! Take care
x
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