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can tell because the plot just came to a
screeching halt that's right one of the
most commonly requested topics is
romance so today we will take on one of
the key elements of writing a romance
plotline the love interest now I won't
be covering how to write a love interest
for a story in the romance genre but
fear not romance fans those are on my
list
Oh romance novel alpha and beta Mills
don't you worry
it'll be your turn eventually instead I
would like to focus on non romance genre
and how the writers can integrate a love
interest into their story with all the
grace subtlety and elegance of a
strategic carpet bombing campaign so
let's go according and introduce a love
interest into our story first we should
use our creativity ingenuity and careful
planning to cheat and take as many
shortcuts as possible you see I don't
want to actually put a love interest
into the story because romance is hard
to write however every story must
feature a love interest because every
story must have a romantic subplot no
matter the genre that means our love
interest should get little to no screen
time and we should find a way to get her
out of my hair ASAP oh no she has been
captured by the villain how dastardly in
vile of our antagonist and convenient in
effort saving for me this will surely
ratchet up the tension while saving me
the trouble of writing about the love
interest since I've reduced her to the
same level of MacGuffin we could just
replace our love interest with the
briefcase and the story wouldn't be any
different I'm sure that reducing the
love interest to the level of an object
will garner no criticism whatsoever with
our poor love interest in the clutches
of the vile villain what will happen to
her now oh don't worry the worst thing
she will endure is the villain might
force her to marry him he may be a mass
murdering psychopath who will stop at
nothing to achieve his dreams of total
world conquest but he is a staunch
traditionalist when it comes to marriage
the only thing he likes more than
hijacked nuclear weapons is starting a
nuclear family but she won't have to
worry about that
the hero will rescue her during the love
interest forced wedding to the villain
besides we can sidestep the entire plot
if we want to instead after the love
interest abduction neither her nor the
villain are mentioned again until the
climax of the story she has already
served her purpose by motivating the
hero to go on his quest you see the love
interest is a reward that will be handed
over to the hero after he defeats the
bad guy maybe I should put the love
interest into a loop box we could use
the distressed damsels point of view to
get an inside perspective to what the
villain is planning show off her
cleverness by having her find a way to
send information to the heroes
characterized the villain through his
interactions with her or take over his
entire operation and become the villain
herself we can't do any of that because
it undercuts the original reason for
having our love interest captured in the
first place and that's to save effort
better spent on giving our chosen one
protagonist yet more powers and
abilities or we can use the effort saved
on writing a love interest to instead
add more love interests for the
protagonist wait a minute but what if a
writer actually wants to include a
romantic plotline in their story and not
simply pay lip service to it well a
romance side plot needs fuel one would
think the best way to feel the romantic
side plot is to have natural and
engaging interactions that showcase the
chemistry that the two love interests
share we are going to use the cheap
alternative L UST that's right long
unresolved sexual tension most often
shortened to UST UST is essential to
dragging out any tortured romance side
plot in fiction you see we can't have
people who are attracted to each other
and just get together first we have to
milk that romance plot line for all it's
worth by constantly teasing the audience
with the possibility of characters
entering a romantic relationship but
never actually deliver now UST is a very
potent fuel a little goes a long way
which is why writers should just pour it
on like there's no tomorrow max that
acceleration on the UST until the red
string of fate becomes a hangman's noose
for the story
make sure to constantly break up the
flow of the plot to show us how the
characters are pining to be together but
lack any kind of spine to actually ask
the other out their love should
gradually blossom like a beautiful ivy a
beautiful invasive ivy that in
everybody strangles everything around it
as the romance side plot takes over the
story
oh no I've gone too far it looks like
the couple might actually hook up even
before the halfway point this is
unacceptable
at this rate I might have to write an
actual romantic relationship I can't
write those I can't even maintain one of
those in real life how can I stop this
UST from going too far better at a
moment killer oh it looks like someone
else just blundered in and ruined the
moment thankfully it will never occur to
the eloping characters to just bask the
third person to leave the best thing
about moment killers is that the writer
can use these indefinitely without any
repercussions no matter how contrived of
the interruptions to become comedic
sidekicks are the best at ruining
romantic moments and the stories tension
and like the entire story yeah you comic
relief stains will get your own terrible
writing advice video one day mark my
words how else can we ruin the moment
oh right by getting back to the actual
plot no reason the villain can't ruin
the romantic moment it's never too late
for the love interest to be captured no
matter how hyper competent she was
before a simple arm grab can disable
even the most fearsome warrior woman I
feel like I'm forgetting something
obvious like what else could I do to amp
up the romantic side plot surely there
is something like an obvious reoccurring
gag that I could use yeah I can't think
of anything oh wait I got it I need a
reason to pair up the side characters
the story is nearing its end so I better
pair the spares did any of these couples
share even a single scene together did
any of these last minute matchups share
even a drop of chemistry well it doesn't
matter hit them and ship them no time to
worry about anything else
now foolish writers may question the
need for the story to have a love
interest at all it's the teenage
protagonists too emotionally immature to
handle something as complicated as a
romantic relationship
our protagonist needs to master their
magic powers before evil destroys the
world in mere days I'm sure we can
pencil in a date in there somewhere
every story must feature a love interest
no matter how much it detracts from the
main story but let's be honest I'm just
stalling because I don't want to
actually commit to resolving my romantic
side plot for the love interest for fear
of angering fans
when a rider finds themselves in this
position the best thing to do is to
simply not resolve any of the romantic
pairings that's right all the characters
are still in relationship limbo by the
end of the story
notlikethis will utterly infuriate
anyone invested in the outcome of the
romantic pairing a rider cannot for sure
a pair off the characters until near the
end of the series so we can keep writing
the story off UST indefinitely or I
guess you could just awkwardly tie up
the romantic pairings at the last minute
of the story and send your fandom
spiraling into a never-ending Civil War
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