Romance

Lief Erikson · 04-28-2003, 01:23 AM

Has anyone tried love stories in their works, yet? If so, feel free to talk about them here

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Lalaith · 04-28-2003, 02:50 PM

In my screen play there is a love story. It's not the main point of the story but still very important.
Hayden (my female character) and Joshua (my male character) are best friends and then they fall in love. it all ends with a happy end (was discussing the ending before).

In general love stories are very difficult, because most of the love stories are so not real.

Elvellyn · 04-28-2003, 07:36 PM

Most love stories or so predictable. When I do include romance in my stories, it's non-conventonal.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-28-2003, 08:47 PM

I did once...I'd rather not talk about it.

Elvellyn · 04-28-2003, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
I did once...I'd rather not talk about it.

Oh, I'm sorry. Did the mushy stuff get to ya? Was it just too much?

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-29-2003, 12:05 AM

No, it was just completely pointless, there was nothing really; it was just two starkly different (racially) characters whom I decided to use to bridge the gap.

Lalaith · 04-29-2003, 08:40 AM

Writing real love stories would be not really me. My next story will be kind of anti-love story. Begins with love, ends without. But mostly it's about violence.

Silverstripe · 04-29-2003, 01:29 PM

Well, I've tried a love story ... it just didn't work very well. I couldn't get the story to flow right, and it seemed too awkward.

Lalaith · 04-29-2003, 01:59 PM

Too many love stories have been written. It's nearly impossible to find something new and refreshing.

Ianua · 04-29-2003, 05:09 PM

Not much good with romance, my stories are too predictable, i think Jane Austen is too much of an influence...

***IronParrot*** · 04-29-2003, 06:09 PM

Love stories, eh? That's something I only explore in non-fiction...

Lief Erikson · 04-29-2003, 07:13 PM

My first- no, second romance, was in my book Siegred's Nephew. It involved a girl who hardly spoke, and the main character was hopelessly in love with her for no reason

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I was really young when I wrote that story, but I've been looking for it occasionally since then just to read for comedy's sake. It wasn't meant to be a comedy, but I would laugh and laugh now if I could read that romance. I was very, very serious when I wrote it. Not to mention inspired. I'd gotten the ideas from a recent book series I'd read, "The Winds of Light". But mine was so stupid

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My more recent romance abilities I think are stronger than I used to be. In my book, I'm not focusing on romance at all, but slowly things are beginning to develop into that sort of a relationship between a couple of my characters.

In the book I write after The Uirlon Cord, which is its prequel, I'm going to have to write a romance in. I'm not worried though. The plot is good and I doubt that romance will be that hard, particularly as I have plenty of time in which to develop it.

Lief Erikson · 04-29-2003, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IronParrot
Love stories, eh? That's something I only explore in non-fiction...

You mean you've never read Jane Austen's books?

Ah . . .

Poor you.

Ninquelote · 04-29-2003, 08:51 PM

I usually don't write love stories, because I myself do not understand love. I find that most people who love excessively end up hopeless and futureless, but those that never love end up lonely and depressed. I as a person am trying to find the middle path so I'll never walk on the others, but maybe I'll write a story about an extreme version of one of the two I've stated.

Ninquelote · 04-29-2003, 08:54 PM

... Unless you mean short scandalous sex stories, because I've written two of those.

Of course I've only shared them with my friends, my closest online friends, and all the people who read them in the brief time they were on fanfiction.net.

Also my computer had it's hard drive wiped, with the two stories on them, so they are lost forever.

I could just say I never wrote them.

If indeed I did write them.

You'll never know.

Indril Anarion · 04-30-2003, 09:40 PM

I tried writing a romance...but it was just so corny like you could not imagine...I just stick to adventure/fantasy...Tolkien is a large influence on my work...I may include a short love scene, but not until the end and the battle is won...

Starr Polish · 04-30-2003, 10:35 PM

Being the teenager that I am, romance slips into a lot of my stories. Well, it's more LOVE than romance. In my fanfiction Stolen, about Theoden losing his wife, it's more about the bond and comradeship that he's lost than the romantic aspect of the relationship.

Love is often an underlying theme (or main theme) in things I write now, but it's not always of the romantic sense. Or, if it is romantic, there really isn't a whole lot of intensely sexual undertones. I would ahve to say that the first long story I wrote revolved around teenage romance during the Revolutionary War (hey, I was eleven!).

***IronParrot*** · 05-01-2003, 12:30 AM

Quote:

"You mean you've never read Jane Austen's books? Ah . . . Poor you."

I meant in terms of writing romances. For the record, I loved Pride and Prejudice.

Snowdog · 05-01-2003, 12:08 PM

I have written some love stories into a greater story. it has to be a secondary part of a story to truly work in my opinion.

Lief Erikson · 05-01-2003, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Starr Polish
Being the teenager that I am, romance slips into a lot of my stories. Well, it's more LOVE than romance. In my fanfiction Stolen, about Theoden losing his wife, it's more about the bond and comradeship that he's lost than the romantic aspect of the relationship.

Love is often an underlying theme (or main theme) in things I write now, but it's not always of the romantic sense. Or, if it is romantic, there really isn't a whole lot of intensely sexual undertones. I would ahve to say that the first long story I wrote revolved around teenage romance during the Revolutionary War (hey, I was eleven!).

Sexual undertones certainly aren't a necessity for a romance to be called a romance and not a love story. As a matter of a fact, the romances I've read that are parts of various novels and have sexual undertones weren't strong.

The romance between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, on the other hand, was very successful while avoiding sexual undertones of any sort.

Simply pointing at definition

. Romance is a part of love, I think.

04-28-2003, 01:23 AM	#1
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Romance Has anyone tried love stories in their works, yet? If so, feel free to talk about them here .

04-28-2003, 02:50 PM	#2
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	In my screen play there is a love story. It's not the main point of the story but still very important. Hayden (my female character) and Joshua (my male character) are best friends and then they fall in love. it all ends with a happy end (was discussing the ending before). In general love stories are very difficult, because most of the love stories are so not real. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-28-2003, 07:36 PM	#3
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	Most love stories or so predictable. When I do include romance in my stories, it's non-conventonal. __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

04-28-2003, 08:47 PM	#4
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I did once...I'd rather not talk about it. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-29-2003, 12:05 AM	#6
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	No, it was just completely pointless, there was nothing really; it was just two starkly different (racially) characters whom I decided to use to bridge the gap. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-29-2003, 08:40 AM	#7
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	Writing real love stories would be not really me. My next story will be kind of anti-love story. Begins with love, ends without. But mostly it's about violence. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-29-2003, 01:29 PM	#8
Silverstripe Empress of the Writewraiths Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Running around somewhere inside my head. So what are YOU doing here?! Posts: 1,546	Well, I've tried a love story ... it just didn't work very well. I couldn't get the story to flow right, and it seemed too awkward.

04-29-2003, 01:59 PM	#9
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	Too many love stories have been written. It's nearly impossible to find something new and refreshing. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-29-2003, 05:09 PM	#10
Ianua Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: England Posts: 28	Not much good with romance, my stories are too predictable, i think Jane Austen is too much of an influence... __________________ Happy, Clappy, and annoying beyond belief ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Her Lips were red, Her looks were free, Her locks as yellow as gold, Her skin was as white as leprosy, The nightmare life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold -Intrveiw with the vampire- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'I can resist everything exept temptation'- Oscar Wilde

04-29-2003, 06:09 PM	#11
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Love stories, eh? That's something I only explore in non-fiction... __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

04-29-2003, 07:13 PM	#12
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	My first- no, second romance, was in my book Siegred's Nephew. It involved a girl who hardly spoke, and the main character was hopelessly in love with her for no reason . I was really young when I wrote that story, but I've been looking for it occasionally since then just to read for comedy's sake. It wasn't meant to be a comedy, but I would laugh and laugh now if I could read that romance. I was very, very serious when I wrote it. Not to mention inspired. I'd gotten the ideas from a recent book series I'd read, "The Winds of Light". But mine was so stupid . My more recent romance abilities I think are stronger than I used to be. In my book, I'm not focusing on romance at all, but slowly things are beginning to develop into that sort of a relationship between a couple of my characters. In the book I write after The Uirlon Cord, which is its prequel, I'm going to have to write a romance in. I'm not worried though. The plot is good and I doubt that romance will be that hard, particularly as I have plenty of time in which to develop it.

04-29-2003, 08:51 PM	#14
Ninquelote Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here. For the time being. Posts: 336	I usually don't write love stories, because I myself do not understand love. I find that most people who love excessively end up hopeless and futureless, but those that never love end up lonely and depressed. I as a person am trying to find the middle path so I'll never walk on the others, but maybe I'll write a story about an extreme version of one of the two I've stated. __________________ XIAN- for hating Wiccans. MURDERER- for hating vegetarians. PREP- for hating Goths. These are a few of my favourite things, the hypocritical stylings of the most "liberal" groups.

04-29-2003, 08:54 PM	#15
Ninquelote Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here. For the time being. Posts: 336	... Unless you mean short scandalous sex stories, because I've written two of those. Of course I've only shared them with my friends, my closest online friends, and all the people who read them in the brief time they were on fanfiction.net. Also my computer had it's hard drive wiped, with the two stories on them, so they are lost forever. I could just say I never wrote them. If indeed I did write them. You'll never know. __________________ XIAN- for hating Wiccans. MURDERER- for hating vegetarians. PREP- for hating Goths. These are a few of my favourite things, the hypocritical stylings of the most "liberal" groups.

04-30-2003, 09:40 PM	#16
Indril Anarion Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: My heart is forever in Mirkwood Posts: 429	I tried writing a romance...but it was just so corny like you could not imagine...I just stick to adventure/fantasy...Tolkien is a large influence on my work...I may include a short love scene, but not until the end and the battle is won... __________________ I'm a Jesus Freak and proud of it... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody tosses a Dwarf." - Gimli, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save Ferris!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My true Elven name is Idril Anarion, but I misspelled in the username, and now I can't fix it... Oh, well...now you know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't be afraid of death....Be afraid of the unlived life- Tuck Everlasting

04-30-2003, 10:35 PM	#17
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Being the teenager that I am, romance slips into a lot of my stories. Well, it's more LOVE than romance. In my fanfiction Stolen, about Theoden losing his wife, it's more about the bond and comradeship that he's lost than the romantic aspect of the relationship. Love is often an underlying theme (or main theme) in things I write now, but it's not always of the romantic sense. Or, if it is romantic, there really isn't a whole lot of intensely sexual undertones. I would ahve to say that the first long story I wrote revolved around teenage romance during the Revolutionary War (hey, I was eleven!). __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

05-01-2003, 12:08 PM	#19
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	I have written some love stories into a greater story. it has to be a secondary part of a story to truly work in my opinion. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run." Last edited by Snowdog : 05-01-2003 at 12:10 PM.

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