Romance - Page 2

Lalaith · 05-02-2003, 11:32 AM

I'm gunning down romance
It never did a thing for me
But heartache and misery
Ain't nothing but a tragedy

just had to quote this

Linaewen · 05-03-2003, 07:58 AM

That's nice poetry. Why do I know so many people who suffer in love?

Elfmaster XK · 05-03-2003, 01:21 PM

I'm with Snowdog. I think for it to work, you have to be careful to add it into another story. Romance alone has been over worked probably. That's why in mine I have put the love story into the social and political aspects of the story. The romance works around the more important issues. And that's the way I find it works. Otherwise it's always so predictable. He meets her. They fall in love. Something goes wrong/someone else comes onto the scene. They have a fight, or lose each other, or think they don't love each other. They realise the truth. They defeat the obstacle and live happily ever after. Blergh.

Lief Erikson · 05-04-2003, 01:02 AM

Some might consider that drama, and it is if it's done properly. Even though that formula is classic, stereotype. Whether that's bad or not is another matter- it depends on how it's done.

Elfmaster XK · 05-07-2003, 10:19 AM

No, I meant that was what happens in all love stories. Not that's what I am writing. I write angsty things that go all wrong. I guess classic love stories can work if done well, but there are so many romance books. I'm pretty sure it's difficult to find something unique.

frodosgirlfriend · 05-07-2003, 04:13 PM

I love writing romance and reading about it. In one of my stories I've got two people that hate each other then they fall madly, deeply, in love then one of them dies the other person goes into deep depression so they kill themselves and then it turns out that the other person never really died and was just really wounded so then they go into depression and then it's the end.
Then in another story I have an immortal in love with a 12 year old girl who thinks of him as a father, kind of twisted when he's smelling her hair and kissing her neck.

Nariel · 05-07-2003, 08:51 PM

you know, my fave romance was one where Meika (main character) is married to Nic but he gets killed and she's really bummed out but then she and Leo (a complete stranger) go to find her birth mother (whom they don't know is dead) and they sort of. hmm... comfort each other since like everyone they know is dying and then they realise that they were created in the same gene lab (although they're not related) and then they kind of split up but remain in contact... it's like "I'm sad, you're sad, we comforted each other and maybe went a little too far but we don't really have any feelings for each other so crap now what do we do?"

It's a LOT more complicated than that. But I never have those sappy romances in my books.

Nimbrennil · 03-06-2004, 07:27 PM

I've never tried to write a romance... I personally enjoy writing adventure. But I like romance books: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Pride and Prejudice by You-Know-Who, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, that sort of this... mostly classics, I guess... but sometimes I like new romances... *shrug*

--Nimbrennil

05-02-2003, 11:32 AM	#21
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	I'm gunning down romance It never did a thing for me But heartache and misery Ain't nothing but a tragedy just had to quote this __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

05-03-2003, 01:21 PM	#23
Elfmaster XK Possessive Villain Fancier Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On my ship, riding the waves YARR! Posts: 2,008	I'm with Snowdog. I think for it to work, you have to be careful to add it into another story. Romance alone has been over worked probably. That's why in mine I have put the love story into the social and political aspects of the story. The romance works around the more important issues. And that's the way I find it works. Otherwise it's always so predictable. He meets her. They fall in love. Something goes wrong/someone else comes onto the scene. They have a fight, or lose each other, or think they don't love each other. They realise the truth. They defeat the obstacle and live happily ever after. Blergh. __________________ My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly - my friends. XK

05-07-2003, 10:19 AM	#25
Elfmaster XK Possessive Villain Fancier Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On my ship, riding the waves YARR! Posts: 2,008	No, I meant that was what happens in all love stories. Not that's what I am writing. I write angsty things that go all wrong. I guess classic love stories can work if done well, but there are so many romance books. I'm pretty sure it's difficult to find something unique. __________________ My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly - my friends. XK

05-07-2003, 04:13 PM	#26
frodosgirlfriend Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in la la land, you know, the place you go during math class Posts: 452	I love writing romance and reading about it. In one of my stories I've got two people that hate each other then they fall madly, deeply, in love then one of them dies the other person goes into deep depression so they kill themselves and then it turns out that the other person never really died and was just really wounded so then they go into depression and then it's the end. Then in another story I have an immortal in love with a 12 year old girl who thinks of him as a father, kind of twisted when he's smelling her hair and kissing her neck. __________________ LOOK A WEBSITE!!! LETS CLICK ON IT!!!!!! --------------------------------------------- AND FGF'S MOST GORGEOUS MAN ALIVE AT THE MOMENT'S AWARD GOES TO......... BRANDON BOYD (yes once again) !!!!! WOOOO!!! ---------------------------------------------- Hottness has no count for age.... thats why I'm merrying a forty year old who goes by the name of JOHNNY DEPP!!!! ----------------------------------------------- Fortune cookies tell all, so when i got the cookie telling me to date my love i became a stalker to Johnny Depp, and when i find him my excuse will be "the cookie made me do it" ------------------------------------------------ I'm not stupid, I'm special ------------------------------------------------ "But why is the rum gone?" "Captian, Catian Jack Sparrow" "pa-pa-pa parsnip, parla, --" "Just don't do anything... stupid" "WELL IT BLOODY IS NOW!" ~Captian Jack Sparrow ------------------------------------------------ Read my FP.net story!!!

05-07-2003, 08:51 PM	#27
Nariel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the custody of the Knights who say "Ni!" They want a shrubbery. Posts: 365	you know, my fave romance was one where Meika (main character) is married to Nic but he gets killed and she's really bummed out but then she and Leo (a complete stranger) go to find her birth mother (whom they don't know is dead) and they sort of. hmm... comfort each other since like everyone they know is dying and then they realise that they were created in the same gene lab (although they're not related) and then they kind of split up but remain in contact... it's like "I'm sad, you're sad, we comforted each other and maybe went a little too far but we don't really have any feelings for each other so crap now what do we do?" It's a LOT more complicated than that. But I never have those sappy romances in my books. __________________ I'M NOT A PIRATE! I'M A REDISTRIBUTION ECONOMIST! Marketing Supervisor and Everything Girl for Entmoot's "Lord of the Rings" Avatar Courtesy of "Ye Olde Avatare Shoppe" Sounds like a job for... UBERGEEK!" (special thanks to Finrod Felagund!) I try to make everyone's day a bit more surreal. Funny Error Messages... "Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted." "Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue..." "Bad Command or File Name. Good try, though." "WARNING: Keyboard Not Attached. Press F10 to Continue." "I have a spelling checker It came with my PC; It plainly marks four my revue Mistakes I cannot sea. I've run this poem threw it, I'm sure your pleased too no, Its letter perfect in it's weigh, My checker tolled me sew." -Janet Minor "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." Last edited by Nariel : 05-07-2003 at 08:53 PM.

05-03-2003, 07:58 AM	#22
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	That's nice poetry. Why do I know so many people who suffer in love?

05-04-2003, 01:02 AM	#24
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Some might consider that drama, and it is if it's done properly. Even though that formula is classic, stereotype. Whether that's bad or not is another matter- it depends on how it's done.

03-06-2004, 07:27 PM	#28
Nimbrennil Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Middle-earth! Posts: 19	I've never tried to write a romance... I personally enjoy writing adventure. But I like romance books: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Pride and Prejudice by You-Know-Who, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, that sort of this... mostly classics, I guess... but sometimes I like new romances... shrug --Nimbrennil

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