Hmm, I'm glad I read this! I always tell my friends, whenever I start a new story, that I'm a sucker for romance. It's just not fun for me to write if there's no romance. Now I need a little advice...
Okay, I normally write between the 1800s and the present. NORMALLY. I've been known to wander off into the distant past a few times. Now, most of my characters fall in love quickly. I normally thought it was a problem and my friends always tease that it's too rushed--you can't go from hating to loving or from nothing to loving so soon. But as I read more and more books, like the Twilight Series and the House of Night novels, love comes quickly between two characters. It's complicated, sure, but quick. So here's my question--should love take a long time in a novel, reguardless of the setting/time, or is it okay if it starts unexpectedly? Most of the time, it takes about a week or so for my characters to 'hit it off'. Unless it's my main story, but that's getting away from my question. My characters range in personality, too, so it's not all...stereotypical, I suppose is the correct word, love-at-first-sight. Besides, most of them have things in common.
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