Followers of Christ

Very tough... I'm guessing the setting is modern? I feel a modern setting leaves less room for creativity. I mean you can but I'm feeling a little restricted from leaving you an honest suggest since I don't really know the setting or what your rough plot is (you can pm of you want to talk about it more in depth)

The key is in the tension, or even better, yearning. This can make even the smallest physical parts of the romance (like a kiss, or even just holding hands or getting together) hit HARD. To successfully do it both characters need to have legitimate reasons to not get together, maybe its past prejudices, or it could be a difference in worldview that they have to overcome. This means that when they eventually realize their feelings for each other, these barriers prevent them from doing anything for a good long while (rlly drag this bit out lol so the payoff hits). Other then that, pacing and good plotting is very important to creating a good romance

Something like the book better then the movies is a good example of that tension if you want to take a look (though i'd deff search it up to make sure its something your comfortable reading)

Hope this helps

I reach out to my intercessors during my prayers each night, and sometimes I light a candle for them as well. When you’re Catholic, you tend to inherit intercessors more than you actively seek them out. People my grandma prayed to, people my church prays to. People that aren’t saints and yet, for some reason, intercede very well. The top of my list: Mary of Nazareth, Mary of Magdala, Salome, Claire and Francis, Prisca and Quintilla, Pulcheria, Joseph (for my best friend who loves him), Carlo Acutis <3

Will be praying that God continues to encourage and guide you in the steps ahead, congratulations and blessings! <3 What's been the most exciting part of the process? Did you have to go through any sort of educational things to convert? Prayers!

Madeleine L'Engle is my all-time favorite (both her poetry and her novels! <3) I've read soooo many of her books.

Also can highly recommend Christian poet + hymn writer that I've had the opportunity to meet occasionally - Gracia Gryndal - I highly recommend her book "The Sword of Eden" (Eve and Mary Speak).

if youve not read it, the space trilogy by cs lewis is amazing, and i second madeleine l'engle! also nadine brandes is an author ive heard people think highly of, and john otte and clint hall write amazing christian sci fi (ive attended several lectures by them at a conference over a couple years also and they are great people <3)