In the past posts of this series, I shared my thoughts about male views on romance. Today, I’ll share what my goals were when writing romantic elements in my story and what points of the past posts these elements fulfill.
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Men vs. romance – examples
In the past four posts on this topic, I talked about how men view romantic fiction. In this post, I’ll mention some of my favorite examples and why they work. Warning: this post contains minor spoilers for the respective books.
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In the fourth episode of my analysis of the strained relationship between men and romantic fiction, I’ll look at what men might expect from romance.
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In today’s post, I’ll look at some more aspects that might be problematic to men when it comes to romantic fiction – perfect partner and objectification.
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In this part of my analysis of the strained relationship between men and romantic fiction, I’ll look at some of the typical core features and why they turn men off.
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In today’s post, I’ll look into why men the romantic fiction genre doesn’t seem to appeal to men. This will be based on some recent discussions I’ve seen and spotting connections between fiction and reality. Given that this topic is more complex than it might seem, I’ll tackle it over several posts in the coming weeks.
Continue readingBook review: Songs of Insurrection
After two months of reading only my working drafts, I’m finally back to reading – this time, with a book that seems to mix fantasy, romance, political drama, and spy thriller into a single package.
Continue readingStorytelling: one partner forever
Today, I’ll look into another romance-related part of storytelling: a scenario when a character has only one partner over the whole story. I’ll share my thoughts about scenarios where this works well and why – as well as mention a few alternatives.
Continue readingBook review: Found in Amber
The sequel to the Sci-Fi romance Lost in Amber (my review) had came out a while ago but I only got to it now. The sequel builds not only on the SF part of the plot but also on the lighthearted writing with many quips and funny moments even when things get dire.
Continue readingClichés: star-crossed lovers
As I hinted during my previous cliché-based articles, I’ve come to look into the ‘star-crossed lovers’ cliché and, eventually, what I call ‘the princess cliché’ subgroup.
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