Given both love and storytelling are as old as time, it’s no wonder the question of how to write a love story has so absorbed us.
And it’s possible that this question is only becoming more complex – and exciting. Romance is a booming and beloved genre, and it now has dozens of subgenres. Far from being the domain solely of the romance novel, from contemporary to fantasy to historical to alien space opera, love can spring up anywhere.
Romance writing tends to put a love story with a happy ending front and centre – after all, romance readers have come to expect and thoroughly enjoy the happily ever after. But those writing love stories in other genres can enjoy a little more freedom.
Tasha Suri has written love stories in two very different genres: epic fantasy and historical YA. Here she tells us how to write successful romance; how to break your readers’ hearts.
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