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[nauticalnotions]

7 Tips to Writing Captivating Romance

How to Write Captivating Romance

Romance stories are, without a doubt, among the top and most addictive reads over platforms like Wattpad and Inkitt. They gain large audiences, usually drawing the most attention. So here are some tips to help you in creating just that kind of truly unforgettable love story that will capture your readers' hearts and keep them haunted if you really want to write something like that.

Creating Realistic Characters

Unique Personalities: Give them different personalities. Make them interesting by adding strengths, weaknesses, and unique backgrounds to make them all the more interesting. Their differences and how they fit together can be interesting.

Character Growth: Allow the due growing together and as individuals to happen. Show how they enable each other to become better human beings.

Build Real Chemistry

Take It Easy: Don't go pushing the romance. Let it grow slowly through shared experiences, meaningful conversations, and growing trust.

Fun and Tension: Add banter, misunderstandings, and tension to the relationship at times. It keeps things dynamic and interesting.

Add Meaningful Conflict

Challenges: Introduce problems that test the characters and their relationship. These may be personal problems, such as insecurities or past traumas, or external problems like different goals or societal pressures.

Working Through Issues: Depict the characters finding a way through these problems, making concessions to each other, and becoming stronger because of it. Obstacles make a romance more gratifying if overcome.

Focus on Emotions

Real Emotions: Write scenes that reveal character genuineness. Show what they are afraid of, or their hopes and vulnerabilities. Allow readers to feel their joy, sadness, and everything in between.

Quiet Moments: Incorporate quiet, personal moments where characters express thoughts and feelings. Such moments, just like big declarations of love, can be desirable.

Avoid Clichés

New Ideas: It is worth trying to avoid some of the very common romance clichés. One needs to think of ideas or plot twists that come as a surprise to readers.

Healthy Relationships: Be sure relationship is healthy and respectful. Steer clear of the romanticism of problem behaviors. Depict characters who communicate openly and show respect for each other's boundaries.

Draw from Real Life

Observation: Observe the world around you. Watch how people interact, what brings them together, and how they deal with problems. Realistic romance will be much more relatable for readers.

Keep the Story Moving

Balanced Pacing: The pacing of the romance has to be set against other elements of your story. A plot must move, and one has to make sure the romance fits organically into the narrative.

Bonus Tip: Add Little Details

Tiny details really do make all the difference. Maybe your character always brews the other person coffee in the morning, or maybe there is a special place they like to go together. It's these small touches that will make the romance feel real and make readers relate.

[mandawritesall]

A little bit behind on posting this (oops!) considering it posted last week, but the next chapter of Blood Runs Deeper has been released on Wattpad! Make sure to catch up and read everything before the next chapter releases! Make sure to also save the story to get updates whenever it releases. There's not a lot of readers even with promotion I have been doing, so if we don't have more readers around Thanksgiving, I may hold off on this story and write one of my others. Please share the story out, share these posts out, and just help out as much as you can. #writer #writersofwattpad #wattpadstory #fanfiction #alternateuniverse #bloodrunsdeeper #zelink #breathofthewild #legendofzelda

[i-am-the-staci-evans]

Prom needs a progressive prom queen. :: :: :: Addictive Lies, the 3rd book of The One Series, is live on Wattpad. Link in my bio :: :: :: #wattpad #thecw #netflix #hulu #spotify #writingcommunity #writersofwattpad #yaauthorsofinstagram #indieauthorsofinstagram #yafiction #teendrama #teenromance #the2000s #lgbtrights #prom2007 #promqueen #riverdale #exo #twice #bts #sabrinacarpenter https://www.instagram.com/p/B5G4YA8gOHU/?igshid=1nj1xp5j1wic9

[scifrey]

Happy Solstice - the new year is upon us, and what's better on the longest night of the year than to curl up with a book? From now until the end of 2018, get #SkylarkYA for 25% off with the #promocode. http://www.reuts.com/product/the-skylark-song/ Character Art by Archia: archiaart.tumblr.com #SteampunkBook #Steampunk #YANovel #MustRead #Books #happysolstice #booksale #steampunkya #writersofinstagram #writersoftumblr #writersofwattpad #writeblr #writblr #authorsofinstagram #authorsofIG #steampunkauthor #bookworm #bookwyrm #solstice #longestnight #shortestday #writer #author #amwriting #amreading #mustread #mustreads #bookstagram #booklr #archia #archiaart #characterofcolor #jetpack #rocketpack #sciencefantasy #sciencefiction www.jmfrey.net | @scifrey | scifrey.tumblr.com https://www.instagram.com/p/Brp7Zskn8fw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2s9sfhqlbnb2

[lbknightauthor]

It has begun! Head over to Wattpad to checkout the latest and FINAL book of the UC trilogy. Cover art is by @lesya7rei #writersofinstagram #wattpad #fanfiction #uchiha #writersofwattpad #author https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1c1dbLwrh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dildostiaurkitabein]

Go on, keep scrolling nothing to see Except for my cringy poem for the nonexistent loml . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #darkacademia #bookstagram #bookquotes #quotesfrombooks #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writerscommunity #writersofig #writersofbahrain #writing #writersconnection #writersofinstagram #writinginspiration #writers #writersofwattpad #writersunited #desiwriters #tumblrposts #tumblrquotes #thoughtfvlquotes #muslimwriters #writerstag #creativewriting #creativemuslimwomen #creativesofbahrain #deadpoetsociety #tumblr https://www.instagram.com/p/CZu9-5XIKL8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hashtag-amf]

Read it now on #wattpad

[confessionsofaliterarymermaid]

“Hormones are serial killers to common sense. Fact.” Love this quote by jr0127. Cheater, Faker, Troublemaker is a must read. #wattpadstories #writersofwattpad #wattpadstories #cheaterfakertroublemaker https://www.instagram.com/p/CBZdU2bA-gY/?igshid=1b761v47140fv

[icqout]

Almost done with my first book. #Chapter24 #MidnightCove #fairies #california #romantictragedy #fantasyfiction #brokenheart #writersofwattpad (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rYW29g4fb/?igshid=6ftm4akyd9aa

[thatfanwriter]

My dog gets pretty jealous of my laptop so this is how I normally write (this is why I take so long between uploads, lol) 💕 Hello! I've decided my pen name will be E.V. so you can call me that, or ThatFanwriter (but that's kind of a mouthful) Anyways I want to connect more with readers and writers and an awesome reader of mine (hello AlinaKuleshova0!!!) suggested I make an Instagram, so here we are! First post, yay! I'll probably upload sneak peeks and stuff (more photos of my dog?) Not too sure how the insta of an author works so let me know if you think of something I should post! Oh also, I guess I should talk about my work, lol. I publish fanfics on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/ThatFanwriter Wattpad (both fanfics and original works) https://www.wattpad.com/user/ThatFanwriter And original works on Tapas: https://tapas.io/thatfanwriter #writersofinstagram #writersofwattpad #writersoftapas #writersofao3 #wattpad #tapas #ao3 #thatfanwriter #Camp5O https://www.instagram.com/p/BuCHPTtgbL9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lfry5nzik3r

[void-poetry]

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[i-am-the-staci-evans]

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You have to choose, Andrew. :: :: Addictive Lies, the 3rd book of The One Series, premieres on Wattpad this summer. Read the first two books on both Tapas and Wattpad now. Links in my bio. :: :: :: #wattpad #thecw #netflix #spotify #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #writersofwattpad #yaauthorsofinstagram #indieauthorsofinstagram #supportcontentcreators #supportindieauthors #yafiction #teendrama #teenromance #the2000s #lovemess #comingsoon #youhavetochoose #riverdale #legacies #bts #blackpink #killthislove https://www.instagram.com/p/ByoI4OWAyK0/?igshid=ffh6m3mzxbtm

[scifrey]

Chapter Eighteen: In Which Jessie Meets Margaret is NOW LIVE on #Wattpad. Brace yourselves, guys! It's FINALLY happening! 💏👯💖 https://my.w.tt/CGwlEqva1V #Wattpad #WritersLife #writerscommunity #writersofwattpad #writersofinstagram#lesbianromance #lgbtqa #queer #queercharacters #queerromance #bisexualromance #bicharacter #bi #bisexual #regency #RegencyEra #RegencyRomance #JaneAusten #JMFrey #freebook https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcXdXUAxJq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qlytiv8heqsu

[fictionalfantasies]

hey boos, a new chapter of my #fanfiction #capricorn is now on #wattpad! will more #drama come #babygirl'sway? link in bio! 😎💙🖤 ♑️ #repost via • @aaliyahrnbicon #aaliyah #aaliyahhaughton #aaliyahdanahaughton #aaliyahdanababygirl #aaliyahalways #aaliyahforever #teamaaliyah #weloveaaliyahhaughton #princessofrnb #queenofurbanpop #capricornseason #update #newpost #newchapter #2000s #writersofinstagram #writersofwattpad #writerscommunity #fanfic #chicklit #romance #romanticcomedy (at Wattpad's fanfics) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbI1ka-un-o/?utm_medium=tumblr

[imaginewithharry]

[mademoisellefantasy]

I am a bit confused as to how I reply to a reply in Tumblr, but I hope reblogging is enough/ok (I don't know how this site works XD).

Anyhow, as far as I know, there aren't any legit groups or communities around Wattpad content. The platform has seen better days in terms of online popularity, to say THE LEAST. That After series thing TRULY ruined it in my opinion, making it simultaneously too mainstream and an internet meme. But alas…

You're more likely to get outreach by just promoting it here on Tumblr by writing snippets or posting mood boards, etc. (with a link to your Wattpad page) and just using relative hashtags, especially the genre of your writing, the couple/character names, aesthetics, tropes, AND hashtags like #wattpad or #writersofwattpad. That way you will get readers interested in the content regardless of what platform they usually read on, and, since Wattpad is free to join, it won't affect how many people read it or not (just clarify that it's free). I don't know if that makes any sense, but that is what I do because I am too lazy to transfer all my work to AO3 XD.

Though, if you find any legit Wattpad groups, feel free to join them. Especially on Discord. I've noticed a lot of people migrate over there across platforms, but I don't personally have it, so I cannot guarantee anything.

Btw, I'm going to find you! Cannot wait to see what you write about!

@littleturtle95 (I'm tagging you because I don't know how public replies work on here yet, btw XD XD)

Hi!

I’ve seen you’re migrating from twitter, welcome on Tumblr! You are even a fellow Wattpad writer!

I am looking for some advice, wondering if you can help me!

I normally post my works in Italian (usually original stories) on Wattpad and my works in English (usually fanfictions) on AO3.

But I started translating in English one of my original stories and posting it on AO3 and I’d like to post it on Wattpad as well.

Do you recommend any wattpad contest, any facebook group, any reading exchange, anything at all to start getting noticed and forming a community on Wattpad Eng? Anything I could use to know more Wattpad Eng people to find someone who may be interested in my story?

Thank you, feel free to reply whenever and if you have the time 🥰

Hey! Thank you for welcoming me 🤗 Tumblr so far has been A LOT more interesting than twitter 😆

As for your question, honestly the best advice I have is to subscribe to Wattpad's newsletter (it's free). It informs on all writing events that it organizes AND it offers some advice for writters to grow on the platform.

Apart from that, definitely use the public chat feature to interact with readers in English, add their stories to your reading list and promote your new chapters on all your other platforms.

Hope I could help! 😊😊

Btw, what's your wattpad handle?