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Wow, its hard to believe that the last blog I posted was 6 weeks ago. Anyways, I'm going to put Cutie Mark Crusaders Shippers on hiatus. This reason is because I'm not really feeling it that much anymore. I really don't have any ideas and I don't have much time either. Sorry:( I MIGHT update the story every once in a while, if only time permits. Thanks for understanding. Enjoy a cute CMC
I'm having a little bit of trouble with writing the romance portion of Cutie Mark Crusader Shippers! Yay! Since I haven't really written anything before, I'm not sure how to really write romance. Does anyone have any advice for writing romance? If you do, can you please comment? It would be very helpful, thank you.
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I'll be sure to let you know once I figure it out.
I'd recommend reading some good romance fics (so PomE is out of the question) But I'd say, the only way to do it is to do it, you know? Here's a link to a good friend of mine Calm Wind who has multiple good romance fics under his belt. I suggest reading those if it helps.
If I could think of a tip for writing romance, it would be to imagine yourself as the characters and show how you would feel in a romantic relationship. Write down their feelings, why they feel this way, and show how they got together in the first place.
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Thank you! I'll keep that in mind
Hmm. Well, I'm willing to give a few tips, but that's kind of a general question. What did you want to know?
I think my biggest advice would be to keep your characters in-character. It helps you keep from falling into writing a lot of cliches. Your take on Cheese Sandwich may be different from mine. Actually, I hope so, since this is your fic! But I doubt he's suddenly going to turn into a suave, cosmopolitan ladykiller like James Bond, unless it's meant to be a joke.
Anyway, biggest suggestions are keep the characters in character, and be as specific as possible. With Pinkie and Cheese, you've got two characters who like each other and who really, really want to be friends, and one of whom also considers the other to be a personal inspiration to him. So how does he show that he likes Pinkie? He's really an oddball, and he can also be a bit of a doofus. Why would he send Pinkie two dozen roses when he thinks that snakes in a can are the best way to really show a girl you care, and maybe forget to put Pinkie's name on it because, duh, of course it's for Pinkie, and maybe Mr. or Mrs. Cake gets it instead?
Are you going to be writing the romance pov Cutie Mark Crusaders? It's trickier to write romance from a third party's pov, but he nice thing about that is that the CMC can misread everything really badly, because none of them have any romantic experience and some of them tend to see romantic cliches everywhere (and I am looking at YOU, Sweetie Belle), so they'll be looking for those. Sweetie Belle might indeed decide two dozen roses would be better and swap them for the snakes in a can, and Pinkie might be really disappointed because she had so hoped for those snakes in a can.
If you're going to switch pov to Cheese or Pinkie--and be careful if you're going to do that; pick a perspective and stick with it to the next section break at least--you have more options. What I try to do is remember to invoke as many of the five senses as I can. "Taste" is tricky, of course, but the other four will do nicely. Also, remember that to a lover's eyes, everything about the person he loves is beautiful, including stuff that to a sane person really isn't all that attractive, like "I adore the expression on his face when he gets soda up his nose! It is SO CUTE!!"
It's a form of temporary insanity. Roll with it.
Here's a blog post you might find helpful. There are lots of threads in places like the Shipping group on "avoiding cliches" and stuff like that, but actually, I DON'T recommend that you read them right now. It's more important that you get your feet wet and learn by doing.
Hope that helped!
I suggests taking a look at these two CheesePie fics: What Changes May Come by BluegrassBrooke, and The Rock Farmer's Daughters by CrazyNutBob. Both are nice reads and slowly develop the romance, rather than BOOM! Date now! I think these fics may give you an idea about writing the characters (but not very much in the second one, since that one is an AU.) I hope this helped!
2359345 Thanks. I've already read What Changes May Come, its one of my favorite romance fics, and I've yet to read all of the Rock Farmer's Daughters. When I first started writing the story, those were actually the ones that kind of inspired how I wanted the romance in mine to go, so its a coincidence that you brought those up. Thanks for the advice, I'll check those two stories out again.
2359235 Thank you so much! This is going to be very helpful