Comments on: Classic Romance Plots

By: writier reading

writier reading — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:18:29 +0000

These are funny and helpful as someone wrote, these can also apply to other fiction genres.

By: Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:59:26 +0000

In the hands of a good writer, any of them will work for me.

By: Chloe Devlin

Chloe Devlin — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:20:30 +0000

Those are all good. I love that every writer could take the same basic plot and come up with a totally different story.

Chloe
chloedevlin.blogspot.com

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:12:09 +0000

Susan - my hubby surprises me all the time with writing stuff. He’s soaked up way more than I thought. And all the time I thought he was humoring me when I talk about my writing.

Gina - that’s a good one to add to my list.

By: Gina Ardito

Gina Ardito — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:02:26 +0000

I really dislike secret baby themes. And of course, there’s also My Fair Lady, falling in love with a new creation.

By: Susan Helene Gottfried

Susan Helene Gottfried — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:51:24 +0000

Well, when you break it down like that, it loses some of its magic!

Which is exactly why writers need to break it down.

Btw, we were watching High School Musical and halfway through, the Tour Manager says to me, “Did you know this is the same plot as Grease?”

I was quite proud of my computer geek.

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:36:40 +0000

I’m not big on secret babies either, yet one of my recent releases had a secret baby element - it was so secret no one knew who the father was since the mother had died and refused to say.

One of my favorites is friends to lovers, and my upcoming release, Lovers at Last has this theme. I also quite like marriage of convenience, which can be difficult to pull off in a contemporary setting, and where a couple is stranded together.

I’d forgotten about woman in jeopardy.

By: Bethanne

Bethanne — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:18:38 +0000

People don’t always get that it’s the characters with the possibility of a unique plot twist that makes a story GREAT! All the good ones have been done! And will be done again…because I’m doing them! *bwahahahahaha*

By: julia

julia — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:57:52 +0000

Add me to the lady and the cowboy fans. Most of the stories I write have class problems in them. And of course I love to read or watch stories that deal with that theme.

Lately I’ve been more and more attracted to the dark character who longs to be redeemed - another twist on the Beauty & The Beast thing, I think. Where the deformity is emotional, rather than physical. Like Sir Guy of Gisborne, for example ;-)

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:48 +0000

I’d have to say the secret babies are my least favorite. Great list, Shelley!