I could use a little advice here on romance. The book that I'm writing (Dun Zarum was the name of one third of the book; the actual name for it is 'Sarea'. For people who don't remember, the main character is a 14-15 year old girl named Ehra (pronounced Ee-ruh, although my dad, who's my 'editor in chief' pronounces it Ay-ruh). She's a serf in the land of Sarea, which is ruled by an evil tyrant named Baashil. King Baashil has 10 Sorcerors at his command, and his grip on Sarea is growing stronger by the hour. Ehra is given a chance to change this when a mysterious 'peddler' named Gnomi (pronounced No-mee) shows up at her village. He tells her that she is actually one of five Elashae, humans who can control a respective element as well as other magic. The Elashae were started long ago by one of the good kings of Sarea, and now it's up to the five current ones (no older than sixteen), and Gnomi, an Elashi of Earth of a former group, to stop the Sorcerers and get Baashil off the throne so they can put the rightful ruler back on.
I'm at the point now where the Elashae have defeated the Sorcerers and 'sunk' their castle. They are now traveling up to the land of Songaia to try and convince the Elves to ally with them to overcome Baashil, who's going to be even more powerful then the Sorcerers.
I'm hoping for Ehra (Elashi of Water) and Maki (Ma-key, the Elashi of Fire) to get married at the end of the book. And I don't want it to be no warning and then poof, they get married, but I don't want the romance leading up to Maki's proposal to be...well, something my dad would raise his eyebrows at when he reads it. I really like the romance in the Redwall Series, but I'm not sure exactly how to write it. My mom suggested that I could have it that Ehra and Maki are just friends, and then something happens that makes them realize their true feelings for each other. Does anyone have any other suggestions? If you do, please share them with me.
Thanks so much,
Izori
P.S. I almost forgot! The notebook which I wrote the first draft of Dun Zarum in and also part of Songaia has been filled up, so we went to Walmart and bought a new one! Yeah, I know, only an author would be excited at the prospect of a new notebook.
5 comments:
Izori,
I know two good books to read; "Ironheart" and "Iron Spear", both written by Victoria Kasten.
In the first book, the main character falls in love faster then you can blink, but in the second she does a good blend (except for some parts) of them just likeing, not mushy loving, each other.
I would recommend reading both of them so you can see the difference.
Hope this helps!
Dinalla
I'm exactly like that, I get all worked up about new notebooks. Sometimes I do running commentary's on the different types. There are some that have grammar, commonly misspelled words (Not that you'd need that section) and car ride games. For the romance, what I would do is have Maki and Ehra have a huge fignt something like Water is better than fire or vice-versa. Then at a suprising turn of events Maki saves Ehra from a life threatening situation, then the feeling blossom from there.
Hope it helps.
P.S
I LOVE your new backround!!!!
Thanks so much, Dinalla! I'll read those.
Thank you, Tatiana! I was actually thinking of doing something like that. Writing romance is so hard though, since when I write, I base my main characters feelings on the feelings I had when I was in that situation, and my romantic life is...well, pretty non-existant.
yeah I get what you mean. I haven't gotton to the romance stage in writing
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