Lisa Schroeder’s tips on writing about romance

This morning, author Lisa Schroeder shares her tips on writing romance:

I’m working on a new project now, and as I write, I keep thinking back to one of the editorial letters my editor wrote me, where he talked about the growing attraction between two characters.

He said, “the reader needs to see the love even before the characters do, and the readers have to be rooting for it.” He went on to say, “…I don’t see how they truly connect and fall in love for one another.”

So often it’s easy to rely on the instant attraction thing in YA books as to why two teens are drawn to each other. But I think to make it real, you have to SHOW why the two characters are drawn together. After that revision letter, I went to work on that, and it wasn’t easy! But I knew it was important.