PREVIEW:
LOVE
The first story beat
in the love story is the hero's fear of love. Most love stories show this
in a predictable and unbelievable way. They give the hero a love affair
from the past which is gone and for which the hero still bleeds.
A better solution
is to show that the hero has a fear of love in the present. Remember,
in the best love stories, the deepest opposition to love is love itself.
That's why love
stories often begin with the eventual lovers fighting. This wouldn't
make sense in real life; that's not the way to start out with someone
you are attracted to.
No, the eventual
lovers fight - to a draw - because they are afraid of love. Each knows
they will lose some freedom and some of themselves and they will experience
pain if they fall to this attraction. But they keep coming back to it
because, down the road, they may get something back that is far more
valuable.
Be sure you show
this fear of love, for both characters.
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