Romance Novelists Thread

[KennDemon]

I feel kind of embarrassed saying this, but one of my main characters is kind of based on me. I say this because I drew from my own experiences with social anxiety when writing his character, although the underlying causes are different. Also, little things to flesh out his character (like what snacks he likes) are the same as my own tastes.

The other character is more made up. He represents someone I wish I had in my life when I was dealing with my own anxieties. Someone who maybe doesn't know or understand the whole picture, but is willing to try.

The Voice | Tapas

[x4ever]

Oh wow. I'm just wondering, what country do you live in? It must suck living in that kind of atmosphere I would absolutely hate it.

And ooooh so it's like opposites attract!

[x4ever]

It's not embarassing!

And I think that it's actually nice because those two characters will be more real to you, and therefore will reflect on the paper as dimensional characters. And I think it's really nice how the other character is someone you wish you had in your life. That makes him a little more special, don't you think?

[onyefrankie]

Well my characters aren't based off anyone as far as I can tell. Most of the time, they just kinda happen while I'm writing with an idea in mind.

That's generally speaking cause my character in one of my stories, The Raven In My Apartment, was definitely inspired by Saitaima from One Punch Man, and Gintoki from Gintama.

[saintc]

Oh, this is a nice thread.

Hello everyone.

[x4ever]

Ooh saitaima from One Punch Man! He's one of my favorite anime protagonists after the cast of Haikyuu.

[x4ever]

Hello! How are you

[onyefrankie]

Hey there Saint!!! How's you?

[onyefrankie]

Saitaima is my fave after Gintoki!

[Alex9Wolf9]

I've probably made it sound worse than it is but yeah, it's a weird little country named Romania.

[Harmony-S-S]

I would say its a little of both, it's based on a person because of the emotions and he's also a fictional character

[SoFt]

The characters in my two labeled romances are all based on fictional characters: specifically, heroes and gods of Greek mythology. Admittedly, the first set is labeled semi-ironically, and only one of the four total stories so far ends happily.

The first set features: Artemis and Apollo (w/ Orion) || Ares and Athena

Mythologia: The Gemini Cycle | Tapas

The second set features: Hephaestus and Aphrodite || Persephone and Hades

Mythologia: The Star-Crossed Cycle | Tapas

[saintc]

I'm doing fine! I'm taking part in NaNo in April so I've been doing a lot of planning for my new book. You?

[saintc]

I'm doing fine! I' just working on my book as usual. You?

[onyefrankie]

Oh I'm overworking myself as usual XD Writing a story for the contest while also finishing my book for nano and writing shirt stories here and there while practicing drawing.

[spicy_sweets]

Take a break when you can! Nothing like some R&R with a hot drink and cookies.

[EmmyG]

This will eventually turn into a romance novel. It is fantasy/romance.

The Castle | Tapas

[onyefrankie]

Dude that sounds divine! But I literally live to write XD

[saintc]

Writers Camp AND NaNo. Lord.

[x4ever]

Ah same! I'm preparing for the contest tapas is doing but I'm quite worried about how the outcome will be. Gaining readers on this site is quite hard, unless you are in the premium program or your book gets into new and noteworthy c: