by acackler | Jul 27, 2021 | General, Series: Writing Close
I promised to write this post months and months ago, and now I’m finally delivering! In this post I’ll go over one of my favorite methods for displaying closeness between two characters: making exceptions. It’s one of the easiest to explain:...
by acackler | Mar 18, 2021 | Series: Writing Close
Sometimes the easiest way to link two characters together is to simply have them stand next to each other as much as possible. In other words, blocking. This is especially true in scenes with multiple characters in a group. In a previous post in this series, I defined...
by acackler | Feb 11, 2021 | General, Series: Writing Close
If character awareness is the lock pick in the romance toolbox, then accidental nudity is the sledgehammer. There is zero subtlety when it comes to one character seeing another in a state of undress, but sometimes it’s exactly the right tool for the job. This is...
by acackler | Jan 17, 2021 | General, Series: Writing Close
Okay, who here doesn’t love The Mummy? This is one of those movies that is universally enjoyed by fans of every genre (generally speaking). It is campy, scary, funny, romantic, thrilling, nostalgic, and action-packed. It checks basically all the boxes for movie...
by acackler | Jan 13, 2021 | General, Series: Writing Close
This is a big one. Maybe it should have been the first in the series. Any time you have two characters you want to be close, give them a secret to share. There’s nothing better than being in each other’s confidence. It divides your characters into distinct...
by acackler | Jan 7, 2021 | General, Series: Writing Close
One of the most obvious tools in the romance toolbox for showing close relationships between characters is simply to have them touch each other. Don’t worry, I don’t mean explicit touching. This isn’t a how-to for writing naughty love scenes. When I...
