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·Instead of blaming Romance Writers for the social ills of the world, I think the boys and girls here need to be very instructional in their writing.
After all, our novels might be read by folks who played hookey from the all important sex education class. (Gosh, don't they talk about anything important on the playground anymore).
Let's help them out by pausing every now then as we weave our plots and have the character say:
"Wait! If we're going to do what I think we're going to do, we need some protection!"
"Yeah, that's right," the other person says.
They turn the lights down and adjust the volumn of the soft music while someone fumbles in a pocket, or a purse, and a bedside table drawer.
"Found it!"
Good. Hurry up!"
A couple of paragraphs should follow here to assure our readers that everything will be OK.
While we're at it, we should assure our readers that our characters stay healthy by taking a . . . at least once a day. Is it best to do this before searching for a necessary item? Or after? Or can this required healthy act be inserted any where in the story?
There are a lot of things to consider in crafting a story that will not only be entertaining, but instructive.
After all, our novels might be read by folks who played hookey from the all important sex education class. (Gosh, don't they talk about anything important on the playground anymore).
Let's help them out by pausing every now then as we weave our plots and have the character say:
"Wait! If we're going to do what I think we're going to do, we need some protection!"
"Yeah, that's right," the other person says.
They turn the lights down and adjust the volumn of the soft music while someone fumbles in a pocket, or a purse, and a bedside table drawer.
"Found it!"
Good. Hurry up!"
A couple of paragraphs should follow here to assure our readers that everything will be OK.
While we're at it, we should assure our readers that our characters stay healthy by taking a . . . at least once a day. Is it best to do this before searching for a necessary item? Or after? Or can this required healthy act be inserted any where in the story?
There are a lot of things to consider in crafting a story that will not only be entertaining, but instructive.