: Societal pressures, "forbidden" status, or physical distance create obstacles the couple must overcome together.
If you can answer yes to those questions, you could put your characters in a blank white room for 300 pages, and readers would still weep at the ending. Because romance isn't about the fireworks. It's about the person who will sit with you in the dark after the fireworks are over, holding your hand, saying nothing at all. Www.Sex2050.C0m
In real life, love is rarely 50/50 at the same time. Great storylines acknowledge the push-pull: one chases while the other runs; one confesses while the other deflects. : Societal pressures