Elizabeth Reyes talks about Creating Chemisrty
Creating Chemistry Guest Post
By Elizabeth Reyes
Well, a very wise person once told me that
soul mates are two people who come together like puzzle pieces. Neither is
perfect. In fact, one or both can be deeply flawed. However, their pieces
somehow come together and mesh perfectly. If you stand back and examine your
own personal relationships and you are honest, you can see this in your own
partner. You're each stronger because of the other. You complete each other. I
also believe that two people who are too much the same will butt heads. So
usually I like my FMC & MMC to be opposites in one way or another. It's
always fun to watch them be forced to compromise and meet halfway.
Creating the chemistry is different for each
couple. They need to click. Each needs to make a lasting impression on the
other, whether good or bad. The impression needs to stick so that days, weeks,
maybe even months later they are still bubbling or cursing under their breath
about it. I'll take either. ;) Then I build on that. If she wants to hate him,
this will now become a challenge. Same goes for him because there will be one very redeeming quality that
will suck the other person in. Then again I build on that. Their conversations have to be entertaining whether they're
romantic, mysterious (cryptic), or argumentative. There has to be something
that, regardless of the topic of conversation, leaves both MCs and the reader
wanting and waiting for them to talk to one another again.
All this and their body language go hand in
hand: the tense stance when trying hard not to give into to doing or saying
what they really want and the deep, intense uncontrollable gazes. The
unforgettable ones give them (sometimes infuriatingly) the
ever-present-in-romance-novels butterflies.
My husband often asks me as he passes by my
desk and I'm writing, "What's that goofy smile about?" That's usually
a good sign that the chemistry is working, because if I'm feeling the
irrepressible need to smile like a goofball as I'm writing the dialogue, then
we're good. LOL. On a sidenote, building to that moment—creating that chemistry
that will not be suppressed no matter
how hard either side tries—is my favorite part of writing romance. =D
I write
because I must. It's not a choice or a pastime, it's an unyielding calling and
my passion."
~Elizabeth
Reyes~
Elizabeth
continues to answer to her calling on a daily basis. Since releasing her debut
novel Forever Mine (Moreno Brothers #1) in 2010 she has now published 10*
novels total and fast at work on the next. The excitement her Moreno Brothers,
5th Street, and Fate series have garnered have far exceeded her wildest dreams.
It is with as much excitement that she'll continue to put out books related to
these series as well as introduce brand new ones very soon.
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Kindle Paperwhite
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Keep on writing, great job!
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