Writing Romance Arcs

I'm sharing some of my tips/tricks/favorite beats for writing a romance arc! These are the romance beats I love to consider that will hopefully help you if you're struggling to write a tummy-tugging romance.

These beats won't be cut & dried for every writer or story, and how you use them will vary depending on the rest of your plot and the type of romance you're writing.

I mostly talk about hate to love and friends to lovers and of course there are many more types of romance, and I totally blanked. Oh well.

TIMESTAMPS
01:47 Establish your romance baseline
02:40 The Meet Cute
03:54 Continuation of Romantic Status Quo
05:08 Rising Tension
08:05 Romantic turning point
09:40 MC acknowledges change
10:23 MORE TENSION
10:44 The almost moment
11:17 Conflict/obstacle/doubt
12:03 It can't possibly be
12:33 Confession/kiss/sex
13:22 Ruin everything
14:14 Angst/dark night of the soul
14:42 Reconciliation and happy ending

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