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/lit/ what's the best way to write a romance novel without it seeming too cheesy and reminiscent of Danielle Steel? I'm working on a novel about a thirty-four year old man falling in love wit his sixteen year old troubled cousin and i dont want to it seem like a V.C. Andrews book...

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>> No.1413157

bumping for some honest help

>> No.1413176

>>1413134

Model it after Finnegans Wake and Atlas Shrugged with random shifts in style and tone. You will be a God amongst literati.

>> No.1413190

make it a comedy

>> No.1413192
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1413192

You're aware this has already been written about by much better writers, right?

>> No.1413204

use fucking amazing prose.

>> No.1413207

>>1413192
And...? What's your point?

Don't get me wrong, I see where you're going, and OP definitely needs to be familiar with Lolita so he doesn't just rewrite it, but given that our only insight into his novel is "a 34-year-old man falling in love with his 16-year-old troubled cousin", it's a little harsh to tell him it's been done "better". Humbert falling in love with Lolita was such a minor point in that book, it's ridiculous.

>> No.1413225

>>1413207
but what are the chances of kim writing it better?

>> No.1413228

>>1413192

In Lolita, Dolores wasnt his biological daughter, in my story, he falls in love with his troubled cousin after bailing her out from jail, the plot focuses on how their lives change after the main character gets his cousin pregnant, which im fairly sure does not happen in Lolita...

>> No.1413235

>>1413225
Not the person you were talking to and I don't know who Kim is, but I'm sure OP will do a different take on an older male/younger female relationship and I'm sure (s)he will do it well. (S)he's asking for advice, so that's a good start.

>> No.1413237

>>1413225
Im not saying that I'm a great author or anything but I have had two books published and many short stories...

>> No.1413255

Third person? First? There's usually a preference for romance, I can't quite remember, I think it's first person.

Also, masturbation and desolation. Must have.

>> No.1413256

>>1413237
>published author
>asking /lit/ for advice
I don't think so.

>> No.1413267

>>1413255

I was thinking of doing it in the third person this way i could express the feelings of all the characters, but i didnt think it through honestly...

>>1413256

So just because ive gotten previous books published i should never need help in writing ever?

>> No.1413275

>>1413267
I think he means that you're doing it wrong.

Also, what books have you published? I would genuinely like to at least check them out.

>> No.1413292

>>1413267
>help in writing
>hey /lit/ tell me how to write in my genre

Why don't you ask some of your writer friends? Or your agent.

>> No.1413303

>>1413292
Well, since he hasn't bragged about his books, he's shy, but he still wants attention.