[unboundprompts]

Can you give tips for slow burn/developing romance? I’m good at writing couples once they’re already in love, but when they have a crush on each other or them slowly developing feelings I don’t really know how to do

How to Write a Slow Burn Romance

-> writersdigest.com

-> reddit.com

The Growing Relationship

Make sure the reasons your characters don't get together right away makes sense. It doesn't need to be realistic, but it needs to be believable.

Focus on how their relationship grows. Spend time on the meeting, the getting to know each other, the subtle moments and big moments that draw them to each other. There will be obstacles, arguments, and conflicts to solve.

Make the development of the relationship natural for the characters.

Start as far back in their relationship as you can. This will allow the longest amount of time for their relationship to be exploired in the story. If it fits, you can start when they first meet. Of course, if it doesn't fit your story, you can start later in their relationship.

Build the Tension

You want your readers to be on the edge of their seats when it comes to your character's relationship. They should be screaming "just kiss already!"

Add near-miss moments. An almost kiss interrupted by a phone call. A hug that lasts just a moment too long.

Add little indications of feelings. Soft Smiles. Winking. The brush of a finger. Lingering glances.

Pining. Give insights into your character's thoughts. Constant thoughts about the other person. Butterflies when they think about them. The anticipation.

Slow Burn, Not Slow Pace

There needs to be other plot points happening while the romantic tension is building. Your characters should be dealing with other situations while they are also pining after each other.

Outside Forces

Slowburns are not always endless pining and dancing around one another. Sometimes, there are outside forces that are keeping characters apart when they already realize that the feelings are mutual.

Examples: Distance between the characters, health/mental health reasons, job/work complications, family dynamics, character goals, characters are on two different sides of a conflict, etc.

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[willietheguy]

The cutest 😁

[abbyhq]

SCREAMING. CRYING.

[toffoliravioli]

good morning hockey gods, give ‘em back pls I’ll give you anything you want-

[toffoliravioli]

good morning hockey gods, give ‘em back pls I’ll give you anything you want-

[babydollmarauders]

Airport blurb! For any of the Hughes brothers or Trevor them accidentally hitting their girlfriend with a puck

you would think that after spending the past few months playing hockey, the Hughes brothers would spend their few day christmas break relaxing. but no.

instead i currently watch on the side of the outdoor rink as my boyfriend and his brothers play a game of 3 person hockey. no goalie, just them trying to get the puck away from each other and into the net.

Quinn tried to get me to play goalie, but Luke assured him that that’s a bad idea, and i have to agree.

i keep my eyes on my boyfriend as he gracefully skates across the ice, handling the puck. but it’s not long before i’m broken out of my trance by a yell of my name. i whip my head towards Quinn but his face is morphed in horror. it doesn’t take more than a second to realize why, as something smacks straight into my nose.

i hear a crunch and searing pain spreads throughout my face, starting at my nose and working its way throughout the surrounding area. i drop back, falling on my ass on the snow behind me, and i can hear the sound of skates scraping against the ice as the boys rush over to me. tears fall from my eyes, dripping onto my cheeks as Luke drops down beside me. my hands grip my nose and i can feel the blood quickly coating them.

“baby, i am so sorry. are you okay?” Luke’s hands come up to cover my own, pulling them away so he can assess the damage. “shit.”

“ahh fuck, that’s definitely broken.” Quinn hisses. i glance over to find him wincing.

“oh, that doesn’t look good.” Jack cringes. “i’ll go get mom.”

“i’m so sorry, babe. i didn’t mean to, i swear! it was an accident! i- i-”

“it’s okay, Lukey. it happens. i probably shouldn’t have been standing so close to the ice.” i tell him through tears.

“no! don’t try and blame yourself in order to let me off the hook. not this time. it was all on me.” Luke assures me, holding my face in his hands. “fuck, i feel so bad.”

“being a hockey girlfriend has its risks. i didn’t necessarily think this would be one, but it’s okay. i promise.”

“here comes mom and Jack.” Quinn exclaims, and Luke drops his hand from my face as i look over to find Ellen.

“oh, honey.” she coos, holding out a hand to help me off the ground, which has now effectively soaked my jeans with melted snow. “let’s get you to the hospital.”

Luke groans at the word ‘hospital’, obvious guilt eating away at him.

“she’ll be fine, Luke. maybe just a couple stitches.” Ellen tells him. “it’ll all be okay. why don’t you boys go inside and do something more calm while us girls take a trip to get her fixed up?”

“no, i wanna go with.” Luke tells his mother, and Ellen looks towards me, an eyebrow raised in questioning, silently asking if that’s okay.

my hand reaches out to clutch Luke’s, pulling him towards me.

“i want him to come.” i say.

“hey, wait! i wanna come too! i’ve broken my nose several times, maybe i can be some help.” Quinn chimes in.

“well if you’re all going then i wanna go to!” Jack pipes up, obviously not wanting to be left out. Ellen sighs at her sons, shaking her head a little before speaking up.

“fine. Jack go run and grab my keys and everyone’s wallets. Quinn, Luke, take your skates off and we’ll all go get in the car.” Jack takes off running towards the house, being the only brother with his skates already shed.

i stand by Ellen, waiting for the boys to unlace their skates, slipping into their shoes that were waiting for them by the ice. we meet Jack by the car, who holds six wallets. handing them to each of us as we get in the car.

“why do you have your fathers wallet?” Ellen questions as she starts the car.

“you said to grab everyone’s.” Jack shrugs, sticking Jim’s wallet in his own pocket.

“why would that mean- nevermind.” Ellen shakes her head, pulling out of the driveway and starting the route to the hospital.

“how did you even get that from him?” i wonder, turning in the passenger seat to look at my boyfriend’s brother.

“took it from his pocket while he slept on the couch.”

[detrredwings]

i am SICK to my stomach. i am no better than a man

[jonasiegenthaler]

Ugly or Pretty: Hischier’s First NHL Goal

[sweetriverdalewater]

A somewhat meet cute

authors note: first time writing in a while and its def not the best, but i couldnt resist writing about him <3 also havent proof read lol

You were waiting for you flight to New York from Chicago to visit your friend. Your friend was going to NYU, and it was your first time flying to New York.

You have been getting eye contact with an attractive passenger at your gate. He was really tall, and you liked his appearance. He was wearing dark sweats and a hoody. You have been trying to focus on your book, but you couldn’t focus at all as you felt eyes on you. You have been sitting and debating for the past fifteen minutes if you should talk to him considering the fact that you have smiled to each other multiple times because you keep meeting his eye.

You muster up confidence and slowly walk towards him. His eyes not leaving the screen of his phone. You walk closer to him, feeling eyes on you. you lock eyes with some of his friends.  When he noticed a pair of feet close to him, he looks up meeting your eyes. You melt and see his chocolate brown eyes. “Hi” you blush, “I just, uhm.. I noticed that we are going on the same plane and wanted to say you are really cute. I was wondering if I could buy you a coffee?” you smile nervously. “Hi, nice to meet you” he says smiling, pushing his hand towards you, and you mentally smack yourself on the head. You feel his friends laughing silently. “Hi, I'm y/n” you say as you reach for his handshake. You both shake hands while staring at each other, you hear his friend snicker, “his name is Nico”. He completely forgot to say his name because he was taken back by your sweet smile. “Right, I'm Nico! So, how about that coffee?” he beams. He stands up and you feel him towering your whole body. You smile brightly and walk towards Starbucks. You start talking, and you ask if those guys were his friends and he nodded while apologizing. You buy coffee and slices of lemon loaf cake for him and his friends, a total of 6. The conversation was very smooth, and everyone watching could tell there was an attraction between you. “How old are you?” I blurted out, reaching for the bag of cake slices, he chuckles, “I'm 26, and you?” thank God, you thought to yourself. “I'm 25. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t hitting on a minor. Not that you look like a minor, but I have been hit on by an 18-year-old before.” You blabber. He starts bursting out laughing, he could not believe how cute you were. “What?” you bite your lip nervously. He was stunned by your beauty and how you bit your lip. He could feel something flutter in his stomach, “I-, nothing, it was just very cute” he beams, and you blush. You arrive back to his friends; you tell them to enjoy, and they all look surprised and politely decline. You insisted and they happily started munching on their slices. You told them it was nice meeting them and you start walking back to your seat. “I’ll sit with you” Nico says, “oh, you don’t have to!” he doesn’t listen and follow you while he sits next to you. you spend the next thirty minutes talking and you found yourself enjoying his presence. He felt at peace while talking to you. “Boarding for first class and business class passengers! Boarding for first class and business class passengers.” The speaker distracted us from the conversation. “Nico, that’s us” you hear his friend yell for Nico. He tells you goodbye and hopes to see you again. By the time you were boarding the plane, you had completely forgotten to take his contact info, and mentally write to remember.

You try to scan your boarding card, but an alarm keeps beeping. You embarrassingly walk towards the counter, “ma’am, there has been a change to your ticket.” The staff says, she gives you a new ticket. It says first class, “there has been a mistake, I haven’t paid for a first-class ticket!” you say panicking, thinking you had bought the wrong ticket. She didn’t reply and ushered you to board quickly considering you were the only one there after everyone had boarded. You walk into the plane, and look to find your seat. As you look for you seat number you find Nico waving and smiling to you, you look confused. Your seat was right beside him, “I got upgraded” you say in disbelief. “I know, I upgraded you” he says causally. “You what? I- you-, I- no. what” you confusedly fluster your words. “It’s a little thank you for the coffee and cakes… from us” he beams and points to his friends smiling. You started arguing saying that a coffee was nothing compared to an upgrade. You were silenced by the flight attendant as the flight departed. You somehow managed to buy him a dinner one day when you arrived as a thank you and he couldn’t say no. You slept through most of the time, but kept talking to him when he wasn’t sleeping.

[astralmono]

Trial & Error: Series Masterlist

Summary: Working in one law firm with them is great but things are bound to fuck up when you mess with your co-workers. Series: Trial and Error (Writing) Genre: law firm au, drama, fluff, smut, semi crack Pairings per universe: ot7 x reader

Case 001: Attorney Park

summary: Date a lawyer they said. It'll be fun they said. And so he did but all he got were eye twitches and constant migraines. The doctors assured him he's a hundred percent fine when he whined about the unbearable pains, they said it's nothing a pain reliever couldn't solve but that wasn't the case. The reason to, what he thinks is, his declining health is you.

pairing: lawyer!jimin x lawyer!reader (Choi Y/N) genre: established relationship, smut, fluff, kinda crack, drama

parts: 01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08

Case 002: Attorney Kim

summary: Are high-class gentlemen's clubs even legal let alone holding a bachelor's party in one? Taehyung would never know. He was a sought-after bachelor who paid no mind to people's opinions. Although he's had been playing his cards right during court trials, the man liked enjoying himself with a little striptease once in a while. Muttering praises under his breath with eyes glued intently on the performer's bent body, watched her sway with grace on the pole until the light hit you as turned around on cue. His praises converted to curses.

pairing: lawyer!taehyung x stripper!reader (Song Y/N) genre: exes to lovers, smut, fluff, drama

parts: 01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06

Case 003: Jeon's Case

summary: You stared at Jungkook blankly with your heart aching immensely for him. You felt like you toyed around for his convenience just so he can pull off his long-awaited heist. This wasn't the same Engineer Jeon you bowed to every morning with respect and when the shift is over, you kneeled down by his knees, begging for his cock to fuck your mouth in his office. Your memory of him was now devoid of color.

pairing: engineer!jk x architect!reader genre: enemies to lovers, smut, angst, drama

parts: Chapters coming soon

Case 004: Yoongi's Confession

summary: Karma comes in many forms. Sometimes, she smiles as she faces the camera, and most of the time, she holds him by the neck. Now that Yoongi finds himself standing before the old faces from the first case he had ever handled, he wonders if two wrongs can make a right.

pairing: lawyer!yoongi x reporter!reader genre: enemies but with benefits, smut, angst, drama

parts: Chapters coming soon

Case 005: The Secret Affair

summary: (Coming soon) pairing: prosecutor!hoseok x secretary!reader

Case 006: Signed, Sealed

summary: (Coming soon) pairing: lawyer!namjoon x painter!reader

Case 007: Tongue Tied

summary: (Coming soon) pairing: lawyer!jin x chef!reader

[jjeongukie-deactivated20210409]

his tattoos ♡ (credit: @kim-taehyung​)

bonus of an angel:

[minflix-deactivated20210216]

MINFLIX’S MASTERLIST

prev. minlouvre/mint-tape ao3 still under minlouvre it will take me some time to repost my works, please be patient with me!

ratings: tv-14 = no smut tv-ma = smut * all works are reader-inserts!

Keep reading

[jung-koook]

thank you for sharing this with us namjoon.

[btsparkjimin101395-deactivated2]

Everyone…..sit back and listen to Namjoon’s speech again. If you’re going through a hard time or feel like you can’t do anything that you’re dreaming of doing. Don’t stop keep going follow your dreams don’t listen to people that say your dream is dumb, ridiculous, or you can’t do it. Be the person YOU want to be in this life never let go of your dreams. Like what namjoon said speak yourself be the person you want to be.

[gcftaegguk]

“Let’s keep going for a long time. I only have you.”

[kimseokjin]

d-9 to jin’s birthday: the things he says (actual subs)

[thewritersarchive]

This is an ultimate masterlist of many resources that could be helpful for writers. I apologize in advance for any not working links. Check out the ultimate writing resource masterlist here (x) and my “novel” tag here (x).

✑ PLANNING

Outlining & Organizing

For the Architects: The Planning Process

Rough Drafts

How do you plan a novel?

Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character

Plotting and Planing

I Have An Idea for a Novel! Now What?

Choosing the Best Outline Method

How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Plot

Conflict and Character within Story Structure

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets

✑ INSPIRATION

Finding story ideas

Choosing ideas and endings

When a plot isn’t strong enough to make a whole story

Writing a story that’s doomed to suck

How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers

Finishing Your Novel

Finish Your Novel

How to Finish Your Novel when You Want to Quit

How To Push Past The Bullshit And Write That Goddamn Novel: A Very Simple No-Fuckery Writing Plan

✑ PLOT

In General

25 Turns, Pivots and Twists to Complicate Your Story

The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development

Originality Is Overrated

How to Create a Plot Outline in Eight Easy Steps

Finding Plot: Idea Nets

The Story Goal: Your Key to Creating a Solid Plot Structure

Make your reader root for your main character

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations

Adding Subplots to a Novel

Weaving Subplots into a Novel

7 Ways to Add Subplots to Your Novel

Crafting a Successful Romance Subplot

How to Improve your Writing: Subplots and Subtext

Understanding the Role of Subplots

How to Use Subtext in your Writing

The Secret Life of Subtext

How to Use Subtext

Beginning

Creating a Process: Getting Your Ideas onto Paper (And into a Story)

Why First Chapters?

Starting with a Bang

In the Beginning

The Beginning of your Novel that isn’t the Beginning of your Novel

A Beginning from the Middle

Starting with a Bang

First Chapters: What To Include @ The Beginning Writer

23 Clichés to Avoid When Beginning Your Story

Start Writing Now

Done Planning. What Now?

Continuing Your Long-Format Story

How to Start a Novel 

100 best first lines from novels

The First Sentence of a Book Report

How To Write A Killer First Sentence To Open Your Book

How to Write the First Sentence of a Book

The Most Important Sentence: How to Write a Killer Opening

Hook Your Reader from the First Sentence: How to Write Great Beginnings

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and the Red Hering

Narrative Elements: Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and Suspense

Foreshadowing Key Details

Writing Fiction: Foreshadowing

The Literary Device of Foreshadowing

All About Foreshadowing in Fiction

Foreshadowing

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing — How and Why to Use It In Your Writing

Setting

Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life

Write a Setting for a Book

Writing Dynamic Settings

How To Make Your Setting a Character

Guide for Setting

5 Tips for Writing Better Settings

Building a Novel’s Setting

Ending

A Novel Ending

How to End Your Novel

How to End Your Novel 2

How to End a Novel With a Punch

How to End a Novel

How to Finish a Novel

How to Write The Ending of Your Novel

Keys to Great Endings

3 Things That End A Story Well

Ending a Novel: Five Things to Avoid

Endings that Ruin Your Novel

Closing Time: The Ending

✑ CHARACTER

Names

Behind the Name

Surname Meanings and Origins

Surname Meanings and Origins - A Free Dictionary of Surnames

Common US Surnames & Their Meanings

Last Name Meanings & Origins

Name Generators

Name Playground

Different Types of Characters

Ways To Describe a Personality

Character Traits Meme

Types of Characters

Types of Characters in Fiction

Seven Common Character Types

Six Types of Courageous Characters

Creating Fictional Characters (Masterlist)

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills 

Males

Strong Male Characters

The History and Nature of Man Friendships

Friendship for Guys (No Tears!)

‘I Love You, Man’ and the rules of male friendship

Male Friendship

Understanding Male Friendship

Straight male friendship, now with more cuddling

Character Development

P.O.V. And Background

Writing a Character: Questionnaire

10 Days of Character Building

Getting to Know Your Characters

Character Development Exercises

✑ STYLE

Chapters

How Many Chapters is the Right Amount of Chapters?

The Arbitrary Nature of the Chapter

How Long is a Chapter?

How Long Should Novel Chapters Be?

Chapter & Novel Lengths 

Section vs. Scene Breaks

Dialogue 

The Passion of Dialogue

25 Things You Should Know About Dialogue

Dialogue Writing Tips

Punctuation Dialogue

How to Write Believable Dialogue

Writing Dialogue: The Music of Speech

Writing Scenes with Many Characters

It’s Not What They Say …

Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

Dialogue Tips

Interrupted Dialogue

Two Tips for Interrupted Dialogue

Show, Don’t Tell (Description)

“Tell” Makes a Great Placeholder

The Literary Merit of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Bad Creative Writing Advice

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do

DailyWritingTips: Show, Don’t Tell

GrammarGirl: Show, Don’t Tell

Writing Style: What Is It?

Detail Enhances Your Fiction

Using Sensory Details

Description in Fiction

Using Concrete Detail

Depth Through Perception

Showing Emotions & Feelings

Character Description

Describing Your Characters (by inkfish7 on DeviantArt)

Help with Character Development

Creating Characters that Jump Off the Page

Omitting Character Description

Introducing Your Character(s): DON’T

Character Crafting

Writer’s Relief Blog: “Character Development In Stories And Novels”

Article: How Do You Think Up Your Characters?

5 Character Points You May Be Ignoring

List of colors, hair types and hairstyles

List of words to use in a character’s description 

200 words to describe hair

How to describe hair

Words used to describe the state of people’s hair

How to describe your haircut

Hair color sharts

Four Ways to Reveal Backstory

Words Used to Describe Clothes

Flashbacks

Using Flashbacks in Writing

Flashbacks by All Write

Using Flashback in Fiction

Fatal Backstory

Flashbacks as opening gambit

Don’t Begin at the Beginning

Flashbacks in Books

TVTropes: Flashback

Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: Flashback Techniques in Fiction

3 Tips for Writing Successful Flashbacks

The 5 Rules of Writing Effective Flashbacks

How to Handle Flashbacks In Writing

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

Reddit Forum: Is a flashback in the first chapter a good idea?

Forum Discussing Flackbacks

P.O.V

You, Me, and XE - Points of View

What’s Your Point of View?

Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character”

How to Start Writing in the Third Person

The Opposite Gender P.O.V.

LANGUAGE

 How To Say Said

200 Words Instead of Said

Words to Use Instead of Said

A List of Words to Use Instead of Said

Alternatives to “Walk”

60 Synonyms for “Walk”

✑ USEFUL WEBSITES/LINKS

Grammar Monster

Google Scholar

GodChecker

Tip Of My Tounge

Speech Tags

Pixar Story Rules

Written? Kitten!

TED Talks

DarkCopy

Family Echo

Some Words About Word Count

How Long Should My Novel Be?

The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Writer’s “Cheat Sheets”

Last but not least, the most helpful tool for any writer out there is Google!