Just know that the more you mix it up, the better. On a bed, in the bathroom of a club, a stairwell, an alleyway, you get the drift. Step Four: The shmushing together of squishy bits I suggest blaring Foreigner’s I Wanna Know What Love Is on repeat while writing this scene as it will really help you capture the emotion your readers should be feeling at this point.Īnd remember that lack of attraction to the opposite sex you’ve afflicted Mary with? Well, when she lays eyes on your beast of a male lead her va-jay-jay should turn into the river Nile. When he finally lays eyes on her however, you can take that caveman frown and turn it upside down. Step Three: Make these two the exception to each other’s rules.Įmotionally cripple the male. That will fulfill the Princess Fantasy that half of us are infected with thanks to those assholes over at Disney. If you really want to make us swoon, make him a prince too, or an uber-alpha, or a frigging king. We just want someone who can bench press twice our body weight. You’re going for caveman here, modern women don’t want a partner that can communicate feelings or sympathize with emotions. In every scene that you’re tempted to give him dialogue, instead make him brood over something.

Your male lead should be over six feet tall, have dark hair, tattoos and so much testosterone-inflated muscle that he has to walk through doors sideways. It makes it seem more like it's fate when she meets the male lead and less like you’re trying to shove antiquated beliefs down your reader’s throats.

I suggest creating a heroine that’s never even been attracted to a man before. Just an FYI, most writers go with a Mary, as the ideal of women remaining virgins until they find “The One” is allegedly still vastly appealing to the masses. This is a female lead that can either be a Mary Sue, a Jerk Sue or a Sympathetic Sue.

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