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Writing Article - Writing a Romance

🕑 Added 2016-02-25 13:01:04 +0000 UTC

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CADaniels

I realize this is over a year spent already, but I've only just now read this article and find it applies to something I'm writing. It's a series of short stories about two characters who are initially antagonistic, but gradually grow to have a closer (if still vitriolic) friendship. Now, my conundrum is that I find it following the 7 beats to some extent, and I'm inclined to use that structure. But it is not intended to be romantic--their relationship was never mapped to be more than very closely platonic, even if that relationship IS the subject of the stories. My question then is, can the 7 beats apply cleanly to relationships that are not romantic? Or is there another structure that tends to fit platonics better?


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