This week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop, we're asked, "How Do You Create Chemistry Between Characters?"
Wow. I wish I had an answer to this question, but honestly I think it's more instinctive than anything else. I think the only trick is to give each character a trait that the other character needs, wants, or is attracted to. For example, in Fall For You (releasing later this month) one of my characters (who has abandonment issues) sees the other as a hero--someone who'll protect her, care for her, and never abandon her. The other character views himself as both the black sheep of his family and the "disappointing middle child" forever overshadowed by his brothers. To him, the heroine is someone he hasn't let down yet. Someone who (see above) looks at him and sees hero material.
She needs a hero, he needs to be a hero. They give each other what they need...until they don't. Until her abandonment issues cause her to underestimate him, to leave him because she's just that certain that he's leaving her. Until his desire to protect her leads to his witholding information that she deserves to know. But, I don't know. I think pain can create its own kind of chemistry.
Now, hop on over to Leslie Hachtel's page to see how she creates chemistry! And don't forget to check out her book, Stay With Me.
STAY WITH ME
Two women. Years apart. Linked by common experience and a cottage that has survived since the Civil War. When Rebecca reaches out from the past, Evelyn finds it life changing.
And in their own times, each must discover strength and fight to find and keep true love.
A NEST Award winner for paranormal.
Fall For You: Texas Heat
A Heartwood, TX Story
Jocelyn Barnes couldn’t wait to leave Heartwood in her rearview mirror—even though it meant breaking two hearts in the process. Now, with her career on hiatus and her great-aunt in need of help as she recovers from concussion, Jo finds herself right back where she started, older but not much wiser, and about to make all the same mistakes all over again.
Carter Donahue doesn’t believe in looking back. As the chef/manager of his family’s new farm-to-table restaurant, he’s got his hands full. With a goal of turning his legacy into a must-see, Hill Country destination, his focus is on the future. The past? He’d rather that stayed buried. The last thing he needs (or wants) is to dig up those old feelings or fall back in love with his ex—especially when she’s already got one foot out the door. Again.
Jocelyn Barnes couldn’t wait to leave Heartwood in her rearview mirror—even though it meant breaking two hearts in the process. Now, with her career on hiatus and her great-aunt in need of help as she recovers from concussion, Jo finds herself right back where she started, older but not much wiser, and about to make all the same mistakes all over again.
Carter Donahue doesn’t believe in looking back. As the chef/manager of his family’s new farm-to-table restaurant, he’s got his hands full. With a goal of turning his legacy into a must-see, Hill Country destination, his focus is on the future. The past? He’d rather that stayed buried. The last thing he needs (or wants) is to dig up those old feelings or fall back in love with his ex—especially when she’s already got one foot out the door. Again.
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