ydris_delrey
giiiirl, I've been obsessed with venomous for over 2 years now and it just keeps getting better, I'm so impressed by you.
I have a little question for you, something I've been thinking about. What is your take on a slow burn enemies to lovers pace in books? Because I've read a few books in that genre where once the characters turn into lovers there's no going back, and the tension just suddenly vanishes. personally I feel like it can make the story at bit underwhelming in a sense?? but what is your opinion on that?
I'm asking because the pacing in your book so far is just chefs kiss yk. keep up the good work! <3
wolfchanstan
I hope that answered your question TT I know I yap too much and dont make sense sometimes haha ❤️❤️❤️
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I totally agree with you!! Enemies to lovers can be a difficult trope to write about. The way I see it, the most important thing you can do is make sure that when they become lovers, the story doesn’t end there. What I mean by that is, the stakes have to remain high, some mysteries still have to remain unsolved. The tension between the two characters begins to change and eventually disappear, but if you want to show more of them and basically still have a lot to say about them, you can use the external plot to keep readers interested
Let’s take Venomous for example even though it’s not finished. Let’s say they become lovers, and all the tension of “omg WHEN are they confessing” dies down, the story will not lose its intrigue yet, because there are questions unanswered.
“They are in love, but how will they win the war?”
“They are in love, but how will they manage to get rid of this certain character?”
“They are in love, but how will they get their happy ending?”
The best enemies to lovers are stories that have a shit ton of external plot and character development, because even though the main characters get together at some point, you still wanna find out how the shit show ends, what people they’ll finally turn into, and so on.
Ofc, another way to make sure there’s as much tension as possible until the end, is to postpone the “no turning back from lovers” moment as much as possible. make them lovers, but make it impossible for them to be happy together UNLESS [something]
