Comments on: Whose story is it? http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/ Weblog of National Bestselling, Award-Winning Novelist Sylvia Day Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Larissa http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/#comment-278 Larissa Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/#comment-278 Excellent post that got ME thinking! :D<br /> <br /> My favorite books are usually owned by the hero. I know that romance is "usually" about the women, but for me, romance novels are about the men. I don't usually care much about the heroines. I want to fall in love with the hero, and the more he's on stage, the happier I am. ;) Excellent post that got ME thinking! :D

My favorite books are usually owned by the hero. I know that romance is "usually" about the women, but for me, romance novels are about the men. I don’t usually care much about the heroines. I want to fall in love with the hero, and the more he’s on stage, the happier I am. ;)

]]> By: cece http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/#comment-279 cece Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/#comment-279 :) Honestly I can't tell you the last time I read a straight romance and wasn't doing a crit (ahem), so it's really hard for me to say.<br /> <br /> I never thought about HOW I started one. With the series most of them were already there. W/CDC I had Ty first and found Betti. W/TBGG I had Jade and matched her up w/Rowdy. <br /> <br /> From a writer's standpoint, I think it's pretty evenly split. CDC is very OBVIOUSLY Ty's story--he just has more at stake. TBGG they get pretty equal time but I think Jade owns it. TCRA again this is one where there's no question who owns it--in this case Jessa. ECGTB is pretty evenly split--they're both alphas -- OUCH!<br /> <br /> The new WIP is more geared toward chick lit (allegedly :confused: ) and it's definitely all about her :). Steph's love interest has nothign at stake and nothign to lose so I'm doubting I'll write anything in his POV. Doing a book ALL in first person from one POV is going to be interesting.<br /> <br /> Sorry for writing a book on here <br /> :blush: :blush: :) Honestly I can’t tell you the last time I read a straight romance and wasn’t doing a crit (ahem), so it’s really hard for me to say.

I never thought about HOW I started one. With the series most of them were already there. W/CDC I had Ty first and found Betti. W/TBGG I had Jade and matched her up w/Rowdy.

From a writer’s standpoint, I think it’s pretty evenly split. CDC is very OBVIOUSLY Ty’s story–he just has more at stake. TBGG they get pretty equal time but I think Jade owns it. TCRA again this is one where there’s no question who owns it–in this case Jessa. ECGTB is pretty evenly split–they’re both alphas — OUCH!

The new WIP is more geared toward chick lit (allegedly :confused: ) and it’s definitely all about her :). Steph’s love interest has nothign at stake and nothign to lose so I’m doubting I’ll write anything in his POV. Doing a book ALL in first person from one POV is going to be interesting.

Sorry for writing a book on here
:blush: :blush:

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/#comment-280 Sylvia Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/#comment-280 Anytime, Cece. I don't mind! ;) Anytime, Cece. I don’t mind! ;)

]]> By: Angela http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/#comment-281 Angela Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/09/30/114/#comment-281 For me, most of the time, my heroine comes to me first and then I find her perfect match. In reading, regardless of whose story it is, I have to like both of them, or neither. <br /> <br /> It's physically impossible for me to "fall in love" with just the hero, or just the heroine. <br /> <br /> Books that are obviously lopsided are harder reads for me because the focus is so much on one of the protagonists, their love interest is practically a nonentity and it's not a romance if the love interest reads like a peripherary character instead of an equal. ;) For me, most of the time, my heroine comes to me first and then I find her perfect match. In reading, regardless of whose story it is, I have to like both of them, or neither.

It’s physically impossible for me to "fall in love" with just the hero, or just the heroine.

Books that are obviously lopsided are harder reads for me because the focus is so much on one of the protagonists, their love interest is practically a nonentity and it’s not a romance if the love interest reads like a peripherary character instead of an equal. ;)

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