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Amelia Connell is guest blogger of Character Relationships in Your Writing. At the time of writing this blog, Amelia was a University of the Sunshine Coast student completing a Bachelor of Creative Industries, majoring in Publishing & Creative Writing. Amelia undertook a 208-hour internship with Gail Tagarro.<\/p>\n

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I see myself as a ‘character-driven reader’-if I don’t connect with a character in some way, I’ll often put the book down and start another. It might be a character’s inner monologue or their personality quirks that intrigue me, but often I find it’s their relationships with other characters. You can find out a lot about a character from their interactions with others. So let’s talk about character relationships in your writing.<\/p>\n

Basing character relationships on a strong foundation is what I find most effective in my own writing and in the books I’ve read. Whether that’s using narrative tropes (the use of figurative language for artistic effect, such as a ‘forced proximity’ trope, or the ‘chosen one’ trope), character history, or a sudden instant bond-think meet-cutes (the first time two romantic interests meet and feel a connection) or life-or-death scenarios-it’s up to you. There are different ways to write each relationship type, and I’ll get into a few of them in this post.<\/p>\n

The Romantic<\/h2>\n

One of the common character relationships is that between a protagonist and their possible love interest. As someone who reads books that usually have a romantic sub-plot at least, I find that character pairings often make or break a story for me. If I can’t get behind a character and their relationship foibles, I may lose interest. Here are some of the romantic relationship basics:<\/p>\n