Comments on: The Joy of Reunion Stories. Not.

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:05:23 +0000

my story is a reunion one and it was initially hard to pepper the backstory in with the present. But i thnk (hope) i have done it without overloading the reader!
Good luck with yours 🙂

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:46:57 +0000

Jill – you and me both! Good to know I’m not the only one. 😉

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:14:29 +0000

Sadly, I have no great tips. I’m working on a reunion story too and I agree it’s hard!
As a reader, I loooooooove them though, so here’s hoping I pull it off. 😉

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:00:20 +0000

Amy – I do know. He was bad but he was young and immature, so I hope that comes across. It’s the kind of route some guys go down so I hope it’s something that is understandable. Anyway, won’t know till I ever get around to subbing it, I guess. That’s me, keepin my characters edgy (read rejection!). 🙂

Lacey – LOL! I hope so. For me it doesn’t feel like a big deal but I guess for lots of romance readers it will be.

Julie – you’re a wise woman! I know, I’m overthinking this whole thing waaay too much. I just can’t get into if the conflict doesn’t work. Have to get an idea of how that works before I can proceed. Or maybe I’m just using that as an excuse not to write… hmm…. 😉

By: Julie Harrington

Julie Harrington — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:05:18 +0000

It's hard to keep everything revolving around ONE core conflict so they all magnify each other. But sometimes? You just gotta step back, breathe deep, push all the technical stuff aside and just write to have fun!

J.

By: Lacey Devlin

Lacey Devlin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:18:15 +0000

One of your sexy heroes is always redeemable!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:30:12 +0000

Oh God, somehow missed the previous comment you made: "my hero did something bad, I hope he's redeemable." Ack! Know how you feel. Very tricky stuff!

Amy

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:27:13 +0000

NO advice whatsoever. Have not tried a reunion story yet. I'm too chicken to try and get all that past and present tied together on one page. Paralyzes me just thinking about it.

Amy

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:08:45 +0000

Rach – oh go on! Your stuff is always great!

Lacey – no, actually it was okay. I’d only written the first chapter so it wasn’t a drama. It was the working it out that was the drama!

Joanne – that’s a wonderful idea. I did that before with one of my other mss – writing important emotional scenes (pivotal moments anyone?? 😉 ). Maybe I should do it this time. My only problem is that my hero did something BAD. I hope it makes him redeemable.

Susan – you’re SO good for the ego, you know that? 🙂 Anyway, not sure this one isn’t rubbish either soooo….

By: susanwilson44

susanwilson44 — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:30:36 +0000

Think I would be rubbish at a reunion story so probably can’t give good advice.
The only thing I will say is – if it’s written by you I’ll read it!