Comments for Wingeyes Between Worlds http://wingeyes.wordpress.com Opinions on the World with Wasted Suitcases Sat, 11 May 2013 15:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Annoying Clichés in Young Adult Romance Fiction by wingeyes http://wingeyes.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/annoying-trends-in-young-adult-romance-fiction/#comment-1372 Sat, 11 May 2013 15:15:46 +0000 http://wingeyes.wordpress.com/?p=4153#comment-1372 Ugh, perfect chemistry… I read that one yup. Let’s take out the fact that a) he is in a GANG and somehow he still has a perfect face still. Oh yeah and the spanish is badly used, she has clearly made things up on the way.
Very true all things you said
Character development is always a tricky area, but I think the journey has to be made because someone wants to and not just to please someone else or for love. I don’t think characters should have something easily resolved by the end, especially in terms of things like abuse, but to arrive to some sort of awareness of destructive patterns can be good , Hope that helps :)

]]> Comment on Annoying Clichés in Young Adult Romance Fiction by Jessica http://wingeyes.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/annoying-trends-in-young-adult-romance-fiction/#comment-1371 Sat, 11 May 2013 06:36:47 +0000 http://wingeyes.wordpress.com/?p=4153#comment-1371 Great article!
As a writer of a romance novel, I appreciate you throwing these things out there. I’m relieved that my book does NOT fall under (most) these categories. For example, my main female character goes through abuse (AKA prostitution, etc), but she isn’t nessessarily better by the end just because the guy cradled her weak little body in his arms (lol). She has her issues, but it’s actually her friend and his father that helps the most.

I AGREE. Bad boys are the most annoying characters of all. In my book, my main male character comes from a rich family and actually acts like he does. He doesn’t have a secret past, but he actually has opinions on his society like a normal teen does.

As for the sex thing, I KNOW. Have you ever read anything by Simone Elkeles? Particularly Perfect Chemistry or Rules of Attraction? Oh, heavens. That falls straight under what you mentioned. The characters in my book don’t even kiss until the last chapter, and yet there is a sort of romance throughout. And I seriously don’t get how, in YA novels, the. Inexperienced virgin is so great at sex. And how it either doesn’t hurt or only hurts for a second, and then they magically climax together after about two seconds. And, of course, why wouldn’t it be awkward? The weak little main character is suddenly not self-conscious anymore? (As assuming she would be of she is anything like you described)

Do you have any advice on character development? My main male character is great, but he could change a little from beginning to end.

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