...or perhaps just Love Triangles.
I was browsing around on Absolute Write today and stumbled on a thread about whether love triangles were overdone. I'll warn you, there's somewhat of a love triangle in Duplicity (the working title of the novel I'm 89k deep in). Someone redirected me to Carrie Ryan's post about love triangles (read it here).
Here's what she had to say...
To me, a love triangle done right isn't about a female* character's affections bouncing back and forth between two men, it's about her internal struggle within herself as she figures out who *she* wants to be and what's important to her. This internal struggle then gets reflected externally as she wars within herself and grows. And that's the heart of any book -- a character's growth from first page to the last.
Hmm, that is an interesting point.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge fan of love triangles for a number of reasons. It might be interesting to write/read a story where the main character grows so much, she realizes she doesn't need either of the possible love interests, but I don't know how well that would go over with most readers! ;)