[JenB]

I'm bad at romance, too, and I have to handle two in upcoming chapters - flashback to 'young love' and present day... I dunno, I don't go for "love at first sight" at all unless, oh, there's magic involved or something. In fact my current notion of romantic is - you know in My Fair Lady when Higgins realizes how he's fallen in love with Eliza, and he says - "I've grown accustomed to her face"? That, to me, is romantic. The idea that someone has become so important to you, so much a part of your life, that you can't imagine being without that person.

As to word count - I can manage 1000 an hour if I'm distracted (say, surfing FR every ten minutes). Closer to 2k if I've got the right music and no interruptions.

[RosieCotton]

In fact my current notion of romantic is - you know in My Fair Lady when Higgins realizes how he's fallen in love with Eliza, and he says - "I've grown accustomed to her face"? That, to me, is romantic. The idea that someone has become so important to you, so much a part of your life, that you can't imagine being without that person.

Yep, I agree. I just thought it'd be simpler to write the less complicated sort.

Fortunately or unfortunately, my story thought better of it, and is trying to break it to my character that love isn't something you necessarily find where or when or how you'd expect it.

And it's hard to write!