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How To Write a Love Story that Will Make Readers Sit on the Edge of Their Seats

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

Sean P. Durham
5 min readOct 27, 2022

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Firstly, read a lot of stories that you know cause readers to weep, cry, tear-up with joy. Ask questions about why that happens.

How do you write a short romantic story that will make the reader tear up with joy?

Read “Love Story”, then, “Oliver’s Story”, by Erich Segal. These two evergreen romantic, teary stories that came spinning into the world in 1970. Without internet, or much promotion, swept through the world like a whirlwind. Readers just had to tell each other about the book it was so good.

A love story tugs at the heart strings in the same way a damned good thriller does. It’s highly emotional content causes a reader to sit on the edge of their seat, stay up all night, and miss their bus stop just because what’s in the story becomes important to them.

The thing about love stories is that they deal with one of the most misunderstood of human emotions, yet an emotion that everybody wants to deeply understand.

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Sean P. Durham

Berlin Notes — Creative Writing about art, Life, photography & cats. https://seandurham.eu