*Thank you to Courtney Milan for the idea and the link.*
This is how you build romantic tension between your characters. Sometimes an "almost kiss" does more to keep your reader engaged than the real thing ever could.
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I agree. This is my favorite part in Pride and Prejudice.
ReplyDeleteDitto to one of my favorite parts of that version of P&P.
ReplyDelete*happy sigh*
The corollary is that when your characters *do* finally kiss, you should let it happen exactly that slowly, too. :)
ReplyDeleteCourtney's literary advice is solid gold. =)
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