Brooding YA Hero by Carrie Ann DiRisio

Author:Carrie Ann DiRisio
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

For all of you awesome people who love, love, love LOVE, and all of its mushy, magical magnificence, come closer. Peer into my gemstone-colored eyes. Swoon into my strong, protective arms.

What, exactly, is love?

This is a difficult question, to be sure, but one I absolutely, positively know the answer to. Obviously I know it, even though it seems every poet, artist, and overzealous karaoke singer is constantly searching to define just what is the essence of this great mystery so many seek. Mainly because I know everything.

And because I am an expert at everything.

And I’m always in love.

So. What is love? It is … the sound of two heartbeats synchronizing perfectly. The universe sparkling in someone else’s eyes. Your own face on a giant billboard advertising your movie.

Basically, love should give you a great sense of peace and happiness. Or the warm fuzzies.

Or at least a three-book deal.

Now, let’s cover the most important part of any proper main character’s life:

Finding True Love

Ready? No, of course you’re not. True love should surprise you, like a girl colliding with you in a high school hallway or a mysterious (possibly nonhuman) handsome man saving you from a supernatural threat.

Now, some people will tell you love isn’t everything, but guess what? They’re wrong! As Shakespeare himself said, “Love is …” Well, okay. I can’t remember the quote. There weren’t any main characters in my English lit class, so I skipped it … for the past thirty years. The point is, love is super-duper important. And you should totally look up that Shakespeare quote and put it in italics on the first page of your novel so people know it’s a totally deep and very romantic book.

Love is waaaaaay better than friendship. I mean, who needs friends, right? All they do is support you and give you advice and remind you when you’re being a jerk. Pfffft. What a waste of time.

At the very least, it’s important to meet the love of your life before page 50. Let’s make like a transfer student and jump right into the drama, shall we?

Traits of a Great Love Interest

Quick note: I know I had some great words about love interests being any gender, but since I’m giving you advice based on my own love life (love lives?) I’m just going to use “her” as that’s 99 percent of my relationships. And I’m only saying that because historically, that’s what happened. These days, I’ve gotten to star in relationships with many amazing characters of all pronouns.

What separates any average character from a love interest? Easy.

Ordinariness.

I mean it. The perfect love interest should be so, so, so ordinary that reality warps around her, causing plot to happen. She should remind her reflection of her ordinariness at least once per day, and three times in a first chapter.

Ideal ordinary traits include: frizzy hair, an eye color that is “plain,” shortness, a body type that she’ll refer to as “fat” despite being much smaller than the average American teen, and a nose she doesn’t like.

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