@leahbauerwrites.bsky.social#QueerWritersChat A4: I do! I think wanting something is a pretty relatable experience that can connect readers to characters.
So far, I've mostly written stories with happier endings, so the MC often gets what they yearn for eventually, even if I put them through a lot beforehand😅
@sadiehepworth.bsky.socialAbsolutely, I love all things yearning and pining! I think my favorite kind in romance might be when they're together in some capacity but still unsure of the other's feelings so that they're pining WHILE in a relationship. I like writing those kinds of stories.
@scarletvmitchell.bsky.socialNot sure how to interpret that.
I think yearning as a character emotion done well is very effective and appealing for me as a reader, but "themes" about yearning? I dont know what that would look like.
As in commentary on yearning as an emotion?
Possibly?
@cherrypickett.bsky.social#QueerWritersChat A2: Hm. As much as I'm writing romance, the yearning here is centered on wanting to live in a world where they could openly be in relationships with each other. They make it work anyway.
@spookiestsimon.bsky.sociallooking for connection and companionship and a need to be seen/understood is a core part of pretty much everything i write, so yeah
@cassmorriswrites.com#QueerWritersChat A3: Ahaha, accidentally pre-empted this in a downthread answer to A2.
Yes, the Aven Cycle is *full* of yearning. Sempronius and Latona yearn, desperately, so much. You can practically hear the tortured string music around them in some scenes. I love it, star-cross'd torment.
@applesncinnamon.bsky.socialIt depends on the story! Some of them have more of it than others.
The Need for Dandelions has a lot of yearning, as does Chicory in the Garden!
In both stories, the MCs yearn for the relationship they think is out of reach!
@elizmanderson.comy e s specifically I love when someone is like "I will never Want anything again" for various reasons (loss, feeling unworthy, whatever) but then they find themselves inescapably Yearning
(cough cough Peter Shaughnessy cough cough)
@zbroger.bsky.social#queerwriterschat i should think so, especially if i'm working romance into it. if there's no yearning for another character, then it's not a romance, is it?
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.socialQuestion Four:
Do you enjoy themes related to yearning in writing?
Last question at :45!
@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers #yearning #writing #themes
@applesncinnamon.bsky.socialMy characters often yearn for a home! Whether that means a place, a person, a feeling… That’s what they want!
@theeldervampire.bsky.social#QueerWritersChat I'd like to think so! 😁❤️
First snippet is from The Witch of Eden Hollow
The second is from Beautiful, But Deadly
@zbroger.bsky.social#queerwriterschat
adam yearns to be less stressed and for someone to accept him & his disabilities
luci yearns for a romantic partner. being from a not very openminded small town, he hasn't had much luck in the love department
(lol just answering for this story means my posts aren't 5 posts long)
@rebeccafrostwrites.comHi! I’m Rebecca and I’m currently plotting a new thriller about a woman who discovers her late mother all but adopted her childhood bully … who has now gone missing, possibly because of something Mom uncovered shortly before her death. 🤔
@amaralynn.bsky.social#QueerWritersChat 3:
Almost always HAHA. I love writing yearny little things
@spookiestsimon.bsky.socialRory yearns for connection. The dragon rides wants his life back. The scarred man doesn't yearn for anything.
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Not really. My stories deal more in fulfillment. Maybe not the dreams the characters cherished when you met them, but I tend to center people overcoming problems in ways that teach them about themselves and leave them happier
@tmshannonauthor.comGood morning from the land of snakes and spiders #QueerWritersChat!
I'm up to draft 3 of my monogamous bisexual romance built around processing past traumas and getting a 2nd shot at things - think of it as reloading from the save
The betas really worked out for me 😁
@nerdiesamme.bsky.socialThere's yearning, but the tone isn't necessarily that. Much of the story is told from Lux's POV, so they get to be an ear for Cara and Emilia as they talk about how much they miss each other.