readers are not happy with the state of romance/romantasy books lately
I'm so upset my mic wasn't working for this video, hope it doesn't take away from it! Please let me know your thoughts on how romance is written these days and where you'd like to see improvements Mentioned Tiktoks lily newspaper's video on self inserting for the MMC: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSfq9h3Md/ violetfitch's video on "because and therefore" writing: https://www.tiktok.com/@violetfitch/v... my video about slowburn romance recently: • what is happening to slow burn romance? | ... follow me on tiktok for more frequent content! https://www.tiktok.com/@vanessagamoo?... other socials 🧚 bookstagram (it's a wip, you can request!): https://www.instagram.com/accounts/lo... 🧚 fable: https://fable.co/vanessa-gamoo-415373... intro 00:00 - 04:40 overexplaining/handholding 04:40 - 14:15 the issue with 1st person POV 14:15 - 19:41 the self inserting issue 19:41 - 24:52 the dual POV problem 24:52 - 27:59 and then and then storytelling 27:59 - 32:02 ending thoughts 32:02 - 33:34

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