Of course, we all know love is complex. And there's nothing like studying the masters to find out the right way to write about love.
Patricia Potter's new romantic suspense novel The Perfect Family explores many emotions. In this particular scene, the main character sums up one kiss full of absolute meaning:
He leaned down, this rough cowboy of hers. His lips touched hers with a tenderness so sweet her heart swelled to near bursting. It was a promise, a melding of spirits.
Even Dean Koontz injects serious love into his latest novel From the Corner of His Eye:
They had been married fourteen months, yet daily his love grew stronger. He was only twenty-three, and sometimes it seemed that one day his heart would be too small to contain his feelings for her.
Pick out a love-related scene from your book collection. As the examples above prove, they don't have to be from romance novels. You can find love writing in almost every novel.
Ready to give your newfound knowledge of love writing a try? Give this writing exercise a shot:
Remember our initial emotional rollercoaster feature? We studied the art of anger writing.
Now combine the emotions of anger and love. Move your character from a heightened sense of anger to love or vice versa.
Perhaps your character senses betrayal and then realizes her emotions are on edge because she really loves him. Maybe your character is in love but finds out about a secret from her lover's past.