Joanne Troppello is an author of
romantic suspense novels. She has
published three books: Shadowed
Remembrances, Mr. Shipley’s Governess
and Bella Lucia. Currently, she is
working on her new writing project, The Paradise
Redeemed Series. Joanne is married and loves spending time with her husband
and family. She enjoys interacting with
readers at The Mustard Seed Blog.
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Why I Love Romance & Writing Happy Endings
The
willing suspension of disbelief was first utilized by
the English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Basically, if a writer can impart a
human element and an aspect of truth into the story, the reader will be drawn
in and willingly suspend their disbelief and fully engage in the
far-fetched tale.
Isn’t that why we read fiction novels and short
stories and go to see movies? We want to be entertained and forget about our
lives for the moment and transport to another world. In that process of being
transported to another world, I tend to enjoy happy endings for the characters
involved. My husband, on the other hand, always teases me that sad endings are
fine too because that’s real life.
Then I usually come back with I have enough issues in real life and that’s why
I want to escape into happy endings. Due to my affinity for happy endings and
all things romantic, when I decided to write novels, I naturally fell into the romance genre. However, I
also enjoy a good mystery, so romantic suspense really feels like home to me.
Writing romance novels gives me a chance to
focus in on the hero and heroine and not get bogged down by having to deal with
a whole bunch of characters. However, someday I may decide to write that epic
dramatic tale with multiple plotlines and several main characters—but not today
or at least not in the near future. Right now, I’m in love with love stories.
Who doesn’t enjoy creating dashing heroes and
fair maidens in distress? Okay, so maybe that’s too much of a stretch, but I
like the dynamic of creating well-developed characters that fall in love. I
want to tell their story. I am a true romantic at heart. I guess that’s why I’m
a sucker for a great romantic drama or comedy. True, the formula is always the
same in those movies as well as novels—but I revel in the fact that as an
author, I can use that time honored formula and make it my own. Using creative
ways, I can dream up exciting plots with twists and turn, all the while sharing
a true love story with readers who feel the same way—they love happy endings.
True, real life isn’t always a bed of roses and
I don’t want to create a fantasy world.
Weaving real life elements into the story is the cement that holds everything
together. I want to show that true love is true
when it can weather the storms of life and come out stronger. It grows through
trials and tribulations and with a decision to stick together through good
times and bad times, love will always win out.
As a reader, I want to read a book which
portrays this perspective that there is such a thing as true love. It embraces
romance, but like a diamond—has many facets. True love is able to endure the
daily pressures just like it welcomes romance and roses into the relationship.
True love knows the difference between both sides to the relationship, but
can’t co-exist without the other. A fire starts with a spark, then bursts into
full flame and if not tended to, will die out. That’s where fanning the flame
comes into play—I want to know that the hero and heroine, not necessarily live happily ever after, but live together in
true unconditional love in the real
world.
Are you a kindred spirit—do you love romance and
happy endings?
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