Creating Major Characters for Queer Romance

Chemistry is the spark; compatibility is the work. This workbook guides you in designing two leads with distinct goals, believable motivations, and layered obstacles—plus the pressure systems that complicate love without cheapening it.

Clarify each protagonist’s wants vs. needs, map internal/external/philosophical obstacles, and decide whether/when to show both POVs. You’ll also shape a meet-cute (or meet-mess) that reveals values and future fault lines, not just attraction.

Highlights

• Dual-arc blueprint: Track two full character journeys alongside the relationship arc.
• Goals & motivations builder: Separate “want” from “need” and tie each to concrete choices.
• Meet-Cute lab: Design your characters' relationship origin moments that set authentic conflict and growth in motion.

Write a romance that earns its HEA/HFN.

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