Character Tips Part 2 - True Love

Dear Reader,
Before you read this, I must apologize:
I could not finish this post because my personal life got in the way, big time. You are really special to me, which is why I wrote as much as I did.  I will try to make it up to you. You are really important, and I am very sorry I wasn't able to finish this post. Please forgive me, and watch out for any extra posts I make this week to make up for this one. :(


Okay, so I mentioned our MC's true love last post. This character is a BIG key in three main things:

• Motivation
• Joy
• The Journey

In motivation, you'll often see the MC pushing towards a goal concerning the True Love. This can branch out in two ways:

1. Crucial Need (i. e., The MC journeying to reach a rare flower that will cure his True Love of a terminal illness).
2. Memory (i. e., The MC journeying to get a rare flower that will cure someone else's daughter of a terminal illness because he remembers his wife's illness). This is often associated with the MC losing his True Love in death. It can also be used with temporary loss, such as the TL being captured.
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In joy, you will find that whatever your MC is around this character, he/she will be walking on rainbows, experiencing new feelings and sensations like never before, living each moment to be with that TL. While this is slightly exaggerated, you will see this in comedic movies, "young love" stories, and the like. This is also combined with motivation to show the struggle to win the heart of the TL. (i. e., a little boy falls hopelessly in love with the girl he sees every recess. He can't live without her, and needs to show his love to her and make her fall into his arms, so he proceeds to draw 6-year-old drawings of her with the the words, "I luv yu" on the back)

Lastly, the Journey model is what most people find satisfactory and fulfilling. In it, you have two options:

1. Your MC struggles through the plot line (which we will cover soon) with a person he/she dislikes and/or is forced to work with, eventually growing to love the other character.
2. This is a person that the MC is already attracted to, and grows more in that love along the Journey. 

Generally, people are most satisfied with the Motivation and Journey relationships. However, I would recommend a relationship that combines two or more. Remember, each relationship is different, but most follow a general pattern.