Ask yourself: If the romance was removed, would this story still stand? If the answer is no, you have a weak plot. Great romantic storylines exist inside great plots. The romance in Casablanca works because the war is happening. The romance in The Martian (Watney and his own survival) works because the stakes are life and death. Give your couple a shared goal that isn't each other.
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Even skilled writers fall into traps that drain a storyline of its power: Ask yourself: If the romance was removed, would