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Q&A How do you write boy & girl protagonists without turning them into a love story?

I've played with the idea of a multi-book fantasy story for years, where a female and male protagonists' lives intertwine with one another, the series running from 12-22 years old for them. There...

10 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by B.M. Corwen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar B.M. Corwen‭ · 2019-12-08T04:35:28Z (over 4 years ago)
I've played with the idea of a multi-book fantasy story for years, where a female and male protagonists' lives intertwine with one another, the series running from 12-22 years old for them.

There will probably be a time for them where they will consider each other as a romantic possibility, as with a lot of boy-girl relationships, implied moments where they're thinking about it, but I haven't decided yet whether to pair them together in the end.

It's not the focus of the story, but their relationship (in a non-romantic sense) is one of the, if not, the most important relationship in the series and I would really like to do their relationship (their friendship, their professional relationship with one another) justice. It's a challenge I want to pursue, to write them without romance taking over the relationship.

Any tips or examples of fiction where this is shown well?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-08-29T19:06:12Z (over 8 years ago)
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