How to wre a gay romance novel? Before wrg about gay, you mt know about . Here are 5 tips for wrg gay characters succsfully.
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ON WRG GAY CHARACTERS THRILLERS
I didn’t set out to wre thrillers wh gay characters. I see the world through a gay man’s eye, and there are tobgraphil elements all my work. * gay writing ideas *
When I started wrg novels wh gay characters, wasn’t a revolutnary act Amerin lerature. That revolutn, brilliantly documented by Christopher Bram Ement Outlaws, had already been fought—and won, to the extent that gay wrers uld be open, and their gay characters, too.
Often homosexualy was suggted but never articulated, hidn between the l for savvy rears to gus, nveyed through plsible scen between straight men but homoerotic at the same time. I didn’t set out to wre novels wh gay protagonists. I see the world through a gay man’s eye, and there are tobgraphil elements all my work.
I did know what kd of books I wanted to wre: spenseful yet character-driven, thoughtful about social issu whout beg msage-lan, and wh a gay element. That’s the challenge, of urse: how to make a gay character ccial to a story, and not makg an appearance only for diversy’s sake. What do gays brg that’s different?
5 TIPS TO WRE A GAY ROMANCE NOVEL PERFECTLY
None of my books would have been the same whout a gay character, and each has been part of an important event wh a gay twist that changed the directn of a story. A man is the victim of a btal homophobic crime that rippl through the rt of the story (Fire on the Island).
None of the events would have occurred the same way, and the plots wouldn’t have turned on the same pot, whout a ccial gay moment. Usually women have been portrayed as iatg the ce to wheedle rmatn om a lover or set him up to be blackmailed, but there’s no reason n’t be a gay character siarly ensnarg a gay antagonist.
Weaponizg sex or sexualy is an ugly bs, but as my gay CIA agent The Fourth Courier says, “My motto is veat amator. If God ma me gay, why not e ? Surprisgly, homophobia n be a gay person’s own greatt weakns.