I attended a Heart of Denver Romance Writers meeting
on Saturday and the guest speaker was the delightful Reid Rosenthal. Yes, this cowboy writes Romance and has
racked up a number of awards, including #1 Bestseller, doing so. And he contends, real men do read romances if there
is also some of the things that interest in them too, like action or suspense.
Reid’s books contain romance for sure, but they also
fall into cowboy and historical genres.
In addition, he encompasses the philosophy that numerous points of views,
if you give each character their own personality, will not confuse the reader as
to who’s on first.
He also pointed out that men like to read sex scenes
from the female POV…gain a little insight into what women like in the bedroom. Whereas, women prefer their sex from the male
POV, so a mixture of the two points of view can work to an author’s advantage.
Not a fan of the typical romance genre POV that goes
only with the Hero and Heroine, Reid feels a writer can offer up various points
of view. The POV can be triggered by
using key words to not only let the reader know ‘the who,’ but also the type of
personality the character is.
Here are his four main personality traits. For the purpose of the workshop the focus is
on the male characters.
Commander: No
Bull…, wants to be in charge. See a lot
of this especially in your Alpha males.
Connector:
Wants to be liked. Goes out of
the way to create warm fuzzies.
Enthusiast: Loves everything and everybody. A real
cheerleader.
Thinker:
Prefers their own company to that of large social gatherings.
Real action and real estrogen in a book is Universal
Energy and that can result in readers of both sexes. Multiple points of views can make for a
richer story.
QUESTION: What type of Romance do you prefer? The tried and true with only two points of
view, or the multiple POV story.
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