How Do Your Characters Meet? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865 Cuddles54227 Well...I need some inspiration for my novel. I have a few ideas on how my characters might meet...but just thought I'd ask you all for some inspiration. So how did your FMC and MMC meet (or MMC and MMC/FMC and FMC) Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:28:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_533431 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_533431 Evangeline Crow MMC1 sends random letters out to sea in bottles. MMC2 finds one and after a while, responds. RC1 ferries letters back and forth between the two for a while before they decide that MMC2 will travel to meet 1. They meet while MMC1's world is kind of falling apart at the seams. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:31:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_533496 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_533496 buhbyebirdie Very simple, actually. Her father is throwing a party and he's the guy who smuggles booze into Florida from Bermuda. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:33:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_533546 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_533546 A.L. More Penny gets in a motorcycle accident and knocks herself out. Jason finds her, takes her back to his zombie/demon hunting group and patches her up so that she doesn't end up as zombie bait. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:46:28 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_533852 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_533852 Brightdreams It's complicated... hehe Clea has a big crush on Brennan and follows him to Necromancer school. However, there's been an accident (which she doesn't know about) and his soul is being hosted by another person named White Hawk. (She doesn't realize it's a different person because she's been temporarily blinded). Brennan isn't/wasn't in love with her. White Hawk, who now shares Brennan's memories, has his own crush on Clea. Clea eventually falls for White Hawk. So... I guess they meet at school? Kind of? Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:00:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_535891 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_535891 lambauman My MMC saved MFC from being eaten by wolves. (Lame, classic damsel in distress...even though she is a fox. ^_-) Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:16:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_537988 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_537988 iwillfinishmynovel MMC accosts FMC while she is digging for fossils 12 feet above the ground on a wobbly scaffold. She can't hear him calling to her so he climbs up the ladder & taps her on the shoulder. She swings around and... Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:58:52 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_539167 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_539167 apishcan23 MMC washes up onto the beach and falls unconscious. My FMC finds him and calls 911 when she realises he's still alive. She contends this is their first meeting. But he argues that it was the next day when he shows up at her house to say thank you for saving him that is their first meeting. It's just one of the many running arguments they have. They are married nine years and quite happily so. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:29:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_539947 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_539947 Espea This year is a rescue romance. :3 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:11:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_542422 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_542422 Naresome Hyakujuu Random but OMG! Scandinavia and the World! FINLAND! xD /fangirl moment over My FMC meets the male love interest on tour with his band. She's their permanent tour blogger. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:16:42 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_545130 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_545130 javennall On the battlefield. There's a huge competition and the MMC faces his girl in the final round. Next step is, she comes after him to kill him. I'm sure their relationship will improve afterwards...... Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:19:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_546611 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_546611 Irene Blind date! It's actually the only part of my Romance that is directly from my life. I met my husband on a blind date almost 27 years ago. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:47:17 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_546907 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_546907 amandasofia89 My FMC desperately needs a job to pay off debts, becoming a live in nanny is the only feasible way to get her life back on track. MMC is a single father living in a remote countryside village. He needs help badly with his four year old twin boys and finally decided to hire a nanny against his controlling mothers wishes. They meet face to face for the first time by the side of the road when she gets a flat tyre on the way to their interview. He comes expecting he will have to change the tyre for her, but this nanny is no damsel in distress. Also they both get soaked in the rain! A tried and tested classic! Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:11:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_547182 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_547182 D i a Weell, technically the MMC beat up my FMC in a fist-fight first time they met. Fast forward three years and he's there when she wakes up in the hospital after another fight. Let us just say, that he isn't exactly welcome. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:37:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_547464 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_547464 Ikara_Wolfsbane Well, they actually met (it's not in the story, but I know they did) aged eight or nine-ish, when they were both skipping class at assassin school. They proceeded to have an argument about the reliative 'yuckiness' of boys/girls, and after that seem to have been firm friends... Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:43:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_550345 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_550345 M. L. Night My MMC Morgan kidnapped my FMC Gail when he broke out of prison. They end up in hiding together for a number of years. And I know what you guys are thinking, but there is no rape is this story. I promise. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:51:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_550492 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_550492 JayElleBee My characters, Jack and Max, grew up in the same small town, and were part of the same loose circle of friends when they were children. They didn't become close until their early teens, when they both became victims of homophobic bullying. Jack, who is very much the brawn in their little coupling, took to defending little Max and their friendship developed out of this. A year or two later, hormones introduced rampant sexy times to their friendship, and they've kinda kept that up until the beginning of the story. And beyond. They're not really the lovey dovey kinda couple. More like best friends who have absolutely no time for anyone else, who can't keep out of each other's pants. It works for them. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:07:01 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_551960 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_551960 quietfox At the dog park. Their dogs are best friends. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:44:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_557122 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_557122 LaughSingLive Crystal is looking for the people whose names are in the little black book that great Aunt Tillie left behind when she passed away. Wallace appears to be the only person in the world with his first and last name, so she contacts him via his Facebook page. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:04:03 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_570358 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_570358 MissMacchiatoLoves MMC turns up to speak to FMC's grandmother about where she might be (as she's the heir he's trying to find. He's an heir finder.) anyway. The grandmother tells him that if he wants to meet her, he should turn up at a charity function that the grandmother's partner is running. So he does. But for reasons too complicated to get into, FMC isn't using her own name. She figures out who he is first and he is well pissed when he realises, haha. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:43:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_571490 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_571490 Rowana Renee In mine, Frigga is being a nerf-herder and decides to visit Jotunheim by herself, where she gets hopelessly lost and winds up meeting Farbauti, who's out hunting at the time. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:21:23 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_573521 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_573521 mutewitness They first meet when my MC goes to an outside marketplace, and an airmobile crashes, breaking things, throwing food around. He's laying there on the ground, and she goes over to help him. They don't talk that long. Then at a later date, her friend wants her to meet her future fiance's friend, who of course, turns out to be the same man. She meets the other love interest, when she sees a robot that just killed someone, go through his yard, and disappear behind the house. She enters the big, strange, house. Looks around, and then eventually he finds her, and she meets the crazy, charming, scientist. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:05:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_574145 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_574145 MaryMarguerite Actually, they meet at work. They both work for the same organization in completely different capacities. She is new at work and has to introduce herself to the entire staff during a monthly all-employees meeting. There are quite a few new seasonal employees, but she is the only permanent hire. Because of the new staff, the big boss makes everyone stick around for coffee and a meet-and-greet after the meeting. She makes the rounds, but then escapes out a side door. He shows up, and they talk about the weather of all things------ what I am still struggling with is what compels him to stick around and engage her in conversation, even about the weather. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:07:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_575232 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_575232 jagdvmmn91 He's been in her nightmares since she was a little girl (she's a Witch without magic - go figure). Finally he shows up in the flesh, and it turns out that he is the general of the forces that killed her husband in battle. He's a bit of an arrogant A-hole, and she has a stubborn independent streak, but they reach a detente - of sorts. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:00:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_586358 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_586358 StedyAsHeGoes MMC Aaron ticks off the wrong people and his employer insists a body guard accompany him on a trip. MMC Jared gets the body guard assignment. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:07:59 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_586486 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_586486 Corculum Fulminis I have contemplated a few possibilities. I'm writing a LGBT novel, and I've been having difficulties figuring out how to do this... but what I've been thinking about doing is this: Michael normally goes to a coffee shop in his town in the morning. When he gets upset with his work environment, he kind of walks off the job (later to beg for forgiveness since his boss is his friend's mother) and goes to the coffee shop since it's just a couple of blocks away. Gregory, also a regular, normally comes around noon. I'm really not sure what to do here... if anyone has a suggestion, it'd be greatly appreciated. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:00:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_587591 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_587591 I Am Whoever I Say I Am My story takes place during a zombie apocalypse, and my characters meet when she sees him on the side ofthe road walking and she offers him a ride so he doesn't get eaten. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:23:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_589354 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_589354 jagdvmmn91 How about one knocks the other's cafe latte into his lap? "oops, so sorry!" Michael has an emotional meltdown as hot beverage on his family jewels are just a bit too much after the day he's just had. .. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:40:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_589781 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_589781 Birdy Bea FMC's brother drops their mother's wedding ring into MMC's loch. The brother jumps in, and she jumps after him when he doesn't re-surface. She finds out her brother is drowning and thinks he has become caught in some weeds. So she uses a knife to cut him free. Except what she cuts is MMC's hand, and he swears revenge for the wound and the interference. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:31:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_590732 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_590732 Birdy Bea I like the above suggestion but you could also just have Gregory notice how upset Michael is and ask him what's wrong? (Or alternately maybe tease him about it?) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:33:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_590790 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_590790 Corculum Fulminis Hrmm. Good ideas. *types notes* Thanks! ^__^ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:04:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_591415 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_591415 Playground_Monitor My hero and heroine were college sweethearts. But he dropped out a semester shy of graduation and left her behind -- and pregnant. Now seven years later, she's hired by his company to be his image consultant after he comes back home to Atlanta to work in the family business so he can lay claim to his trust fund. It's a reunion romance. But no secret baby. But maybe there will be a baby by book's end. ;-) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:34:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_592873 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_592873 sallymorini My FMC meets her first love interest at high school but since he's a few years older he leaves. When she then has turned 21 almost 22 she moves into a house that was given to her by her favourite aunt. The lawyer that does all the paperworks for them has a son (second love interest) who surprises her when she takes a dip in the sea. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:02:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_593263 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_593263 slrphebos My MMC and MFC meet a few months before the novel actually starts. MFC is a hospice home health nurse that is caring for MMC's former love in her last days. When MFC goes to comfort MMC after funeral that is when things get complicated. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:04:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_594307 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_594307 Obscurite_Asile Well, my main romance met as my Main character is the interests teacher. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:40:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_596993 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_596993 Kassady MMC1 is walking down the stairs in a long yellow dress, then trips and MMC2 catchs her and falls with her, then they meet at a book club again and become friends then fall in love :D Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:46:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_599894 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_599894 Rissa. My characters are long time friends who haven't talked -- let alone seen -- each other in years. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:39:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_601952 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_601952 femmeke830 My characters meet when he stumbles into a pasture rigged with a trip wire. Then she comes out to warn him off the property and then shoots him with a rubber bullet when he isn't quite as quick to leave as she'd like. :) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:52:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_602159 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_602159 JacquelineNicole Mine meet on the first day of Campus Band in college. Kate plays bass clarinet and Kyle plays bassoon. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:36:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_603002 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_603002 Silent Walrus My MMC is part of a resistance movement against the government. Eventually my FMC joins the same group. The two meet during a meeting, get to know each other, and fall in love. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:03:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_605626 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_605626 writingmama781 My FMC ditched Heaven to take care of some unfinished business on earth. My MMC is Satan's number 1 warrior who steals souls (including the souls of angels who leave Heaven...it makes their souls up for grabs). So they meet when her disappearance sounds the alarm. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:09:30 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_605734 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_605734 moonymuch FMC is eating at a gastropub with absolutely ghastly food. She spots the MMC from across the crowded room, finds him cute, and realizes that he's a food critic. She's a chef (and thus trained to spot critics), and tips off the waitress. MMC watches the exchange, becomes suspicious, and realizes his cover is blown when his waitress starts fawning over him. Cue a heated argument outside the restaurant. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:34:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_606277 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_606277 Jayne2 MMC is standing on a bridge, contemplating suicide. FMC needs a quick buck, and solicits him. They part ways but see each other again at unexpected intervals until getting together to go on a road trip (I use the term rather lightly). Not exactly your typical romance set up, but it will get there at some stage and wasn't planned to be a romance to start with, anyway :P. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:15:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_616204 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_616204 Saspirilla In the midst of a battle. They're on opposite sides. She comes to him to offer terms. He accepts and invites her to stay a while to recover from the injury that his half-brother gave her. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:37:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_616747 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_616747 sharp.object They meet at a funeral... of the FMC's cousin, who's the MMC's former fiance (engagement ended 10 years ago), it might sounds less romantic. My grieving FMC meets the MMC, who's working as a lawyer and is actually the executor of the cousin's last will. So he tells her what's she inherits, tells her to follow her cousin's wishes, and gives her the keys to her cousin's house even before the inheritance is actually divided. And so my FMC gets stuck in a small town, in her dead cousin's house and ends up involved with the MMC, who pursues her, albeit with his own interests in mind. So no happily ever after, but an interesting romance nevermind. Fyi, my main genre isn't romance. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:26:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_617220 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_617220 Dawn Ibanez My characters meet in the in a bar in the previous book. Madison just had a fight with her family and wanted to drink her sorrows away, and Troy was tending bar. They flirted and then had a one night stand. This current novel is years later. Madison had twin boys and Troy (who has discovered he's a Werewolf) comes back for the woman that's his mate. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:05:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_627786 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_627786 Blankenship24 My two FMC's met during a conference in Toronto, Cananda about foster care fundraising. This was the first time they met one another. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:47:42 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_633641 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_633641 Roundheaded I'm... lagging behind :( They haven't met yet... but it'll take place inside the vast world of some MMO *cough* Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:15:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_634584 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_634584 jonjo Roundheahed I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who's kept their main characters apart so far (well they have actually) They ar about to meet after FMC has had her apartment trashed. And MC is being 'guided' to her home to help her find out who and why. This was *supposed* to be a lighthearted Valentine's story! Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:48:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_642739 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_642739 Lix H. The love interest comes into my main character's bakery through the bathroom window -- pretends the back door was open. Love interest was just in a fight and changed out of her superhero costume in the bathroom. The place clears up now that the supervillains have gone; love interest orders a cup of coffee and she and the main character end up talking. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:00:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_642934 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_642934 mjh2395 They meet at school when MMC1 comes to class late and the only seat open is next to the MMC2. They hit it off over a mutual favorite book. It's kind of a boring/cliched meeting, but I'm hoping that since their first kiss is against a fence outside of a junkyard I can earn some originality points. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:46:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_649614 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_649614 Inzain In mine, my FMC meets her man while in the waiting room at a hospital, while she's waiting for news on her mother who collapsed a restaurant and he's waiting for news on his grandfather who was extremely ill. After just waiting they finally decide to talk, and end up talking through the rest of waiting which is a fairly long time. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:15:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_660089 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_660089 FionaAnne Mine meet at my MMC's fifth birthday party, she convinces him to throw cake all over his Mum Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:17:43 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_662151 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_662151 Rubyfruit My two FMCs go to the same high school. I have yet to figure out how a sophomore and a freshman end up in the same class... And now I wonder if it's not soon enough. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:39:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_666609 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_666609 Sylista A paranormal romance between a female woman and a werewolf (yeah i know it sounds really really twilight but please read and let me know what you think) A woman, my FMC, is in an abusive relationship is sent into town by her drunk husband to go buy him fishing bait for the next day. She has to ride her bicycle in even though it is raining hard outside. When she gets to the bait shop it is already closed and the owner, my MMC, is getting into his truck. He decides to help her out and goes in and gets the bait for her before giving her a ride home. He is a werewolf so he can tell that something is wrong when she asks super skiddish around even and almost even denies the offer for the ride home. a lame intro, i know. it sounds better in the story lol. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:59:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_667939 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_667939 Cuddles54227 I actually like your intro! :) I think that you shouldn't worry that it sounds Twilight-ish. That's fine, Twilight didn't invent vampires and werewolves....but your idea is really original, I love it! :D Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:07:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_668084 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_668084 mjh2395 If it's an elective or a language class its very common to have students from different grades. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:07:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_684520 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_684520 markisonlin3 In mine its the zombie apocolypse. My main character has just found amazing survivor house he stole from the last inhabitants. He goes to stand and look out the window and sees this very beautiful but very tired looking young woman. As she walks past the window she notices him and stops. My main character smiles and moths the words "Wanna come in? She looks uncertain and bites her lip trying to decide but shes tired and needs a rest so she comes in. My main character makes her a cup of coffee and they get talking. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:35:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_686188 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_686188 biki576 My MMC (and the first person narrator) is in a coffee shop, and the FMC literally runs in. Cuts everyone in line. And gives the cashier a very serious look as she orders a mocha. He's head over heels immediately, the smitten bastard. Never had a chance. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:50:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_686444 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_686444 Her Grace of Serenity I'm a fan of this. Good luck with your story! Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:31:19 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_687156 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=2#forum_thread_comment_687156 Mungolian My MMC called an escort service while under the influence of drugs. He scheduled a time and place and met Tanya the escort at a diner. Yes, I consider this romance. Demented romance, but romance nonetheless. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:10:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_689444 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_689444 Cuddles54227 Really interesting! :D I like the idea. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:38:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_689844 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_689844 kittymammas My FMC rode over into enemy lands where she subdued my MMC with a poison laced blade and captured him in order to convince him to help her end the war that was started on a myth and is killing their planet. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:21:40 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_804503 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_804503 October Sea Breeze They met... years before the actual story since the story takes place after one of them gets executed... I'm not sure if I'll include a flashback or a revision of them meeting since I solely focus on their relationship & my MC coping with his grief and own trouble... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:52:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_805360 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_805360 MissMaro My characters meet at a bar. The MMC accidentally spills beer on the FMC and that's how they end up talking. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:13:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_806834 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_806834 mollyyymo It's a WWII novel. My FMC is a WAC deployed in Paris who later becomes a prisoner of war, and my MMC is an SS officer who prevents her from being executed. He finagles an arrangement in which the FMC will come to live with him. Then he accidentally knocks her up, and then he becomes creepily attached to the idea of them mass-producing children, then they plan a hasty wedding, and then there's some stuff in between, and then they both get executed for treason. I think. Haven't quite worked out the ending yet. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:45:21 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_807259 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_807259 Sarita153 She was told he was the only one who could help her find something, so she broke into his house (he was refusing to answer the door) and followed him around until he gave in and agreed to help her. ^_^ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:11:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_809718 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_809718 jaxxon My MMC meets my MFC when she she is knocked unconcious in the street and comes to when he wakes her. He thinks she has drank too much and she thinks he knocked her out....neither is true and they become very close quickly after an attack on both of them by some demons :) Bah! My explainations never do the book justice LOL! Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:34:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_824514 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_824514 XVisiEX My MMC meets my MFC by chance. He shows up late for class and ends up assigned to work with her team. Then an injury causes her to be bed ridden for a while so they end up swamping partners and having to work together directly. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:38:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_824572 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_824572 Coastiechick Mine meet when the FMC is taken back to the palace by the king after her father died. Since the MMC is the prince they meet on the way there. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:59:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_826720 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_826720 Harlow My MMC tries to kill the FMC and she puts a gun to his cock. I reworked a bit of stuff so instead of him trying to choke her out, he's trying to slit her throat. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:26:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_827021 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_827021 Quiggs Mine meet in a dream. Fun stuff! Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:32:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_857310 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_857310 XVisiEX [quote=Harlow] My MMC tries to kill the FMC and she puts a gun to his cock. I reworked a bit of stuff so instead of him trying to choke her out, he's trying to slit her throat. [/quote] I wanna read this XD Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:59:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_857632 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_857632 Mayreau They've always sort've known each other through middle school and now in high school, but she never really talked to him or thought much of him. He, on the other hand, has harbored a crush on her for years. They have their first real conversation at her best friend's funeral. He ends the conversation by asking her out. She tells him to go to hell. This could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:57:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_858913 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_858913 lovely_sparkle It's a fanfic, but it takes place in the future... so... In canon they met in an all boys private high school on a staircase. B was a student there and also the lead singer of their show choir and K was "spying" on the show choir. *shifty eyes to my icon which totally isn't a picture of them at all* In my fic they have lost touch after a break up and meet again when K accompanies his fiance to a cabaret night at a gay bar only to discover that B is a stripper there. Yeah. Try and reconcile that, dapper private school boy turned stripper. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:39:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_859924 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_859924 liadan_celt Aubrey realizes that she cannot run a private consulting detective agency all on her own and advertises for an assistant. Victoria answers the ad and Aubrey hires her. Victoria used to be a gunsmith (gunslinger in this world) and keeps Aubrey from being killed several times. When the Criminal Mastermind gets one up on Victoria, Aubrey is forced to admit that she loves her and then figure out how to save them. Lexicon and Vasily met when they were very young competiting in international chess competition. (They also met Aubrey and side character Jaidev this way.) They have always had chemistry, but it's taken them twenty years to do anything about it. This is the side plot that was never intended to happen, but they're stealing the show! Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:50:52 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_860024 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_860024 Gribensk Romances between werewolves and humans have been going around since long before Twilight so I wouldn't worry. Plus, you should write what you want to an not let anything or anyone dictate what you want to write. This is a good idea. Have fun with it. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:24:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_904322 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=3#forum_thread_comment_904322 Gribensk My MMC is being chased by Revenants (undead humans turned zombie) and runs into my FMC's coffee cafe who in turn goes and kills the Revenants and discovers that he is like her only Unawakened... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:30:52 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_904435 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_904435 violetgateway well my MMC's originally start talking through a penpal system that their school makes compulsory after large problems with the students fighting because of stereotypes and cliques and all that stuff. They email each other for a few months and then when the school holds a masquerade ball with their sister boarding school (cause theirs is all boys and the other boarding school is all girls) they meet face to face officially and end up snogging in a car or cupboard....maybe an empty classroom they still don't even know each others actual names either Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:17:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_968698 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_968698 Piper the Perfect Nerf-herder. xD This made my day. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:31:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_968839 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=1#forum_thread_comment_968839 Caspia29 It was an ambush and let's just say that my FMC had a gun pointed to my MMC's head and had already cocked the gun ready to pull the trigger, and if her partner hadn't come in, there would be no story... Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:28:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1006006 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1006006 Krykit My MMC almost ran my FMC over with his horse. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:25:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1028376 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1028376 reptongeek I'm having three story threads The first has a bi FMC, the second a married couple with two kids, the third two best friends; one straight male, one lesbian female. They all go on a vacation to WDW in the same time period. The bisexual character has a romance with the gay female from the third storyline. The straight male has an affair with the FMC from the second plotline, if that makes sense Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:40:45 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1149963 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1149963 kunaineck Vanessa meets Walter in the very beginning when he greets her. She's the newest maid in Walter's boss' service and he's the head of staff/butler. Simple! Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:15:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1150576 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1150576 JayElleBee In a story I hope to write soonish, I'm going to have the two main characters meet in the game Journey. It's just too pretty to not happen. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:33:54 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1301707 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1301707 Kaite_Somerdorf For my Camp NaNo, the two characters have been married for years. I know that they met when the FMC was 15 and the MMC was 13. Each of their families drove from Virginia and Pensylvania, respectively, to Cumberland for a large anti-evolution rally. (Their families are both big-time Christians, who didn't send their kids to public school for that reason among others.) And, while I strongly dislike the cliche - it was love at first sight. Except, they didn't act on the love for a while. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:55:16 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1302652 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1302652 Tesla.Ana For my CampNano story, my MMC fell in love with my FMC when he saw her dance with her dance troupe in Beijing. During a trip to Russia, he finds out that they are staying in the same hotel room, so he knocks on her door and she's surprised that she has fans (but she's also frightened that he knoes everything about her). Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:57:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1309825 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1309825 Obscurite_Asile For my romance the two live in the same appartment block. My mc knew the other character as 'that guy' for the first seven months and the other one could have sworn the mc's name was Bob...the Mc's name is Owen. They spoke a bit but weren't friends. Sat, 12 May 2012 17:07:59 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1363426 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1363426 GoneLookingForMyself My current FMC and MMC aren't in a romance novel per se, but they do have one during it, so... My idea for a while has been she meets him when he stands up in the middle of a public place and starts reading out part of the Declaration of Independence. He's a revolutionary. :-) Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1389750 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/romance/threads/27865?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1389750