You don’t want a love story
The thing about love stories is they’re just that.
The story is the thing—the beginning, the middle and the end. All the characters, the plot twists, every line of dialogue and every change of scene revolves around the love story. Everything and everyone involved serve little purpose beyond getting this love story over the finish line. There’s no story beyond a love story; because it is the whole story.
A story that starts and ends with love is a beautiful thing to behold and a wonderful thing to feel, but it is static by design. It captures a moment in time; we must freeze the frame at exactly the right moment.
That’s why we love romances. In an endlessly complicated and daunting world, they are simple and digestible (thank God). But they are, unfortunately, incompatible with the reality of the human experience.
I had a love story once and it was my absolute favourite story to tell…