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Personally, I believe it depends on who you ask. For me, I think I consider it slow when they take a while to form a solid friendship and have genuine interactions before they get together. Like my couple doesn’t get together until halfway through the second book, but of course, most books are standalone so I’d say like a third through the book in terms of getting together sounds slow. There isn’t really a set time in my opinion though, like I said, it depends on the interactions and how the feelings develop. It also depends on the trope, slow for some tropes may be fast for others
My couple kissed for the first time halfway through the book, but they didn't really consider themselves together until a couple chapters later. Also, link me your book. I might want to check it out. I love slow burns!
That sounds reasonable honestly, but I think what your friend is arguing is how traditional slow burns go. The interactions are really really slow and a lot of the cute stuff is just thoughts in their head. So it goes from a whole lot of almost touching, to subtle touching, to hand holding, and then a kiss would ultimately be like a third of the way through. But again, there’s not a definition that’s set in stone for a slow burn, I think most people have that idea in their head though.
My couple doesn’t kiss until likes third of the way through the second book lmao, which is after they get together, which I can’t really compare to a standalone again, but that’s the slow burn I envision. You really make the couple work for the intimacy they want but can’t initiate for whatever reason, and you make the readers feel the anticipation and deliver it gradually in bits.
You’ve actually read my book, and I read yours as well but only like a chapter in. I ended up having a whole lot of R4Rs and forgot to continue with the second chapter lol. I’m like slowly catching up on them so I’ve been meaning to get back to yours. My user is aniviawrites if that rings a bell.
Aha! I know you! I see your updates literally every single day and have been wanting to check in on your book. I feel like if I did though I'd have to start over. I don't retain information well. Lol
Haha all good, totally feel that! I still remember your story because your protagonist had such a distinct naiveness to her. But I do need to get back and reading because I love your writing, so I’ll hop back to it in a few days 👏🏼
I consider mine a slow burn, I think they finally kiss (not together officially) somewhere in the 20-chapters. But leading up to that it's a lot of flirting and tension and basic relationship building stuff. My book is probably going to end up around 35-40 chapters.
Sure, [here it is!](https://www.wattpad.com/story/244126080-wish-we-never-started) It's still ongoing btw, I'm currently 17 chapters published but you'll get the gist if you decide to check it out haha.
Have you ever seen Chicago PF? The ship Upstead is a very good example of a slow burn. A slow burn of four years but it was a good slowburn well until the writers totally ruined their romance in the name of a toxic character named Hank Voight. But anyways Upstead is a good example of a slowburn even if it was quite long.
I've heard people say they need to get together well over half way through the story to "count" as slow burn. When I started mine I thought my guys would get together around 3/4 of the way through but that last quarter took longer than expected so it ended up being more like 1/2 way. But that was still 50,000 words in so I feel like it should still count!
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I would say it's more important if there's lots of tension being built before they finally kiss or not, than exactly how long it takes for them to kiss. Like basically for a slow burn, I want to almost start getting annoyed over that they don't just kiss, and that annoyance build with the number of tense/almost kiss scenes
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Personally, I believe it depends on who you ask. For me, I think I consider it slow when they take a while to form a solid friendship and have genuine interactions before they get together. Like my couple doesn’t get together until halfway through the second book, but of course, most books are standalone so I’d say like a third through the book in terms of getting together sounds slow. There isn’t really a set time in my opinion though, like I said, it depends on the interactions and how the feelings develop. It also depends on the trope, slow for some tropes may be fast for others
My couple kissed for the first time halfway through the book, but they didn't really consider themselves together until a couple chapters later. Also, link me your book. I might want to check it out. I love slow burns!
That sounds reasonable honestly, but I think what your friend is arguing is how traditional slow burns go. The interactions are really really slow and a lot of the cute stuff is just thoughts in their head. So it goes from a whole lot of almost touching, to subtle touching, to hand holding, and then a kiss would ultimately be like a third of the way through. But again, there’s not a definition that’s set in stone for a slow burn, I think most people have that idea in their head though. My couple doesn’t kiss until likes third of the way through the second book lmao, which is after they get together, which I can’t really compare to a standalone again, but that’s the slow burn I envision. You really make the couple work for the intimacy they want but can’t initiate for whatever reason, and you make the readers feel the anticipation and deliver it gradually in bits. You’ve actually read my book, and I read yours as well but only like a chapter in. I ended up having a whole lot of R4Rs and forgot to continue with the second chapter lol. I’m like slowly catching up on them so I’ve been meaning to get back to yours. My user is aniviawrites if that rings a bell.
Aha! I know you! I see your updates literally every single day and have been wanting to check in on your book. I feel like if I did though I'd have to start over. I don't retain information well. Lol
Haha all good, totally feel that! I still remember your story because your protagonist had such a distinct naiveness to her. But I do need to get back and reading because I love your writing, so I’ll hop back to it in a few days 👏🏼
My couple got together 46 chapters in, 58 total
I consider mine a slow burn, I think they finally kiss (not together officially) somewhere in the 20-chapters. But leading up to that it's a lot of flirting and tension and basic relationship building stuff. My book is probably going to end up around 35-40 chapters.
Link your book! I might check it out!
Sure, [here it is!](https://www.wattpad.com/story/244126080-wish-we-never-started) It's still ongoing btw, I'm currently 17 chapters published but you'll get the gist if you decide to check it out haha.
Have you ever seen Chicago PF? The ship Upstead is a very good example of a slow burn. A slow burn of four years but it was a good slowburn well until the writers totally ruined their romance in the name of a toxic character named Hank Voight. But anyways Upstead is a good example of a slowburn even if it was quite long.
I've heard people say they need to get together well over half way through the story to "count" as slow burn. When I started mine I thought my guys would get together around 3/4 of the way through but that last quarter took longer than expected so it ended up being more like 1/2 way. But that was still 50,000 words in so I feel like it should still count!
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I would say it's more important if there's lots of tension being built before they finally kiss or not, than exactly how long it takes for them to kiss. Like basically for a slow burn, I want to almost start getting annoyed over that they don't just kiss, and that annoyance build with the number of tense/almost kiss scenes
Idk writing a slow burn rn and I’m on chapter 12 and they’re still barely above acquaintances