When Your Brain Takes a Turn..

Confession time - I suck at writing romance, but it's something I'm determined to fix.  While the story in my head is mostly science fiction, it's slowly turning into a romance.  My plot didn't include this, but hey, what works, works!  I've never had anything against romance, I've read historical regency romances, erotica, etc.  I don't blush and giggle and flip through the pages quickly to get past the sex scenes.  But I just can't seem to get my head wrapped around a good romance scene.

I'm fairly easy to get along with on the romance side, I don't like dinners I have to dress up for.  My boyfriend knows that I prefer sunflowers over roses and jelly beans over chocolate.  My best date ever involved a bowling alley and going home to watch Star Wars.  And to quote my best friend, "She'll only spare your feelings once if you bug her for a date and she doesn't want to go.  After that, she'll tell you bluntly why she doesn't like you."  So yeah, romance and me are usually on two different pages.

I was trying to work this romance thing into my plot and was browsing through Google to see if I could make something spark in my head.  I come across an article (and I wished I had kept it, but I didn't) that was attempting to help with plots.  One of the points was What if Cinderella discovered Prince Charming had a secret dungeon?  My brain immediately takes a trip South and comes up with "My, they could have a lot of fun!"   Apparently my brain has taken a turn for the warped.

Unfortunately, that still doesn't help writing two characters that want a bit of love instead of a quickie in a dungeon.