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The journey of two characters from strangers to lovers.

One of the perennial herbs and spices in the cauldron of storytelling old and new. It's been around a while, it's a major driving force of fiction and it's not going anywhere. A surefire crowd pleaser; probably the only way to really, really screw it up is to overdo it. Induces emotional stakes in an audience like nothing else.

Comes in a myriad forms and flavors. Employs plenty of tropes to get itself across, though a lot of them are mutually exclusive. Like many other tropes, the Romance Arc is looking for a balance: Too many stock derivatives and it's just too much; too few, and it's not much of an arc at all.

Here are some of the common checkpoints of a Romance Arc in typical chronological order.

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 The journey of two characters from strangers to lovers.
 One of the perennial herbs and spices in the cauldron of storytelling old and new. It's [[Older Than Feudalism|been around a while]], it's [[Rule of Romantic|a major driving force of fiction]] and it's not going anywhere. A surefire crowd pleaser; probably the only way to really, ''really'' screw it up is to [[Romantic Plot Tumor|overdo it]]. Induces [[Shipping|emotional stakes]] in an audience like nothing else.
-Comes in a myriad forms and flavors. Employs plenty of tropes to get itself across, though a lot of them are mutually exclusive. Like many other tropes, the [[Romance Arc]] is looking for a balance: Too many stock derivatives and it's [[Romantic Plot Tumor|just too much]]; too few, and [[Strangled By the Red String|it's not much of an arc at all]].
+Comes in a myriad forms and flavors. Employs plenty of tropes to get itself across, though a lot of them are mutually exclusive. Like many other tropes, the '''Romance Arc''' is looking for a balance: Too many stock derivatives and it's [[Romantic Plot Tumor|just too much]]; too few, and [[Strangled by the Red String|it's not much of an arc at all]].
-See also: [[Love Tropes]]; [[How to Become A Love Interest]]
+See also: [[Love Tropes]]; [[How to Become a Love Interest]]
-Here are some of the common checkpoints of a [[Romance Arc]] in typical chronological order.
+Here are some of the common checkpoints of a '''Romance Arc''' in typical chronological order.
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 ** [[Samaritan Relationship Starter]]
 ** [[Rescue Romance]]
-** [[She Is All Grown Up]]
+** [[She's All Grown Up]]
 ** [[Fate Drives Us Together]]
 ** [[Love At First Sight]]
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 ** [[A Match Made in Stockholm]]
 ** [[Honey Trap]]
-*** [[In Love With the Mark]]
+*** [[In Love with the Mark]]
 * [[Just Friends]]
 ** [[Not a Date]]
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 ** [[Attractiveness Isolation]]
 ** [[Testing the Love Interest]]
-* [[Will They or Won't They]]
+* [[Will They or Won't They?]]
 ** [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] (UST)
 *** [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]
 ** [[Romantic False Lead]]
-** [[Operation Jealousy]]
+** [[Operation: Jealousy]]
 ** [[Wrong Guy First]]
 ** [[Moment Killer]]
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 *** [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]
 *** [[Sleep Cute]]
-*** [[Caught in The Rain]]
+*** [[Caught in the Rain]]
 ** [[Playing Hard to Get]]
 ** [[False Start]]
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 * [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]
 ** [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo]]
-** [[Green Eyed Epiphany]]
+** [[Green-Eyed Epiphany]]
 ** [[Love Epiphany]]
 ** [[Love Confession]]
 *** [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]
 *** [[Dying Declaration of Love]]
-** [[Did You Think I Can't Feel]]
+** [[Did You Think I Can't Feel?]]
 ** [[Aborted Declaration of Love]]
 ** [[Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them]]
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 ** [[First Kiss]]
 *** [[Slap Slap Kiss]]
-*** [[Shut Up Kiss]]
+*** [["Shut Up" Kiss]]
 *** [[Now or Never Kiss]]
-** [[Falling in Love Montage]]
+** [["Falling in Love" Montage]]
 *** [[Literally Falling in Love]]
 ** [[Holding Hands]]
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 ** [[Relationship Reset Button]]
 ** [[I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship]]
-** [[Its Not You Its My Enemies]]
+** [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]]
 ** [[Let's Just Be Friends]]
 ** [[No Sparks]] (probable exit point)
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 *** [[Cock Fight]]
 ** [[Second Act Breakup]]
-*** [[Downtime Downgrade]] (where the "Second Act" is either a Sequel or [[Off Screen Breakup|in between episodes]])
+*** [[Downtime Downgrade]] (where the "Second Act" is either a Sequel or [[Off-Screen Breakup|in between episodes]])
 *** [[Make Up or Break Up]]
 *** [[The Masochism Tango]]
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 *** [[Your Cheating Heart]]
 *** [[Break Up Demand]]
-** [[Third Act Misunderstanding]]
+** [[Third-Act Misunderstanding]]
 *** [[Relationship Sabotage]]
 *** [[Mistaken for Cheating]]
-*** [[Was It All a Lie]]
+*** [[Was It All a Lie?]]
 * [[Boy Meets Girl|Boy Finds Girl Again]]
-** [[Racefor Your Love]]
+** [[Race For Your Love]]
 ** [[Closed Door Rapport]]
-** [[Why Would Anyone Take Him Back]]
+** [[Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?]]
 ** [[Dead Sparks]]
 ** [[Meadow Run]]
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 ** [[Happily Ever After]]
 *** [[Babies Ever After]]
-*** [[Grow Old With Me]]
+*** [[Grow Old with Me]]
 * [[Together in Death]] (exit point)
 ** [[Reincarnation Romance]] (Go back to [[Love Before First Sight|start]])
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 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Index Index/Sandbox]]
+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Love Tropes]]
-[[Category:Genre Tropes]]
 [[Category:Omnipresent Tropes]]
 [[Category:Narrative Tropes]]
-[[Category:Index Index]]
 [[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
 [[Category:Plots]]
-[[Category:index]]
+[[Category:Index]]
-[[Category:Romance Arc]]
+[[Category:Mechanics of Writing]]
-[[Category:Trope]]
+[[Category:Romance Novel Tropes]]