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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]]
-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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 [[Category:Love Tropes]]
-[[Category:Genre Tropes]]
 [[Category:Omnipresent Tropes]]
 [[Category:Narrative Tropes]]
-[[Category:Index Index]]
 [[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
 [[Category:Plots]]
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-[[Category:Romance Arc]]
+[[Category:Mechanics of Writing]]
+[[Category:Romance Novel Tropes]]