{"id":4497,"date":"2010-08-30T07:55:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T11:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2010-08-30T07:55:44","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T11:55:44","slug":"reality-fiction-the-balancing-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/30\/reality-fiction-the-balancing-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality &#038; Fiction: The Balancing Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How much reality do you like in your romance novels?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I guess it depends, right? Obviously, if we&#8217;re talking a story with paranormal\/fantasy elements in it, not as much as say a contemporary set in a small fictitious town, or a historical being played out in Victorian England.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4501\" title=\"cellphone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/cellphone.jpg?resize=200%2C159\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"159\" \/>In a contemporary, we&#8217;d expect at least mention of the current electronic accoutrements such as cell phones, computers and modern conveniences. Though the town may be fictitious the containing environs (state, country) would not. We&#8217;d expect our hero and heroine to display sensibilities of the current day as opposed to those of the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, in historical romances we tend to allow <em>fiction<\/em> a much freer reign. Our heroines and heroes, not surprisingly, display more modern sensibilities than they do for the day of their age. Women tend to be much more prone to independent thinking than their real counterparts of the time and men tend to be much more progressive in their thinking than theirs. While men prior to the onset of the 1970s tended to act the sole role as breadwinners and not nurturers (taking a equal hand in child rearing), our historical heroes would certainly be looked down upon if they didn&#8217;t express great delight in frolicking\u00a0 with and caring for their children.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4498\" title=\"secretagent\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/secretagent.jpg?resize=250%2C161\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"161\" \/>In\u00a0 historical romances, we see women who are spies, seek adventure on the open seas, are intrepid almost to a fault. These heroines\u00a0 may throw all caution to the wind&#8211;and sometimes a portion of common sense&#8211;putting themselves in harm&#8217;s way not unlike some of the people we see in those slasher films who come upon a dark and desolate house in the middle of nowhere. We, the movie watcher, tell them not to go in (somethings yelling it at the screen), but do they listen? Nope. They go in and get themselves killed. Of course, nothing so horrible happens to our intrepid heroine, but <em>something<\/em> bad happens nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Some readers might gripe about the inaccuracy of an unmarried young women of aristocrat birth traveling a long distance without a chaperone. They&#8217;d tell you it just wasn&#8217;t done. Others don&#8217;t care about things like that and would underscore the word <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fiction<\/span><\/em> and claim they aren&#8217;t looking for a recounting of history. I&#8217;ve even heard readers claim that vampires are nocturnal creatures and are seldom seen in the daylight, so such and such a book is a travesty. It appears we now have rigid rules around the fictional creatures we&#8217;ve invented.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4479\" title=\"lovers2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lovers2.jpg?resize=275%2C188\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"188\" \/>In most contemporary novels I have read, the hero and heroine (mostly the hero) are almost like religious zealots when it comes to birth control. It&#8217;s not even enough that the heroine is taking birth control. Here is where political correctness and social responsibility comes into play. Do I believe that, on the whole, men are truly like this? No, not so much. But then this is romance fiction written by woman, on the most part, for woman, and we get to write about the kind of hero we want, not who necessarily exist in real life. And same goes for the depiction of our heroine, ten parts beautiful, gutsy and intelligent all rolled into one spectacular package.<\/p>\n<p>Every once in a while though, depending on your internal <em>acceptable use of fiction<\/em> gauge, you come upon some characteristic, perhaps an incident, or a storyline that sets that gauge of yours beeping. It just doesn&#8217;t pass the smell test, so to speak. Mine, I know, are those too intrepid heroines, who in my opinion, are more danger to themselves and others than brave and daring. <em><strong>What are your &#8216;fictional&#8217; pet peeves?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I&#8217;m still giving away books from my Anniversary stash. 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