SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME! I'm new to romance

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I'm a screenplay writer, (by no means professoinal, my friends and I enjoy making low budget movies) and my director has really forced the idea of romance into my screenplay. I don't have much expeirence with romance in real life. And romance is one side of my characters I haven't thought about until now. My screenplay is part sports drama/ superhero movie. And the characters I'm envolving in the romance are both young, 17. So I was just wondering what kind of advice you guys could give me.
 
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Not sure if this helps but the basics of any romance is boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back.
 

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17-year-olds are usually not altogether wise, and typically like each other based on good looks (with exceptions, of course). Then they realize that relationships actually require personal sacrifice, and whether or not they stay together determines how much character they've built based on why they stayed together and in spite of what obstacles they may have faced (including themselves). Don't know if that helps at all...
 

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Research my friend, go to your local movie retail place, rent every teen-based romance, and get to work dissecting them. Find what you like, discard what you don’t and trust your instincts. Keep this in mind though, people want the familiar but are forever looking for the new. Juno, Little Miss Sunshine and 10 Things I Hate About You is a good place for the new. 16 Candle, the Breakfast Club and the like for the classic.
Good luck.
 
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Thank you everyone for your advice. I guess you guys can help me more if I tell you more about my screenplay.

Boy knows girls, boy likes girl, girl likes boy, boy afraid to admitt he likes girl, tragedy strike boy, boy become depressed and selfish, girl still likes boy even though boy is jerk to her.
 
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I think it would be important to have the heroine have some boundaries on how selfishly/badly the boy could treat her. As the mom of teen girls I wouldn't want them getting a message of 'just take it'.

Then healing, reconciliation...
 
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Nightmelody said:
I think it would be important to have the heroine have some boundaries on how selfishly/badly the boy could treat her. As the mom of teen girls I wouldn't want them getting a message of 'just take it'.

Then healing, reconciliation...
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Very true, I don't want my movie protraying anything like that. That's why I have my heroine walk out on a date with the boy. I won't put the whole script up here, but I'd have no problem sharing the "romance" scenes with you. Let me know if you are interested.
 
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