Over at Narratively.com, our sister storytelling site, we’ve been publishing the winners of our True Romance Writing Prize, the contest we launched with actor Emma Roberts and Belletrist in March. This past Friday, we published one of the shortread finalists, a tale from Bar Scott about unexpected and highly forbidden romance, which got us thinking…
Inspired by Bar’s essay, we want to know about a romance (or crush) that you had to keep secret. Did you fall for your best friend’s beau? Agree to marry your true love’s brother The Summer I Turned Pretty style? Covet a crush on your teacher in high school that you couldn’t even confide in your BFF about? No time like right now to come clean about it. Drop a few lines in the comments below about your forbidden love — and then, if you feel so inclined, keep writing off the page. See where the story takes you. Maybe it’s the beginning of your next screenplay…or an exercise that simply gets the gears turning. Whatever it is, share away. We can’t wait to hear your stories!