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You know the feeling: the forced proximity arc is working, the tension is *there*, but somewhere between the midpoint and the Dark Night of the Soul, the pacing collapses. The hidden past reveals lands too early or too late. The morally gray love interest feels inconsistent, and you can't pinpoint where the structural rhythm broke.
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- WHAT'S INSIDE
- A 25-chapter TEMPLATE PDF with role labels (PROTAGONIST A, MORALLY GRAY LOVE INTEREST, etc.) and Save the Cat beat markers pre-placed for Dark Romance pacing
- A fully worked EXAMPLE showing the template in action with named characters, a forced proximity setup, and a hidden past reveal timed to the All Is Lost beat
- CHARACTER_CRAFT PDF: principles of constructing morally gray love interests, trauma-informed protagonists, and secondary cast who complicate intimacy
- WORLDBUILDING_CRAFT PDF: how to build a world that traps your characters together (literal or emotional forced proximity) and keeps secrets buried until structurally earned
- NARRATIVE_CRAFT PDF: Save the Cat beat definitions tailored to Dark Romance, prose proportion guidance (introspection vs. action vs. dialogue), and techniques for sustaining dread alongside desire