love story

Romeo and Juliet

Tragedy of rival households

• Tristan and IsoldeMedieval tale of fatal love
• CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
• star-crossedDoomed by destiny

tragedy · forbidden · timeless · epic · legendary · fated · doomed · eternal · immortal · destined

secret

Concealed information

• tabooCultural or social prohibition
• scandalDisgraceful public affair
• affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment

clandestine · illicit · hidden · star-crossed · elopement · defiance · family feud · class divide · arranged marriage · betrayal

courtship

Seeking another's romantic favor

• first kissInitial romantic contact
• meet-cuteContrived charming first encounter
• soulmateDeeply compatible life partner

happily ever after · whirlwind · fairytale · chemistry · sparks · butterflies · serendipity · destiny · proposal · wedding

tragedy

Disastrous or sorrowful event

• lossBeing without something
• separationState of being apart
• unrequitedNot returned in kind

bittersweet · tearjerker · goodbye · farewell · sacrifice · longing · impossible · forbidden · missed connection · what-if

novel

New and unusual

• filmMovie or coating
• balladNarrative poem or song
• screenplayFilm's written blueprint

memoir · bestseller · adaptation · protagonist · heroine · hero · author · reader · audience · chapter

• storiestale, tales, myth, legend, fable
• talestale, tall tales, yarns, folk tale, fairy tale
• romanceamor, boyfriend, courting, girlfriend, besos
• Arabian NightsAladdin, Scheherazade, Ali Baba, Arabian Nights, Sinbad
• Beauty and the BeastBelle, Beast, Gaston, Maurice, enchanted rose
• emotional tropestragedy, romance, drama, tearjerker, heartbreak