I have some information in my hero’s backstory. We are about halfway through the book, and it’s time for that information to come to light.
The question is, what will create more intimacy and better bonding–
If she asks him to tell her what happened?
Or if he spontaneously shares what happened?
When I started out, I imagined that the greater intimacy would come about if I created a relationship where he felt safe enough to share this information and he told her. And then sharing this information would make them closer.
But you know how characters end up behaving differently than planned once you sit down to write them…
I was trying to transition the scene to have the topic come up naturally. But then the heroine just came out and asked him about it.
And now I’m trying to decide which way would be better. Is her being brave enough to ask about it and him responding by answering honestly the better creator of intimacy?
Or is it better for him to naturally bring it up?
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