Wrong For Each Other In Exactly the Right Way

From Patricia Rice, New York Times Best Selling Author, Rita Award-Winner:

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 "Opposites attract" isn't just a platitude. I know way too many successful matches made of creatives and engineers. But getting two people who think so differently together on the same plane is a tough haul. An engineer might find a high-strung musician wacky, neurotic, and/or a drama queen. The drama queen will initially find the engineer to be staid, boring, and uptight--until he fixes her sound equipment with a paper clip and gets her to the performance on time. And once the engineer is transported into his diva's colorful world and discovers the beauty of song and the power of her friendships, he's not going back to mundane. Take a look at an astrology sign book sometime and see how opposing character traits can actually provide the balance we need as a couple. 

From Robin D Owens, Rita Award-Winning Author of Fantasy and Romantic Fantasy:

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You must not only set up the conflict between your lovers, but must also consider what flaw EACH has that makes any love relationship out of the question.  That is, how must they overcome their own problem to grow into the love?  And how their partner hinders/helps them do this.

MaxAdams, Produced Screenwriter, Author, Nicholl Fellow & Founder of the Academy of Film Writing says:

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The characters in Excess Baggage were very right for each other because, despite being from very separate sides of the track, her being from big money and him being from no money, they were very much alike.  Her father was a robber baron of sorts, manipulating currencies in currency trading.  His family was a bunch of car thieves, manipulating autos regardless of the owners’ thoughts on that.  Neither paid much attention to rules or laws, both were incredibly head strong and independent, neither of them had met up with a member of the opposite sex who could one up him/her, and both were very isolated and lonely.  They also, through being stuck together for a period of time, grew to respect each other.  Emily couldn't just manipulate Will (his name in earlier drafts and I still think of him by that name), and Will couldn't just dump Emily off and be done with her, she had him pretty stuck and every time he tried, she out maneuvered him.  They were fun to write, as they vied for dominance in a relationship in which ultimately they came to realize they were facing off against equals.  

And I, Pooks, Author, Screenwriter & Nicholl Fellow say:

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What’s the worst thing you can do to them? Make it happen.  That includes making them feel attracted to an ‘opposite’ that is everything that they should avoid like the plague. The fun part is figuring out why.