The words--especially those of Oscar Hammerstein ("Some Enchanted Evening") and Irving Berlin ("Always")--carry me to a special mental place where I translate their beautiful thoughts into beautiful words for my stories.
Try inserting well-known lyrics into your romantic dialogue. Then, when you've completed the scene, go back in and substitute the songwriters' lyrics with words of your own. Paraphrase!
Almost immediately, you'll see how the poetic lyrics from those 1940 love songs have influenced and improved your word choices. Try it. Your romantic dialogue will sing off the pages.
I took an online course on how to write sexual tension. The moderator asked how we got in the mood. Participants listed candles, chocolate, and music. When I stated I just wrote, one of the participants asked for my address and insisted she would send me a CD of mood music. Poor thing tried. Rap just...just didn't cut it for me. The only mood it put me in was for silence. Nice post. Lovely blog, too.
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