The Sad Love Story is Back!

It has been a long time since I last posted on this Sad Love Story Faraway Place blog. Well, I am back. Am I back to tell you about my love story that ends with a happy ending? No, not yet. That is still in the works. Yes, I am still on the search for love. True love, and I will not settle until I find it. And none of you should settle either. Never settle! Wait for true love. This post is not really supposed to be about my love story though. I was going to talk about what I am going to do with this blog now. Well, perhaps there is enough time to talk a little about both.

If you haven’t read my Sad Love Story post from about a year ago, then you may want to read it. Or you can just move forward with me. I have lots of hope of finding true love very soon in fact, but all good things come in good time. Patience is key, which I have to keep reminding myself. I think this summer is going to be a great summer of love. I am still on all of the dating sites. I have found a few more to join as well, which I don’t think I am going to mention here. Let’s just say there are tons of dating sites out there. Dating sites that are geared towards people who enjoy specific hobbies or whatnot.

I changed my default picture the other day and low and behold I have received about a hundred emails over a couple of days! Now, I had the one picture in my profile of pictures. All I did was make it my default picture. This picture is not a scandalous picture either. Okay, it is one of those mirror pictures that so many people don’t like. (Why do so many people dislike those pics anyway? I don’t care if a person shows some skin. If they want to flaunt it, I like to look! haha:) But I took the picture from the waist up and I am wearing a tight shirt that covers everything, it is tight though. Anyway, the point is, if you want to attract a lover, make sure your pictures are up to par. And please put up as many pictures as you can. One picture only says you are trying to hide something.

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Anyway, I am so happy things in the love department are looking bright. We will see what happens. Perhaps next time I will post a happy love story, not a sad one. I have been talking a lot to this one guy on the phone and on Skype. He lives out of state though, yes I know, I know. But we have so much in common and he is funny! We will see...

The Future of The Sad Love Story Faraway Place

Back to the depressing love story blog. I have been thinking about trying to write some short tear jerker love stories as ebooks. I have always loved reading romantic stories my whole life. I have written a romantic vampire novel, but it never got past the editing stage. It is now being used to hold up my bed. Well, after all my past relationship woes something has to hold up my bed...j/k. So I was thinking I might try my hand a short stories. I may post some here and would really appreciate it if you would give me some feedback. Now, I just need a kick in the butt to actually start writing and stop dreaming.

I was also thinking I might read and review some great sad romantic stories. Of course, I love romantic vampire novels, but I will try to review some short love stories of all genres instead. Please, let me know of any love stories that are your favorites. I would love to read them and post about them. Until the next sad love story, farewell.

A Sad Love Story that Began with a Lie

This is a sad love story about a young man and woman who once met at a party. The girl was quite beautiful, as every man wanted her. The man was an average guy that no one really paid much attention too. After the party was over he got up the courage to invite her for a cup of coffee. She accepted his invitation and together they went and sat down in a small coffee shop. He was very nervous and did not say much, which made her feel a little uncomfortable when the young man finally spoke and ask the waiter to bring him some salt. He then took the salt and poured some into his coffee.

Many people began to stare at what the young man had done. His face began to turn red, but he continued to pour the salt into his cup of coffee. The young woman then asked him why did you put salt in your coffee. He then went on to tell her that when he was a young boy he lived near the ocean and how he loved playing in the salty water. So each time he has coffee he puts salt in it and it reminds him of his childhood days of living near the ocean and how much he missed his home town and his late parents too.

After listening to his story her eyes began to fill with tears. She was so touched by his story that seemed to come deep from inside his heart. She though a man who can tell about his feelings of being home sick and his inner feelings about his late parents has the kind of compassion that she just admired very much.

As time went on they began to date and she discovered just how kind-hearted, warm, caring, and what a loving person he was. She loved his sweet love words and love phrases that he always said to her. She thought how she almost missed out on getting together with him if it was not for the salty coffee. This story then became like so many other stories. They would go on to marry and would live happily for many years to come. Every time she made him a cup of coffee she would put salt into it as she knew he would always want it that way.

Thirty years went on by and he passed away and he left her a letter that she would read. It said, My dearest wife, I hope you will forgive me as I once told you a lie. It was the only lie I ever told you. Do you recall the very first time we had met. I was quite nervous with you sitting with me at the coffee shop. I wanted some sugar but instead I said salt. It was a mistake and also it was hard for me to admit it, so I just went along with it and let you think I really wanted salt instead of sugar, I was too embarrassed to tell you that part. And now that I am dying I need to tell you about this sad romantic story. I really did not like salt in my coffee, but I had salt in my coffee ever since we had met and I always knew I would never have any regrets or feel sorry for what I had done. Having you as my wife gave me the greatest happiness I had ever experienced in my whole life.

If I was able to live even a little longer I would still use salt in my coffee a second time and I would continue to love you as my wife even if I had to live a life again with the lie of drinking coffee with salt added to it. Tears filled up in her eyes as she thought some day somewhere someone may ask her just what does coffee taste like with salt added into it. She knew just what she would say. She would simply reply, it is so sweet.

And that is the end of this heartrending love story.  I don't know who wrote this story. Please let me know the name of the author, if you know. As of now this story will be by an unknown author. I cannot believe the man took salt is his coffee for so many years! I can't believe he never fessed up about the lie. I guess that is love, but I think the salty coffee part is the saddest part of all. I think it is suppose to mean that love is when someone will do anything for you. What do you think? What are some of your favorite stories? Feel free to leave a comment or email me one of your own and I will post it! Do you have a sad love story to share?

How to Write a Sad Love Story

Have you always dreamed of writing a sad love story? You can write a whole story from beginning to end. You can write a short story or a whole novel. Believe in yourself and just start writing. Make a deadline and meet it, that’s all it takes. Make a word count goal and stick to it everyday. Here are a few tips to get you thinking about how to write your very own story.

The Plot: To create a heartbreaking love story the initial information about the story is important. The beginning is important. When you create anything, you need a solid start to it, so that you have something good to build on. The most enjoyable stories are those that bring out emotions in your readers. If the initial part of the story brings out the happiness of the story, then this will allow you to create the sad ending. Don’t worry too much about how you will get from point A to point B. Just start writing, ideas will come to you as you write. Knowing a general plot is all you need, such as girl meets boy. Boy looses girl and so on…

Creating mood: A key to any sad romantic story, is to create a mood of happiness and joy. You want to make the initial mood as peaceful, happy, and a place that someone would enjoy being. It can be in a physically peaceful and beautiful place, or in a beautiful situation that brings great joy. Try to put a certain mood or conflict on every page. Keep the readers turning those pages, so they cannot wait to see what happens next.

Creating characters you care about: You must make the main players someone that most people would enjoy knowing. When you care about the characters involved in a heartrending love story, you start to appreciate their feelings and their situation. You must also make them people that we see in everyday life so that we all can relate to them. Create strengths and weaknesses in the characters personalities or emotions, that in the future may be used to help create the problems which lie ahead. Give readers a hero or heroine they can relate to, but make them human as well. No one is perfect. Make your bad guys have a motive as well, besides just being crazy.

The first meeting: The next important thing to do is to make the first meeting of the characters real. We all can remember our first meeting with those that we know well, and it is important to make it as real as possible. It will allow the reader to appreciate the meeting as one that happens in everyday in life. Show the love that ignites around the characters. Describe how the characters are feeling when they first meet. Describe how their surroundings affect them.

The relationship: Now it is important for the writer to make the relationship grow into something special. This can be very enjoyable for many writers because you can use your thoughts to make emotional bonds between the characters. Remember that the more you make the subjects care about one another, the more tear jerking love story you will have.

The reasons that make the sad love story: Now that you have a happy story that seems to be going well, you need to create a situation that is too difficult for the couple to overcome. The two major reasons a couple ends their relationship are being unfaithful, or the pressures of dealing with bad money situations. These two problems are used many times in sad love stories. You can also include situations like illness, mental or emotional problems, or even misunderstandings that can not be solved due to a lack of communication. Create a major conflict and a whole bunch of little conflicts, both internal and external, in order to keep the story moving.

The final chapter: It is important now to create a final situation in which the couple cannot overcome their problems. Make sure that you show the emotions of each character and the sadness it brings. Write about their reactions to the problem and show how it affects each character. This will allow your readers to feel the pain of this couple, and will allow them to feel bad for them because of the connection they have with the characters in the story.

The most important thing is to have fun writing your story. Just keep on writing. Remember that this is just a first draft. Nobody’s first draft is 100% ready to be publish. So have fun writing, even if you think it is crap, just keep writing. Write everyday, even if it is just one sentence. Keep writing in order to keep the momentum going. Create characters you love. Give them sexy or wacky personality traits. Create conflict on every page and make you story heartbreaking. Believe in yourself and know that you can write an amazing sad love story!

Reasons People Relate To A Sad Love Story

Why is it that most human beings can relate to a sad love story? Well, there are many reasons, of course, but here are just a few for you to mull over:

It can be easily said that most humans crave love. People are born to give and receive love, and in fact, love is said to be the emotion responsible for most of the things that people do and say. And, unless you are one of those rare people who don't feel anything at all, you can probably relate to needing the connection in your life, as well.

Most people can easily relate to a sad romantic story that was supposed to last forever, but it didn’t, instead it ended badly. Most of us have experienced the same type of heartbreak others experience, at least once in our lives, if not more. So when a person hears about a tragic ending to a love story - or sees a sad love movie - she automatically makes a connection with the person, or actor, she most relates to in regard to her own experience. This also helps a person see that broken hearts are common to most, and helps her to realize she is not alone, she hasn't been singled out for punishment. Bad things happen to us all, we just have to keep moving on. Have hope that one day your story will have a happily ever after.

Misery Loves Company with a Sad Love Story

A heartbreaking love story can opens a person's eyes to see that she's in "good" company when she watches another go through something she has gone through in her own life, especially if the other person's circumstances are worse than her own were. This may seem like a cruel and cold-hearted way for someone to make a connection, but in essence, it helps that person to laugh it off and stop feeling bad about her own life, as she now learns to count her blessings. Life is too short to feel sad for very long. Think about all the good relationships you will have in the future. Think about how you are a stronger person. Know that good will come of this.

A perfect love life all the time makes for boring conversation. It's also a fact that if all the love relationships in the world went off without a hitch, no one would ever want to hear about them - or pay to watch movies about them, either. However, those love affairs that turn out to be train-wrecks are fascinating to everyone - especially if the storyline has to do with love that has become suddenly "unrequited" for no apparent reason, or those in which a third party has become involved. And, look at it this way - without sad love stories, which turn sour, there would be no more need for those popular sad love songs that are such a hit with most people.

So now you know a few of the reasons most people can relate to a sad love story. Whether or not they have noble intentions of being sympathetic by their interest, the fact remains that sadness in love seems to hold a strong attraction for the masses. Many people use them as a great way to cope over their own relationship breakups. They can be a good way to let it all out and then to get your mind off of yourself. There is always someone who had worse relationship stories than you. Love is hard to find, but if it wasn’t, life might be too boring. So lets be happy regardless of what happens and know that one day we will find true love.