It Starts with Us 📖

It Starts with Us

Hoover Colleen
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contemporary fiction romantic drama past tense third limited POV ~350 pp

Vibe

tense emotional redemptive

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 70
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 75
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count87,516
Page count~350 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited