I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.

In the summer of '80, Silhouette bought my first book.

Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie?"
"Kiss a cow farm boy

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech.

When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.