This is my first story and my boss told me what the story was to be about. Basically it is my chance to prove that i can do it since i was send there with good recomendations, as well as a winning gold medal from a contest. I came to this forum because in my lenguage there is little forums about this, and i wanted a place where most of the people were serious people, people that could give me real answeers. If you are writing for a women's magazine and this is a short story, then consider your audience. Romance seduces women although it is different what every woman considers romance to be.
Attention seems to be a uniting element of attraction and seduction.
Since your novel is a story and not based on reality, I would encourage you to some sort of positive and unexpected hopeful spin on it that isn't crushed in reality but is illuminated by it. Know that life will knock you around a bit and don't expect it to be easy-from what I've heard the writing profession is a pretty difficult one. Look at your audience. I'm sure they probably talked to you about that in school. The Lessons Children Learn.