The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface by Donald Maass

[Leslie]

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The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface by Donald Maass - In my opinion, connecting with feelings and emotions is key to storytelling.

View attachment 15160ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL CRAFT OF FICTION​

Engage Your Readers with Emotion

While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience must be an emotional journey of its own, one as involving as your characters' struggles, discoveries, and triumphs are for you.

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[Violet Tempest]

I totally agree. As a reader I want to live the story, and that means feeling the same emotions as the characters.