How To Add Emotion In Fiction

Learning to write in deep point of view isn’t easy — not for most writers at any rate. It’s so tempting just to tell the reader what’s going on, how the character feels, what the character wants/prioritizes. Instead, if we can stretch ourselves and learn to SHOW instead of tell, immerse the reader in the character’s emotional journey, readers develop an emotional connection readers can’t get enough of. The glue that makes deep pov work, that collects all the threads together into a cohesive ...