Writing With Heart: Creating the Emotionally Engaging Character
It’s always been my aim to make readers care about my characters as if they’re real people with real hopes and fears and this post brings that vision to greater clarity. I think writers out there including myself can take away from the concrete ways presented here to make our characters more emotionally engaging.
Originally posted on Self-Published Authors Helping Other Authors:
Someone recently asked me about writing with emotion. ��This is really about creating the emotionally engaging character because if you don���t write emotion into your character, the reader won���t connect with that character on an emotional level. ��It���s hard to explain the difference between a great story and an emotionally satisfying story because the distinction is subtle.
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Write With Your Heart = Showing
Emotion-driven writing isn���t about telling your reader what your character is feeling. ��Something like, ���She was afraid she���d fail the test��� is telling the reader what the character is feeling. ��It���s also more than simple actions like gulping or trembling or crying. ��Those things are all about writing at the head level. ��It���s skimming the surface of the emotional journey your character is going through.
Emotion-driven writing is delving deep within the character and being right there in the moment, going���
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