Write What You Feel
It's simple to share our jobs and interests with readers, but when it comes to sharing actual feelings, many people turn to The Emotion Thesaurus or something similar. There's nothing wrong with that book, but if you rely on outside sources for your story's crucial emotional beats, you're cheating both your characters and your readers.
Most of us have experienced both the highs and lows of life by the time we reach our adolescence.
Channel those memories, relive them, and investigate how joy, pain, anger, and guilt impacted you both internally and externally. What were your thoughts like the first time you experienced true loss? On the happiest day of your life, how did your body react physically? You might think you don't have a frame of reference for a particular plot point, but chances are you do if you dig deep enough.
The ability to elicit emotions from the reader is one of the most powerful writing skills an author can have. Many readers turn to novels to be transported to a world of intense emotion, whether it's the grief of a loved one's death or the euphoria of first falling in love.
Evoking emotions in your readers can make them feel more invested in your characters and the story as a whole, whether you're a novelist, blogger, or short story writer.
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