Description
The essential guide to evoking emotional experiences in your readers Writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, but none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. Veteran literary agent and expert fiction instructor Donald Maass shows you how to use story to provoke a visceral and emotional experience in readers. You’ll learn: – emotional modes of writing- beyond showing versus telling- your story’s emotional world- moral stakes- connecting the inner and outer journeys- plot as emotional opportunities- invoking higher emotions, symbols, and emotional language- cascading change- story as emotional mirror- positive spirit and magnanimous writing- the hidden current that makes stories move Readers can simply read a they can experience it. The Emotional Craft of Fiction shows you how to make that happen.
Author: Donald Maass
Publisher: Writer’s Digest Books
Published: 12/30/2016
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.6 lbs
Size: 8.4″ H x 5.4″ L x 0.7″ W
ISBN: 9781440348372
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