A certain ?friend? sits over my shoulder when I write. Now Terry McLaurin Womens Jersey , she sits there figuratively, not literally, but she always says, "Dig deeper. Let me see and feel the emotion." She reads some more before asking, "Where's the emotion? Don't skim the surface. Let me feel what your character felt."
"But it hurts to feel the emotion enough to share it," I complain.
"Well (actually she used a stronger word Montez Sweat Womens Jersey , but I don't), do you really want to be a writer? Then write so the reader feels." She leans back and folds her arms, daring me to be a writer.
Yes, Jessie, I think I've learned that lesson well by now. However, the stuff I read doesn't show the emotion often. The writer doesn't really do more than scratch the surface of the emotion or emotions needed. I find myself repeating your mantra Dwayne Haskins Womens Jersey , "Where's the emotion?"
"The sunset was beautiful." Huh? What does that mean? What does beautiful mean? Where is the emotion the writer wants to share by using the word beautiful?
"The golden rays of the sun melted into shades of rose with tinges of orange. The glory sent tingles up my spine." Do those words give more depth? Can you, the reader, better understand what beautiful means?
"She was sad." Sad? I can be sad when I break my favorite vase, but what I feel as I gaze at the pictures of my missing grandchildren is a sorrow so overwhelming that I feel as if a hole is gaping in my chest. The pain is so intense that I actually grab my chest and gasp with the sharp agony.
Showing the emotion is difficult because a writer must feel the emotion first. When I write of the loss of my youngest child, I have to relive that experience. When I write about facing the fact that my husband may not be with me much longer, I have to feel and then put into the words the horror I am facing. However Da'Ron Payne Womens Jersey , through my experiences, I can give the emotions of my fictional characters life.
Ah, but you say you've never experienced anything like death or extreme pain. When a writer hasn't personally experienced the emotions she is trying to desribe, then she must use imagination.
So many times I stood in front of high school students explaining how they could take events in their lives and expand those experiences to become descriptions in their writings. If they needed to write about sorrow, I would ask them to think about the saddest thing that ever happened to them and then remember how they felt, really go back and relive that feeling. Then they were to expand and exaggerate that emotion Landon Collins Womens Jersey , put it into words. If someone had never suffered the death of a loved one or even a pet, I'd ask if they had a friendship break up or a friend move away. If so, use that and imagine that it was a worse loss.
I was able to do that when writing about fictional characters, but when it came to writing the emotions I lived, I failed. That's when my shoulder-sitter entered the picture, poking and prodding Alex Smith Womens Jersey , making me dig and feel and write. ?Give me the details of what you felt, what controlled you at the time.? So I dug deep into my memories and put them out for others to experience with me.
So where's the emotion in your writing? You may experience discomfort and even pain as you put those in-depth feelings into words for others to read, but the result is good writing.
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