You might know about White Room Syndrome—when a writer forgets to describe the setting. But have you heard of Blank Face Syndrome? It’s when the writer…
Like most creative endeavors, there aren’t many wrong ways to approach writing. As every person is so unique and specialized, it would be silly (and unrealistic)…
Love scenes are an important part of the emotional journey for characters. Whether you’re writing a romance novel, a novel that contains romance, or telling the…
We all get angry sometimes, but what makes us angry — and what we do about it — varies widely from person to person. The same…
Fiction writers face a tricky balance with emotional scenes. We want the reader to feel the story as deeply as the characters do. However, it’s easy…
Writing character emotions requires a delicate balance of showing and telling, action and exposition. Excessive emotional description will make a character seem too wrapped up in…
Emotion can make or break a story. Getting readers to feel each scene right alongside your characters transforms your words into real people. Readers will bond…
Last week I talked about how sometimes simple-sounding feedback from beta readers or editors may indicate a bigger issue with your manuscript, and I shared my…
Writing emotional scenes is often trying for authors because they’re tricky to get right. You want what happens to your characters to matter. But you also…