The Emotional Craft of Fiction
How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface
by Donald Maass
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appears in Best Books on Writing, Writing, and Nonfiction.
Engage Your Readers with EmotionWhile writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience must be an emotional journey of its own, one as involving as your characters' struggles, discoveries, and triumphs ...
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