The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface -- Donald Maass, Paperback
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 novel...or 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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