The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface by Donald Maass

The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

Donald Maass

218 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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Engage Your Readers with Emotion While 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 ...

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Moods

informative 92%
inspiring 50%
reflective 46%
emotional 10%
hopeful 10%
lighthearted 10%
challenging 3%
funny 3%
relaxing 3%
tense 3%

Pace

medium 62%
fast 20%
slow 17%

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