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    On Writing Emotions: A Writer’s Guide to Mastering Feelings in Fiction

    I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned this several times now, but here’s the recap anyway. As you know, I’m doing the final editing round of my manuscript these days. And one of the major edits I’ve been struggling with is mastering the art of writing emotions. I feel like, as writers, we often get lost in accurately depicting emotions, especially when it comes to emotions like pain and loss. We as people tend to process emotions very differently and our characters, being diverse, tend to have different reactions too. Stories are built on the foundation of action and reaction.  When something meaningful occurs, readers want to see how characters respond. These…