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Emotion

Horror Writing Desire and Dread: How to Use Horror to Deepen Emotional Stakes

Author Clay McLeod Chapman breaks down the similarities and differences of writing desire and dread in horror fiction.

Clay McLeod Chapman

Children's Writing Effective Emotions for Pre-Teen Readers Sherry Shahan

Writing Habits and Practices Why Emotions Are a Writer’s Secret Weapon Jean-Pierre Lacroix

Children's The Medicine in the Magic: Writing Big Emotions in Children Stories B.R. Duray

Write Better Poetry Combining Poems and Emotion Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Poetry How to Balance Humor With Anxiety and/or Grief In Poetry J. K. Kennedy

Write Better Fiction Crafting Compelling Emotional Arcs in Fiction RaeAnne Thayne

Writing Techniques Writing Big Feelings (Minus the Maudlin)Peter Mountford

WD Podcasts Evoking Emotion and Conflict in Fiction and Nonfiction The Editors of Writer's Digest

Young Adult Adrienne Tooley: On Giving Time for Lightbulb Moments in Fiction Robert Lee Brewer

Writing Techniques 5 Thoughts on How Crying Shapes a Story—and Characters Benjamin Perry

Young Adult 14 Techniques to Write Emotional Truth to Engage Readers: Why It Works and How in Successful Storytelling Robin Farmer

Writing Techniques 5 Tips for Evoking Emotion in Writing Rebecca Yarros

Writing Techniques Evoking Emotion in Fiction: Seven Pragmatic Ways to Make Readers Give a Damn Dustin Grinnell

Writer's Digest Magazine November/December 2019 Online Exclusives Truth Serum: Extended Interview With Karen Russell, Esme Weijun Wang, and Jericho Brown Jera Brown

There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest Working With Objects to Create Emotion in Characters Nancy Peacock

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