Comments on: How a Character’s Unexpected Emotions Will Draw Readers In

By: Emotional Connections With Readers | Writers In The Storm

Emotional Connections With Readers | Writers In The Storm — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:43:48 +0000

[…] his has stuck with me since: use emotional writing to give readers something new to experience. I wrote about it here in depth, but the cliff note version is that Donald encouraged us to take a highly emotional moment and dig […]

By: Death by Comparison | WRITERS HELPING WRITERSWRITERS HELPING WRITERS

Death by Comparison | WRITERS HELPING WRITERSWRITERS HELPING WRITERS — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:38:51 +0000

[…] UP! If you liked Angela’s post on Cultivating Reader Interest through Unexpected Emotion from her recent Donald Maass Workshop, she’s sharing another lesson learned over at Rebekah […]

By: Angela Ackerman

Angela Ackerman — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:08:11 +0000

I didn’t until I saw your comment! Talk about making my day 🙂

By: Misha Gericke

Misha Gericke — Tue, 28 May 2013 07:27:03 +0000

That’s really awesome! Speaking of which, did you know Donald Maass posted your link on twitter? 😉

By: Grace Burrowes

Grace Burrowes — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:25:04 +0000

I write romance, and pretty much the ONLY way I can approach the requisite intimate scenes (book after book, scene after scene) is by applying this technique. Desire, yearning, longing, arousal = yawn, yawn, skim, and go get a snack. When I can peer under the emotional bed and find boredom, resentment, loneliness, gloating, humor… the scene develops power, and takes it’s place as an uncuttable contribution to character and dramatic arcs, and, oh, yum, good stuff, indeed!

By: shirley richey

shirley richey — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:30:34 +0000

I’m definitely not a lyrical writer, so I could really benefit from practicing this technique. Thank you!

By: Julie Musil

Julie Musil — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:41:44 +0000

Wow, I never thought of that! And heck, your free writing is darn AWESOME!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:26:49 +0000

Sounds like a fantastic workshop. And yes, I do love his 21st Century Fiction.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:09:44 +0000

Sounds like a great class. Unexpected Emotions-that is why I want to read. Off to dig deeper into my WIP. Thank you for your posts, and your Emotional Writing Brilliance!

By: Martha Ramirez

Martha Ramirez — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:08:25 +0000

First of all, your story sounds amazing! Second, what a great two min writing spree! You did good!

Yup, I try to add unexpected things as well. I have a note on my external hard drive that includes this and other awesome recommendations Donald encourages writers to do from his other writing books. Love how you came up with DESIRE.

I think this may be the only book I don't have of his. Thank you so much!

Donald is thee man! And you, the WO man :-)

By: Martha Ramirez

Martha Ramirez — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:06:50 +0000

By: Theresa Milstein

Theresa Milstein — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:15:17 +0000

I like the idea of using “desire.” It’s a much more visual feeling.