The Emotional Craft Of Fiction < 360p >

Use short, choppy sentences. Fragments. Rapid-fire thoughts.

Use an object, situation, or chain of events to serve as the formula for a particular emotion (e.g., a cracked windshield representing a broken relationship). 2. Physicality and the Interior Monologue Humans experience emotion in the body first. The Emotional Craft of Fiction

Using the weather (rain for sadness) is a classic trope, but Emotional Contrast is often more effective. A character receiving devastating news on a bright, beautiful spring day emphasizes their isolation from the rest of the world. Use short, choppy sentences

Most people avoid direct emotional confrontation in real life; your characters should too. your characters should too.