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 89%
inspiring 47%
reflective 36%
lighthearted 10%
challenging 5%
emotional 5%
funny 5%
hopeful 5%
tense 5%

Pace

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slow 21%
fast 15%

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