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The Emotional Craft of Fiction
by Donald Maass
How to make readers feel: inner versus outer emotion, the emotional plot, the moral of the story. Maass's most sophisticated book.
Read it if…
readers admire your writing but do not feel it.
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Skip it if…
you want plot mechanics.
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Three things you will actually use
- Readers feel what they infer, not what is stated.
- Emotional plot runs under the outer plot.
- Surprise the reader's heart.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the emotional journey.
Our verdict
Making readers feel.
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