In this course you will learn how to show emotions in your characters, as you write your story. You’ll learn techniques on how to trigger emotional responses in your readers. You will also learn ways to inspire your imagination as you try to evoke emotions in your scenes. We will look at several practical examples that you can perform, so that you are able to put into practice what you are learning We want to look at evoking emotions in detail because they are a key ingredient in putting together a great recipe for an impactful story. Evoking emotions in your story is one of the main reasons why people read books. When people can imagine themselves in your story, their real-world surroundings fall away and as they escape to this virtual, and fictional world that you would have created. Readers love that, they love to escape. They forget how bored or sad they were before they started reading the book. It for that reason that great writers have mastered the art of manipulating the reader’s emotions to keep their readers glued to their stories.
Here is what you will learn from this course:
-Learn how to use the protagonist to create emotions in your stories.
-Learn how to use your own personal experiences to trigger emotional responses in readers.
-Learn how to Show not Tell.
-Learn how to introduce emotions gradually and build up to intense emotions.
-Learn how to use sensory details to evoke emotions
-Lear how to create a story outline and when to plot emotions in your chapters.
-Learn how you can get new knowledge from reading other great writers works.