Here's what I learned from The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass. Get the book here: [ Ссылка ]
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⏲️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - Infuse infodumps with meaning
05:05 - Write around the emotion
10:51 - Small details create big emotion
15:46 - Building an emotional hook
20:53 - Ask your characters the right questions
24:56 - Create polarity shifts
28:03 - Moral elevation
Stories used as examples:
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - [ Ссылка ]
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - [ Ссылка ]
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King - [ Ссылка ]
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - [ Ссылка ]
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson - [ Ссылка ]
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