Anyone know what 'overly blunt emotions' means?

Got this from a pre-reader for EqD (Yes. I still submit for insight), and I got this as one of the drawbacks of my 'stories'. What does it mean, man? Does it mean I have to become one with the cosmos, maaaaan?

Comments

[NaughtSought]

I'd assume (though I may be wrong) that the claim is you're trying to convey emotion too harshly. Something like a hopelessly sad/happy/etc scene with little warrant/lead into it.
Look for "Wham Episode" for examples of what I'm guessing they mean.

[The Psychopath]

4303380 But I thought the reaction of Sweetie Belle with no place to escape to and nearly escaping death so many times in 'Eyes in the trees' was befitting of her having a nervous breakdown in the end.

[The Psychopath]

4303380 Looks like everyone else is as perplexed as I am.

[DictatorDuck]

I haven't read the story, but that tends to mean you are telling the reader the emotions too directly. This leads back to "show, not tell," you don't want to just tell your reader that a character is feeling something, you want to convey it more subtly. The only thing that jumped out at me was you used a lot of dialogue to convey the emotion, but I'm no language major so don't base much from me. Someone who knows their way around writing and language to help would do you a lot of good.

[The Psychopath]

4303914 But...how am I supposed to convey the fear Sweetie had if I don't mention symptoms and facial expressions?

[mastermenthe]

4303998
IMHO you did fine, the reader simply saw what you wrote a little too strongly in his mind's eye.