Today is the last day to join, so if you want in on it, be sure to read over the rules and PM Shakespearicles!OPWA: Episode Sixteen · 5:36pm Mar 4th, 2019
Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.
...Or In This Case, I Share The Free Stuff I Find - Pt. 5
(AKA "Blog share: How Do Great Authors Use Emotion In Their Books?")
Kind of a quick update after my last post! I just read this new blog by K.M. Weiland. I've used Weiland's tips before in my other posts, but I can't recall if I've ever done a blog share from her.
How to Write Emotion: An Experimental Study
a post from K.M. Weiland's blog
What I like about K.M. Weiland's approach to teaching advanced writing techniques is that she's easy to understand, yet her tips have the capability of creating a lot of depth to your stories. She's really good about providing simple exercises to get you quickly started. I'm using her story planning books as a guide for an original novel in the works, and it's helped me a lot in improving my rough drafts.
To be clear, Weiland isn't actually the one who came up with the original exercise in the post I'm sharing. She got the idea of studying one's favorite novels to better understand emotion from a man named Matt Giani. Weiland just summarizes Giani's approach in her blog so that others might be able to benefit from the exercise too.
Another thing: the exercise in Weiland's post isn't a quick one. To get the full benefit, one must be patient, organized, and an active reader (meaning you assess and analyze every line you read instead of just passively enjoying the story.) If one is diligent and reads their book of choice to the end, then they will get a complete set of data to make conclusions with. Not finishing the book sort of defeats the purpose. BUT! If you can stick with it, there's great value to be found in breaking down how your favorite authors construct their stories.
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Nice.