Showing Emotion

Read Genesis 43-46

Genesis 43:30 "And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there."

When we’re writing a scene, we are so caught up in our work, we are seeing what the characters are seeing and feeling what the characters are feeling. It makes sense to write that the protagonist felt sad.

The reader needs a little more help before he becomes involved in the story. We need to find ways to show the characters’ emotions.

 

Pair actions with the emotions, even unconventional pairings, and the reader will become as attached to the story as the writer is.