https://writing.codidact.com/categories/1/tags/170.rssNew Posts Tagged 'emotions' - WritingWriting - Codidact2020-06-22T03:27:34Zhttps://writing.codidact.com/posts/276219Writing "light hearted" lead charactersLiquidhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80572020-06-20T20:50:06Z2020-06-22T03:27:34Z<p>For some reason, when I find myself writing a male protagonist, I seem to default to the brooding, gritty kind of man that could easily find his place into a noir novel. Those characters are oft...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/75051How to show powerful emotion in a character trying to hide it? Thomas Myronhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80502020-05-29T16:00:43Z2020-06-05T13:25:18Z<p>This question deals with showing the emotions of characters when those characters are actively trying to hide their emotions. If the emotion is something subtle, like apprehension or annoyance, ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/39087Outlining the climax made me lose interest in writing the actual storySangeethahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/78462019-11-13T05:59:43Z2020-02-20T11:14:11Z<p>I am a discovery writer. I wrote more than 50% of my first novel's first draft.</p>
<p>I got really confuse about some aspects of writing, so I took a break and analysed my plot. I've started ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34931Can disgust be a key component of horror?Liquidhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80572019-03-22T07:31:31Z2019-12-13T15:32:55Z<p>The feeling of disgust is often used in horrors, exspecially visual medias (where is arguably easier to shock the audience with great effect).
Often horror stories revolve around one scary elem...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31183How can you write when you're upset?Liquidhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80572018-10-18T20:41:44Z2019-12-13T15:32:54Z<p>I mean exactly this.</p>
<p>Writing needs focus, to some extent. Even if you may fall into a state were words flow naturally on the keyboard almost without effort, you still have to reach that ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36061Where is the line between a tough love character and a pure asshole?Kale Sladehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/3982019-05-18T14:11:24Z2019-12-13T12:00:48Z<p>So, I have a character who was going to just be an unlikable character at the start of the novel, but now I want to make her more caring towards certain people, like the innocent character. Thin...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36291How to detach yourself from a character you're going to kill?Kale Sladehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/3982019-05-28T15:47:41Z2019-12-13T11:56:52Z<p>So, in a WW2-ish story featuring a co-ed military, I have a female soldier who is very kind and caring. I'm setting her up to be a mascot and somewhat of the postergirl. Trouble is, she dies fur...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33837Making him into a bully (how to show mild violence)Cynhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80482019-02-27T16:02:39Z2019-12-13T11:56:49Z<p>Joe is the worst. Nobody likes him, not even the so-called friends he teams up with at school, filling other students with terror. He's sarcastic, nasty, and a bit of a racist, and especially ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32184Writing a crying sceneShirayuki hugon https://writing.codidact.com/users/69652018-12-13T15:13:12Z2019-12-13T11:56:48Z<p>Writing a crying scene makes me accidentally do repetitions like "the tears which were on her face broke down into a slithering stream..." and then putting the word tears again and again. </p>
...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/30998How can show that my cold hearted character is coping with grief?Liquidhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80572018-10-07T20:54:23Z2019-12-13T11:56:47Z<p>I have a little contradiction in my story that may well be fatal. </p>
<p>In my high sci-fi setting, one of my main characters is an android. Let's call him Bob. Bob is efficient, cold and stra...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37327How important are the author's mood and feelings for writing a story?srinihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/3122019-07-19T09:50:31Z2019-12-12T21:57:39Z<p>How important are the author's mood and emotions while writing a story or describing a scene?</p>
<p>For example, while writing an erotic scene, is it important for the author to feel the same ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36983How can I portray a resentful character without making them overtly angry?Neo1009https://writing.codidact.com/users/76322019-06-27T22:16:06Z2019-12-12T21:57:39Z<p>I am writing a fiction story about a elite unit, SFD (Strike Force Delta), during the Third World War. The war is basically extremely variable, it lasts from 2025 to 2030. I like to call it the ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33422How to write characters who hate when you don't understand it?Cherrieyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/3902019-02-13T14:10:07Z2019-12-12T21:57:34Z<p>I hadn't thought about it before, but today I came across a writing prompt that involved hate. My mind kept running up against walls. It's not a skill I have ever worked at fostering. I can't th...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33463How to make a grieving father less vengeful and see reason?Rasdashanhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/19122019-02-14T21:20:10Z2019-12-12T21:57:34Z<p>I have a character who, maddened by the suicide of his son, chooses to destroy the company the young man worked for, holding them responsible.</p>
<p>He is a successful businessman who told his...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32863How to show the same emotion multiple times?Lymabahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/65942019-01-23T16:18:22Z2019-12-12T21:57:32Z<p>I think everyone has heard the "show don't tell" rule. My question is how can I show same emotion multiple times without the description being the same. For example if my character is scared I c...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/13478Dealing with quick shifts in emotionJakehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/33952015-06-09T01:49:06Z2019-12-08T22:32:04Z<p>I have a character that, by design, quickly jumps between emotions. To put it into human terms, I have pictured scenes where he will, literally, within the span of a sentence, go from hysterical...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/38489Emotional arc typeslaancelothttps://writing.codidact.com/users/77802019-09-23T12:22:57Z2019-12-08T13:00:20Z<p>Assuming this vocabulary: the narrative arc is the arc which makes the plot go forward, while the emotional arc is the arc which engage the character on a deeper, not always logical level.</p>
...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/38218What is one way to write about feeling someone's sadness?Emilia Marchhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/78322019-09-02T20:09:45Z2019-12-08T12:53:14Z<p>For example:</p>
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<p>I sensed as if he became sad from the way he spoke after telling him
that I would go with her.</p>
</blockquote>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37334Developing a dialogue that unexpectedly leads to strong feelings between two strangerstawsonfieldhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/76502019-07-19T17:48:08Z2019-12-08T12:29:57Z<p>A short story I'm writing involves a stage in which the male protagonist talks to a stranger with the intent of asking them to do a favor for his friend. I want them to start having strong feeli...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36900How can I write a panicked scene without it feeling like it was written in haste?Dawn Kellihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/75472019-06-25T15:20:37Z2019-12-08T12:17:52Z<p>I normally try to place myself in my character's shoes and I think to myself, "how would I react if I were in this situation?" Well one of my beta-readers commented on my work, and he said the c...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36589How to represent jealousy in a cute way?KLTKGKhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/75812019-06-09T22:58:07Z2019-12-08T12:09:31Z<p>The main character (which is a girl) of the first romance I'm writing would feel jealous sometimes of her love interest, but I want it to be a cute trait or even a setup for funny scenes, not a ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36325How to write a vulnerable moment without it seeming cliche or mushy?Kale Sladehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/3982019-05-29T18:15:37Z2019-12-08T12:01:55Z<p>So, I have a kinda loudmouthed character who's always the first to fight and first to go on the offensive (This is a fantasy, so she fights a lot.) But, later in the story, she comes across some...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35676Saying something reluctantly dialogue tag or 'said' synonym?Margaret Belthttps://writing.codidact.com/users/68522019-04-25T01:42:03Z2019-12-08T11:45:46Z<p>For example, I'm rewriting a sex scene and my current dialogue and subsequent dialogue tag is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Almost reluctantly, he said, “Okay, I'll pull out now.”</p>
</blockquote>
<...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35305How to show that a character cares for another, but is also clumsy?davchahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/28952019-04-03T18:43:59Z2019-12-08T11:37:42Z<p>This is about a father who returns after a particularly long journey. Typically, he's not available very often anyway, but he deeply cares about his daughter. He also fails at behaving like a fa...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35107How to write character's emotional reactions in a screenplay?Andy Ahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/73542019-03-27T18:15:39Z2019-12-08T11:32:50Z<p><strong>Question :</strong> When writing my screenplay, I frequently find the urge to describe a character's emotion. However, I have read somewhere (I forget where) that this should be left to ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35064How do I keep an essay about "feeling flat" from feeling flat?April Salutes Monica C.https://writing.codidact.com/users/81602019-03-26T14:53:01Z2019-12-08T11:31:41Z<p>I was invited to participate in an anthology of essays about a tv show. I chose an episode based on the Wikipedia summary (since it had been so long since I had watched it), but after I watched...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34125Using rhythm to evoke emotionAGirlHasNoNamehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/63122019-03-04T20:54:09Z2019-12-08T11:08:56Z<p>When writing there is one area I am not great at leveraging. That's rhythm or meter. I don't <em>hear</em> meter naturally like some people do so I have to really break down the meter in order t...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33844What are the best techniques to show a character panicking as it is seen by the POV character?Paravalioushttps://writing.codidact.com/users/72032019-02-27T17:03:17Z2019-12-08T11:03:08Z<p>So the problem I am having is that the protagonist of the novel I am writing is having a confrontation with another character, who starts panicking. Instead of saying "panic dripped from his fac...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33333Describing paralyzing fear in the first personTrishttps://writing.codidact.com/users/71362019-02-08T21:04:04Z2019-12-08T10:51:04Z<p>I would appreciate some suggestions that would help me describe intense terrifying fear that my main character feels when the airplane he is on suddenly goes into a seemingly out of control dive...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32710Screenwriting Techniques: Emotional ProjectionJohn F101https://writing.codidact.com/users/70502019-01-15T15:14:14Z2019-12-08T10:36:22Z<p><strong>NECESSARY INFORMATION</strong></p>
<p>Recently I saw someone on the internet say that <em>Revenge Of The Sith</em> was so powerful because of an effect called "Emotional Projection." Th...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32336Short sentences vs. long sentences in fictionBob516https://writing.codidact.com/users/69852018-12-25T05:17:01Z2019-12-08T10:25:04Z<p>I understand that short sentences are a way to build tension. Do long sentences have a defined emotional impact in fiction writing?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/17123How do I make the downfall of a character moving without being cliche?DarkYagamihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/39272016-05-01T00:14:05Z2019-12-08T05:14:30Z<p>So, the character is an anti hero, he loses all his morals, and becomes the very thing he fights against. </p>
<p>How can I make the downfall of this character more emotionally moving/impactful...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/15293How do you know if your writing can become a story?Medshttps://writing.codidact.com/users/38322015-11-16T06:41:00Z2019-12-08T04:47:12Z<p>Hope this is the right forum to be asking a question! </p>
<p>I have been writing every since I can remember, my stories, writings, letters, poems, lessons and emotions were captured from as yo...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/14474How to create feeling with settingDynashttps://writing.codidact.com/users/15282015-08-29T19:02:08Z2019-12-08T04:35:23Z<p>I have a passion for setting. I've heard you should write about what you're passionate about. Now when I say passion I mean I like to visualize the fantastic place the author is describing to fo...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/2009What makes writing emotional?Systemhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/-12010-12-08T19:20:52Z2019-12-08T01:15:20Z<p>Over the years, my English professors seem to have agreed on one thing: that I'm a superb technical writer, but terrible at eliciting emotional response in something like a story or an argumenta...