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Q&A Is it a good idea to try to make my readers feel attached to the character's home?

Towards the beginning of my story, my character is forced to leave home. I'm hoping this scene will be rather eventful and emotional and specifically don't want it to be meaningless to the reader (...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by sbras‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:44:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/19469
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar sbras‭ · 2019-12-08T04:44:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
Towards the beginning of my story, my character is forced to leave home. I'm hoping this scene will be rather eventful and emotional and specifically don't want it to be meaningless to the reader (as it happens early on in the story). My question is two-fold:

- Is it a good idea to try and make my readers feel attached to the character's home in order to increase the emotion of the moment?

- Is spending a little more time describing the character's home and its surroundings a good way to accomplish this?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-10-23T21:43:11Z (about 9 years ago)
Original score: 4