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Q&A What makes writing emotional?

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 argumentativ...

5 answers  ·  posted 14y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:15:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:15:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
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 argumentative essay. The last paper I've received back had a comment saying that it was written more like an encyclopedia article than an essay.

How can I make my writing have more emotion? How can I "inject" personality into it?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2010-12-08T19:20:52Z (almost 14 years ago)
Original score: 25