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How important are the author's mood and emotions while writing a story or describing a scene? For example, while writing an erotic scene, is it important for the author to feel the same way as the...
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How important are the author's mood and emotions while writing a story or describing a scene? For example, while writing an erotic scene, is it important for the author to feel the same way as they expect the readers to feel when describing the scene? Or for another example, should the author also feel happy, sad, etc. to match the feeling of the character and get the correct words in?