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    The Best Book on Writing Emotion in Fiction

    Emotional Craft of Fiction Book, The Best Book on Writing Emotion in Fiction, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2019/05/30/emotion-in-fiction, #emotioninfiction #fiction #novel #books #writing #craft #DonaldMaass #emotion

    There are a lot of books that will teach you how to write fiction. And the best ones not only address the craft of storytelling but the issues beneath the story's surface. A main character's wound, the overarching theme, internal versus external conflicts. But the key to a really compelling novel is expression emotion in fiction. And that's the hardest piece to put on the page.

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    The Weird Magic of Intention in my 2018 Year

    Desk With Calendar, The Weird Magic of Intention in my 2018 Year, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2019/01/04/weird-magic-of-intention #writing #books #novel #writinglife #NewYearsResolution #intention

    I’m not really a New Year’s resolution kind of person. I try to keep little resolutions throughout the year like exercising every day and not spending too much time on social media. But in reviewing my 2018 year, I realized I did have one resolution: to change my intention. It wasn’t anything big but, like a weird kind of magic, it changed my writing career. A Year’s Journey I started out 2018 realizing that though I was a writer, I didn’t have a book to offer readers, I didn’t have…