{"id":18973,"date":"2018-04-20T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=18973"},"modified":"2018-05-10T13:39:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T20:39:40","slug":"evoke-reader-emotions-by-kay-keppler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/20\/evoke-reader-emotions-by-kay-keppler\/","title":{"rendered":"Evoke Reader Emotions by Kay Keppler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist, editor, and novelist,\u00a0Kay Keppler<\/a>, as she shares with us \u201cEvoke Reader Emotions.\u201d\u00a0En<\/em>joy!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Beginning a story\u2014before you write the first word\u2014can sometimes be made a lot simpler if you think of how you want to end it.<\/p>\n

What do you want your readers to get from your story\u2014and not just about plot.<\/p>\n

What kind of story are you writing, and how do you want your readers to feel when they finish it? How do you want them to remember your work?<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Story?<\/h2>\n

Are you writing a romance, mystery, or memoir? Or perhaps a literary novel, self-help book, or children\u2019s story? At the end of it, do you want your readers to be happy, sad, or nostalgic?<\/p>\n

Do you want them to feel hopeful and determined, or disillusioned and betrayed? They\u2019ll remember as much about how they felt about your book as the details of the plot you developed.<\/p>\n

Figuring out how you want your readers to feel can improve your plotting. Everything you include in your plot should lead to this emotion in some way.<\/p>\n


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