It Depends Blog #3
Fear, sadness, shame, anger. Emotions move people, motivate them to act …do something. But wait a minute, psychology says emotions are simple biochemical impulses that rise, peak, and release, intended to notify us of internal and external happenings.
Can a writer someone create a connection between the places, people, and emotions strong enough that a reader can feel it? Of course! But how?
Emotions are biochemical responses. If you want to be thoroughly confused, there is a link below where two scientists discuss what emotions are.*
Most people have felt all the feelings above at some time in life. A writer describes an emotional picture and maintains an emotional tone that others have shared, a racing heart, fear in the throat, or red-hot anger. The character’s feeling connects the reader and drives the individual to wonder what the character will do with the emotions. Plot twists prolong the emotion. Resolution, in unique ways, pushes a reader deeper into the book.
Doesn’t always work. It depends …
I am more comfortable writing about Psychology than applying it to writing. Henceforth (great word), I will be writing about Psychology.