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ASIN: 1884910335
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Creating Character Emotions   (Rated: ASR)
Product Type: Book
Reviewer: ElaineElaine Author Icon
Review Rated: ASR
Amazon's Price: $ 13.44
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If you are looking for a good study book – a book that will help you develop your skills in vividly describing character emotions, then Ann Hood’s Creating Character Emotions [Storypress: 1998] is the book for you.
 
Hood divides the book into an introduction, an overview of character emotion, and a number of specific emotions with specific examples of what to write and what not to write. The emotions she covers range from Anger to Worry. Each chapter contains specific exercises the developing writer can improve in presenting emotion. If you do not have access to a real life class, I would suggest this book as a workbook for your writing development.
 
Hood is a long time teacher. I liked what she had to say about her classes and how she realized she had never specifically taught a lesson on character emotions:
 
However, the truth is that the lessons about rendering character emotions were taught every time class met. Emotions affect every other element of fiction – dialogue, action, character development, plot, them. “Our feelings,” Audre Lorde wrote in Black Women Writers at Work, “are our most genuine paths to knowledge.” The same can be said for the emotions we render in our fiction: When written well and convincingly, they lead us to more genuine characters who act and speak and think in a richer way. Emotions lead us to more believable plot twists and turns, enhance dramatic tension, help to illustrate themes. In short, they inform every aspect of our fiction.
 
I found Hood’s most important points to be
 
         *Bullet* Be original.
         *Bullet* Use your own experiences and emotions
         *Bullet* Use specific details
         *Bullet* Be true to your character
         *Bullet* Don’t rush the emotional journey
         *Bullet* Use suggestion
         *Bullet* Pick your point of view
         *Bullet* Unpredictable is good
         *Bullet* Allow for emotional complexity

Further Comments...
CHAPTERS
 
Introduction
 
Part One
Writing about Emotion
 
Part Two: The Emotions
Anger
Anxiety
Apathy
Confusion
Contentment
Curiosity
Desire
Despair
Excitment
Fear
Fondness
Forgiveness
Gratitude
Grief
Guilt
Happiness
Hate
Hope
Hostility
Irritation
Jealousy
Loneliness
Longing
Love (Parent-Child)
Love (Romantic)
Passion
Resignation
Restlessness
Revenge
Sadness
Shame
Surprise
Suspicion
Sympathy
Tenderness
Worry
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