{"product_id":"9781440348433","title":"The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface","description":"\u003cb\u003eEngage Your Readers with Emotion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience must be an emotional journey of its own, one as involving as your characters' struggles, discoveries, and triumphs are for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That's where \u003ci\u003eThe Emotional Craft of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e comes in. Veteran literary agent and expert fiction instructor Donald Maass shows you how to use story to provoke a visceral and emotional experience in readers. Topics covered include:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eemotional modes of writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebeyond showing versus telling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eyour story's emotional world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emoral stakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003econnecting the inner and outer journeys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eplot as emotional opportunities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einvoking higher emotions, symbols, and emotional language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecascading change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003estory as emotional mirror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epositive spirit and magnanimous writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe hidden current that makes stories move\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eReaders can simply read a novel...or they can experience it. \u003ci\u003eThe Emotional Craft of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how to make that happen.","brand":"F+W Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123459899632,"sku":"9781440348433","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440348433_p0.jpg?v=1763757739","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440348433","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}