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How to Describe Emotion Without Being Melodramatic or Cliche

Duration: 11:56Views: 162.1KLikes: 9.8KDate Created: Aug, 2017

Channel: Ellen Brock

Category: Howto & Style

Tags: how toeditoremotionsfictionemotionalnovel boot campeditingcreative writingclicheemotionmelodramamelodramaticwritingconveydescribewriterellen brocknovel

Description: Conveying the emotions of characters is challenging. It's easy to fall back on cliches or melodrama, even when trying to avoid them. In this video I go over how to convey emotion without the need to overly rely on showing or telling (which helps prevent cliches and melodrama) by focusing on introspection instead. FREE WORKSHOP: ellenbrockediting.com/2017/08/14/peer-first-page-critiques-submission-form-novel-boot-camp TWITTER: twitter.com/EllenMBrock

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