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  • ...an relate to resisting asking for anything. Shame, yes but also my own emotional backlash that pivots my inn...yself." Sounds fairly even here but in my experience it's a tsunami of emotion that can take days, has in th...
  • ...s; others write the scenes they "know" the best, then fill in the rest of the scenes. I tend to write the story, but have to go back and layer in emotion. If I get "stuck" I write the...
  • I feel ya, but it's important to remember that what we do as writers demands a big investment of time, energy, and emotion from our audience. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just hang...
  • Love #4- Own your expertise. I have two advanced degrees but feel more of an expert on the emotion of infertility and pregnancy loss, subject of my memoir, than anything else. Which d...
  • ...ction: A Memoir by Lene Fogelberg (Goodreads Author) I joined SheWrites and immediately brushed shoulders with Lene Fogelberg, author of the rich emotion symphony called Beautiful Aff...
  • ...writing. Yes, this is harder for men, who have been raised to not show emotion. It's beautiful to work with men and see what happens when they access deep emotions in writing. Love that! Most...
  • ...one of my questions is about the process of writing. Sometimes, my stuff is just not ready for public display not because of shame or fear or any emotion but because creatively it nee...
  • Interesting. I find writing emotion easier than writing about descriptions of things. Setting the scene is harder for me than emoting. :(
  • Thank you for your empathy. Dee Ann Waite   My first line did evoke an emotion in you; therefore, I would call it a success. ... It is from my first chapter appropriately entitled: "T...
  • ...have praised what I've submitted.) Writing has been the love of my life, the magic I've sworn by, since I was fourteen years old. Gratitude is my emotion and will always be, even if I...