Have you heard that phrase "Make em laugh, make em cry make them wait"? I've looked it up and there's a few different people are supposed to have said it first. Most convincingly Charles Reade as quoted in: The Chautauquan , Volume 36, p. 161, in 1903), - hey, scholarship for literature students. I'm feeling smug! Let's think what it means though. What it really means. Your writing is trying to generate an emotion. If the words you've got down aren't generating an emotion - or preparing for it - then they're not doing the right job. Look at the blurbs for the really successful books - even more for films. They promise that you'll get a massive overload of feeling. You'll laugh until your stomach aches. You'll cry buckets. You'll be too frightened to turn off the lights to sleep. Even books that claim to be more 'intellectual' are prodding at emotions - you'll feel proud to have understood this tangled and tricky b
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It's all about writing - take it from someone who's been learning the hard way. 300 word posts (promise) and as many #writingtips for young #writers as I can cram in. Mine - Paige Gabelle's - how to write - books, essays... and maybe how to read them too. It took me ages to learn that stuff, and if I'd only had someone to make it simple and give me a chance. Oh, and I needed to WANT TO LEARN too, which everyone says was the hardest part. See what you think. Hope it helps. Paige Gabelle