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home | Emotional Punch
 

What's one of the most common comments from editors when rejecting a manuscript?

"This story needs more emotional punch".

But... what IS 'emotional punch'? How can you get more of it into your story?

The articles below will help you to work out what you're doing wrong and how to fix it.

Emotional Punch - One Vital Tip
Marg McAlister
Emotional Punch - One Vital Tip It's very likely that at some stage, you've poured everything you have into writing an emotional scene - only to feel your heart sink when you read it through, because you realise that it simply isn't working. Why? What's the problem? . . . keep reading
Make Your Readers Cry
Marg McAlister
We'd all love to think that our prose is powerful enough to have readers reaching for the tissues. But how do we do that? What's the secret to putting words together to make our readers cry? . . . keep reading
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