: Re: How can you insert more emotions in scenes? I have a scene where my character has to feel scared, sad and alone. I'm good at describing her surrounding but describing feeling are a bit harder

@Rambettina586

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Well, to be honest, this is a perfect example where you want to show how the character is feeling. So have a thinking about what your character is doing in response to this heartbreak and insert this into the scene.

Like, I have a character in my novel, in one part, she is nervous when she is ambushed (quite by accident) by another character at a quiet moment, so I relay this in her behaviour. Fidgeting with her fingers, deliberately moving out of this person's way, hesitating to follow, walking but with distance.

So how does that heartbreak manifest? Is she crying? If so, what sort of crying is it - overwhelming, thick and fast tears? Or is she feeling numb? Can you show that by her not hearing what another character might say to her, or just aimless gazing out a window?

This isn't a comprehensive list of what you can do, but the emotions will show as you show what is going on.

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