Here's what I learned from The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/46WqI1U
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00:00 Introduction
00:35 Infuse infodumps with meaning
05:05 Write around the emotion
10:51 Small details create big emotion
15:46 Building an emotional hook
20:53 Ask your characters the right questions
24:56 Create polarity shifts
28:03 Moral elevation

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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo https://amzn.to/3t8iI05
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King https://amzn.to/41eLrN8
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman https://amzn.to/46XaFku
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson https://amzn.to/3TcoSqC

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