Tag Archives: Emotion

The Secret to Emotional Prose

Posted on May 19, 2026 by knlistman

Black Beauty is one of my favorite books because of the emotional nature of the story. As I read it in third grade I cared for that noble horse as his life became a series of downward trends. That was … Continue reading →

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Physiological writing

Posted on October 26, 2013 by knlistman

What exactly are physiological reactions? Imagine you are a young teenage girl. You are waiting in the math hall, and that handsome senior with an air of indifferent confidence strolls past you on the way to calculus. Normally you are … Continue reading →

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Visualizing conversation

Posted on October 22, 2013 by knlistman

Imagine you are creating an everyday conversation of a fairly happy couple lunching at an outdoor café. The idea is to make it sound ordinary but still drop in some clues about the problems looming just beyond the horizon. However, … Continue reading →

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