Writers do you feel your character’s emotions when you are writing a scene?? Then how do you expect your readers to???

As a reader, anytime that I am reading a scene and I have this churning, unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach I realize that I am so keyed in to the story that my body is reacting to the words. I am feeling what the characters are feeling, therefore when they cry I may shed a few tears…when they feel certain emotions, I share in those same emotions. That in my opinion is the testament to a writer really digging deep and showing the emotions of their characters.

As a writer I try to do just that. And when I don’t, I rewrite and try again. Getting the reader to become emotionally connected to the characters in a story, first starts with the writer becoming emotionally connected. If you’re not experiencing that churning feeling in your tummy when you write a scene, then why would you expect your readers to grasp onto emotions from a character that just aren’t there, and continue reading a story.

Writers, make a practice of always keying into your character's emotions, whether they be ecstatically happy, inconsolably sad, deliriously amorous or just plain apathetic...whatever the case might be. A writer’s goal should be that the reader not only read the character’s emotions but feel them too.