forum Tips for writing sadness... Help

Started June 13, 2018 by @TheGoldenLegend

tune

I'm horrible at writing sad/emotional/painful scenes, do you guys have any tips that might help me with my writing?

Try and feel what the characters feel. Imagine you are in their situation.

Read some sad scenes that others have written. I personally have written a LOT of sad scenes……….hehe……….yeah I'm messed up…..

Um, you could think about me leaving…. Shrug

Sobs

Wahhhhhhhh!!!!

Listen to sad music while you write. Hahaha, I'm pathetic with tips.

Hmm, oh gosh….
Think of any personal pain you've gone through, multiply it and shape it to fit your character. Bullied and made fun of by peers? Turn that into loss over someone's death. I don't know how to describe it, aim your feelings onto the characters. You know you did something right when you cry when reading it.

Okay this is going to sound wierd:

Focus on the little stuff. Don’t talk about the horrors of war, talk about the child’s burnt teddy bear on the side of the road in the middle of a burned village. If you try to go to big, I tend to find that it kinda dulls the sadness. But if you make it smaller and a bit more personal, then its sadder.

So yeah.

Yes ^^
I'm pretty good at emotional stuff naturally, so it's hard to explain. Turtle has it right.

Thank you everything, this is very helpful :)

Please tell us if it isn't, other than that, glad to help. ^-^