Now that you’ve worked out what emotions are strong in your writing, let’s write about something that was very emotional. I know that we’ve already covered emotions, but they’re worthwhile to dig deeper to really discover the emotions within ourselves.
I know that when my mother passed away, I couldn’t cry. It hurt way too much. I didn’t cry for three months. I must say, though, that my dad has passed away nine months earlier so it was like a double-whammy. The silence was deadly. It was when the time change came upon us when it hit. Dad always called to remind me. Mom would call and say that she’d missed changing the coffeepot timer the night before and it started too early, waking her. The silence from not hearing from either one brought the tears. The realization that life was fleeting suddenly hit me. I cried buckets.
The other life changing occurrence was when my oldest and later youngest went for basic training. Fortunately, the youngest went in the National Guard wasn’t away from home for too long but the other was gone for four years. That made me nuts, I really missed my son. I’m a visual person. I put pictures of him all over the house. The pictures saved my sanity. When we’d speak on the phone, I’d look all around to see where the voice was coming from even though I knew he was safe in Germany.
Why don’t you take fifteen minutes and write about the hardest, life-changing event? Set the timer and begin writing. This will pull out all emotions, good or bad. After, count them and see how many of each of the five senses you used the most. It’s a great beginning for a story or a book. It’ll draw your readers in and want to read more.
Do it!
