171 How to Raise the Emotional Stakes in your Novel with Stephanie Dethlefs
The Rebel Author Podcast
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The Emotional Change in a Scene
The plot structure should be pushing and driving the emotional change. And I think that what's regardless of how much time you spend plotting it out in advance or thinking about it as you write, what's important is to remind ourselves where we've been on the emotional journey so far and where we want to go next. "I often have writers start with a list of like three or four key memories that the protagonist would have from prior to the beginning of the story"
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