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Tips for Writing Sad Scenes
Remember not all characters express emotions the same way. For example, some characters are more closed off than others and will act accordingly. What makes one character collapse into a sobbing, wailing mess, might make another grieve quietly in a way people who don’t know them well might not even notice. That doesn’t make either reaction less impactful, it simply highlights the differences between the characters’ personalities.
Avoid melodrama. Going overboard with intense expressions of sadness can make them unintentionally humorous. Basically, make the intensity of characters’ emotions suit the situation and don’t let characters endlessly wallow in sorrow throughout the story. While it’s perfectly understandable for emotions to linger, dwelling on the same one with minimal variation risks losing the reader’s interest.
Use buildup judiciously. Sometimes, you might decide to reveal that a bad situation is even more dire than the characters’ first thought, leading them to feel hopeless. Other times, the sad event might strike the characters as suddenly as a lightning strike.Giving characters and readers nuggets of hope can be especially effective. That’s because those lead people to believe that a positive outcome is possible, thereby making it hurt all the more when things take a turn for the worse.
Show characters seeking and giving comfort. Whether they try to drown their sorrows in alcohol or hug their friends close, moments where characters seek or give comfort show how much a sad event is impacting them. This provides good opportunities for bonding and possibly more conflict. Plus, coping mechanisms speak volumes about characters. Do they try to comfort others when they’re practically falling apart themselves? Do they seek some kinds of comfort but avoid others?
Emphasize lost opportunities. What will characters’ find much harder or even impossible now? If a character dies, who or what are they leaving behind? Who misses them now that they are gone? What dreams did they leave unfulfilled?
Cecil Beaton's Reddish House 🌿
More angst :
unanswered phonecalls
seeing op's phone with shit ton of missed calls and new messages
texting to deceased op or writing letters to op
mp3 players with op's favorite songs
grave with no flowers, or a single dead flower
feel free to add or use sum of dis for ya angsty scenes
angsty prompts
empty bedroom once was full and lively
messy bedroom, op never came back, it was left as it is, as if op will be back soon. but op will never come back
cut out calendar, where op knows its his/her time already, so he/she cut the calendar to leave it only until the last date
unfinished paintings
op wanting/wishing to meet a deceased loved ones (unknowingly op wished to die, they want it so bad)
the place that op use to seat is empty (in class, cafeteria, etc)
empty and undecorated bedroom bcs op is not here to stay
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Genderbend Alastor in edited scenes
It took me so much time but I'm proud of this
Tori in Tord's place (editing by me)
More Caleb's scenes (i love doing this)
You are loved~ ✨
Storybook & Fairytale homes & Airbnbs. (these are some of my favorites).
Isabella's Little Pink House, Orlando, USA / Casa dos Duendes in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo State, Brazil / Gingerbread Mansion, Ferndale, California / Forest House, Efteling, The Netherlands / The Boot At The Jester House Cafe, Tasman, New Zealand / Hobbit Home, Dutchess County, Pawling / Spadena House, Beverly Hills, California / Akebono kodomo-no-mori park, Japan (this woodland home was inspired by the iconic Finnish Moomins series by Tove Jansson) / Hamlet of Marie Antoinette, Versailles, France / Witch House in Białka Tatrzańska, the Tatra Mountains, Poland