5 Techniques for Showing a Character’s Suppressed Emotion

Today’s guest post is by Becca Puglisi. Character emotion, when written well, links directly to reader empathy. Why? Because when...
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History of the Eurovision Song Contest

How Eurovision became the “Olympics for singing” The first Eurovision was held on May 24, 1956, in Lugano,…
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Editing the fanfic, I searched for how many times people, mostly Gabe, have sighed and frowned. And others, but those are the most used. Nearly 30 times for one of them which seems excessive even in 7,500 words.

Phrases like “set their jaw” seem clunky and perhaps difficult to imagine, even though they do that in the tv show, it’s quite different in writing.

Thesaurus website gave me a few options, but asking DuckDuckGo (aka googling, I just embraced the Duck a while ago), and I struck gold. Swathes of alternatives and not even in paid ebooks, just there on the page. I’m in love.

Now not to overdo all the different words for similar things. The repetition might be easier to read than being yanked all over the place. I remove some and add a little to the dialogue eg “heh” rather than “they laugh”. But then I feel my dialogue does on and on with little mention of expression and action.

https://kathysteinemann.com/Musings/expressions/

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The Popular Uprising Against the GDR Regime Explained

NARRATOR: June 17, 1953 – there are mass protests in East Berlin against the GDR regime. “Join the queue, my friends, we want to be free men” was one slogan. The protest escalates into a popular uprising. The red flag is t…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2609498/the-popular-uprising-against-the-gdr-regime-explained/

The Popular Uprising Against the GDR Regime Explained

NARRATOR: June 17, 1953 – there are mass protests in East Berlin against the GDR regime. “Join the queue, my friends, we want to be free men” was one slogan. The protest escalates into a popular upri…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2609498/the-popular-uprising-against-the-gdr-regime-explained/

Willy Brandt’s Historic Request for Forgiveness in Warsaw

NARRATOR: Warsaw – December 1970. The German delegation has a difficult mission. Twenty-five years after the end of the war Chancellor Willy Brandt has travelled to Poland, the country once invaded by the troops of …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2604349/willy-brandts-historic-request-for-forgiveness-in-warsaw/

When Was the Berlin Wall Built?

NARRATOR: The calm before the storm – Berlin on August 12, 1961. Border checks at the Brandenburg Gate, as usual. But the border in the middle of the city is still passable. From his country seat north of Berlin, GDR head of state Walter Ulbricht relays an order for …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2589717/when-was-the-berlin-wall-built/

When Was the Berlin Wall Built?

NARRATOR: The calm before the storm – Berlin on August 12, 1961. Border checks at the Brandenburg Gate, as usual. But the border in the middle of the city is still passable. From his country seat north of Berlin, GDR head of state Walter Ulbric…
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