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Write Emotion That Hurts and Lingers.Whether you're crafting a death scene, writing a character in quiet despair, or capturing the final breath of a broken relationship-this book helps you do it with emotional truth, not cliché. Heartbreak and Sorrow in Fiction Writing is a comprehensive emotional craft guide and phrase thesaurus designed specifically for fiction writers. With 22 rich chapters, it goes far beyond generic writing advice. You'll find detailed techniques, emotional theory, original examples, practical writing tools, and hundreds of ready-to-use phrases that show-not tell-sadness in all its forms. What's Inside: ✔️ 22 focused chapters covering grief, longing, heartbreak, silence, emotional repression, death, trauma, and healing ✔️ A structured Phrases Toolkit in each chapter with curated, original language for emotional expression ✔️ Over 2,340 practical phrases, metaphors, analogies, body language cues, and setting details-categorized by emotion, age, situation, and tone ✔️ Advanced writing tools for emotional realism: mirroring, restraint, symbolism, pacing, and internal conflict ✔️ Custom examples instead of recycled quotes-crafted to demonstrate how to show sorrow through dialogue, environment, and action ✔️ Exercises and writing prompts in every chapter, so you can apply what you learn immediately-no separate workbook needed ✔️ Includes unique chapters on: - Death scenes without saying ""they died"" - The character who can't cry - Obsessive grief - Stoic sadness - Settings, weather, and objects that mirror emotional states - Writing breakups, aftermath, and the long road to healing Who This Book Is For: Fiction writers across genres (literary, romance, drama, historical, YA, contemporary) Writers who struggle with ""telling"" instead of showing emotion Authors crafting grief arcs, breakup scenes, or layered emotional dialogue Anyone who wants to write sorrow that feels real, restrained, and resonant More Than a Phrasebook-This Is a Complete Emotional ToolkitThis guide is designed to be practical and re-readable. Keep it beside your manuscript. Use it mid-scene. Flip to any chapter for instant emotional texture. Whether your character is aching silently or crumbling openly, this book gives you the tools to render that pain with literary precision. You don't need to overwhelm readers with melodrama. You just need the right silence, gesture, breath, or forgotten object. This book will show you how.

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