Emotion 1: Emotional cause and effect

Quick recap: what have we established so far?

• Emotions create meaning in events.
• Without emotional responses from characters, events are just random things that happen.
• Different emotions make events have different meanings.
• Emotions all have different jobs—move towards, move away, slow down, put right, and so on.
• Emotions help us understand what characters want and value.

Next

Let's explore the role that emotions play in making things happen in a story.