-Mood
Mood is looked at by most oblivious authors as “Unimportant”, or as a “Kind of emotion. The truth is, it’s not. Mood is like feel. It shows if a scene is happy, sad, confused, romantic, angry, funny, domestic, and anything else you can think of.
A happy mood feels nice. It is soft and dreamy. When you write in a happy mood, use words like “As soft as a pillow”, or “As refreshing as a cold lemonade on a warm, summer day. Oh, a tip on mood. Use lots of similes and metaphors.
A sad mood feels depressing. It makes you feel sad for a character, want to weep for them. This is hard for a lot of people, as it requires real skill in this area. Use words like old, ancient, shadow, dark, and conceal. Or anything else that’s sad. Another thing. Uses of grammar can help in mood.
Example:
Thomas finally realized who had killed his father, mother, brother, Sam, and Ellen. Oh, god, Ellen. It was Raven. She had killed everyone close to him. And Thomas was going to kill her.
That is bad. This is a better way for moods:
Thomas finally realized who had killed his father, mother, brother, Sam, and Ellen.
Oh, god. Ellen.
It was Raven. She had killed everyone close to him.
And Thomas was going to kill her.
See? A difference in spacing and paragraphs completely make a mood better, and change it.
There is some stuff to avoid with moods. One is the adjective blood-red. You should only use it is sad, angry, or scary-suspenseful times. Don’t throw it in with the picnic with your character’s true love. Put it in with an assassin trying to kill him, war, or a murderer. Also, avoid using the paragraph-spacing I demonstrated earlier. Use it in times of realization, and the like.
Completed, by Torak546
Sorry if it's short.
04-Jun-2008 00:55:03
