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Jack Rosher posted an update
I’m curious how other writers would approach this:
If you were writing a third-person limited POV that closely mirrors an alexithymic cognitive style — meaning the character does not consciously label or process their own emotions — how would you sustain reader engagement over the course of a full novel without relying on direct emotional reflection?
By “engagement,” I mean long-term emotional investment in the character’s journey: maintaining tension, attachment, and stakes across the narrative, not just moment-to-moment intensity. Structurally, where would you anchor that investment?
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Metaphors are great at gripping the readers attention. Also how you use the words and placement.
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@briannalynn I’m specifically thinking at the macro level — structural escalation, transformation, power shifts, constraint, stakes across a full novel — rather than sentence-level techniques like metaphor, body language, or subtle emotional cues.
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