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Coupled with your protagonist thoughts and feelings, physical gestures can go a long way

towards conveying how a character is feeling. But there are a few caveats to this. So first,

you can't just tell readers that your character is upset. You need to show exactly why they're upset

and what specific thoughts are triggering these feelings. Second, you'll want to avoid using generic

gestures like sighing or having a character release a breath they didn't know they were holding

as well as repetitive gestures. So don't use the same gestures over and over if you can help it.

Welcome to the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast. My name is savannagilbo and I'm here to

help you write a story that works. I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be

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and step-by-step strategies that you can implement in your writing right away. So whether you're

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