Comments on: Emotion Thesaurus Entry: Love/Attraction

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 03:22:32 +0000

Glad it helped, Ashley! Wattpad is a great site–very glad you’re enjoying the community there. 🙂

By: Ashley Flores

Ashley Flores — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 23:24:46 +0000

I’m 13 and I want to be a writer when older not a big writer or anything like that but I like writing fanfics and posting them on an app called wattpad for people to read them and enjoy it. This website helped a lot with the chapter I’m writing and the chapters yet to come.

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By: S. Mozer

S. Mozer — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:11:00 +0000

This is great! Thanks so much for the ideas. Keep them coming!!

Stacy

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:10:00 +0000

Thanks for commenting, Laurie--we love comments, and yes, definitely suggestions! I'm planning on doing a blog post soon on what the readers would like to see moving forward.

Thanks for de-cloaking to say hi!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:57:00 +0000

Angela, great comments on YA vs. Adult attraction signals.

I'm chiming in well after the start of your "Emotion Thesaurus" series, but just wanted you to know I'm one the of the "appreciative but silent" readers who follows your blog on a regular basis (also a member of the Toasted Scimitar bloggers and a CCer).

Your Emotion Thesaurus is a great jumpstart on those days when the muse just isn't firing. Being a Sci-Fi Rom writer, this Love & Attraction listing is especially helpful.

Please keep 'em coming. (BTW, are you taking suggestions?) :)

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:52:00 +0000

Love and attraction is a bit different for adults than for teens. They’ve had the benefit of experience (good and bad) and the cues can often be more subtle. I think that with adults, there’s sometimes less ‘wondering’ if attraction is there and is returned–there seems to be a stronger knowledge that it is, but it is counterweighted by the desire to not be hurt, to not make a bad choice or repeat past relationship mistakes.

Too, adults are less likely to dismiss ‘warning signs’ like aloofness, moodiness, anger management, bad habits (drinking too much, gambling, etc) which makes them a bit more hesitant about jumping into relationships with both feet.

By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:12:00 +0000

Ah, those were the days! It’s good to have an emotional thesaurus when you’ve almost forgotten what it felt like to fall in love.

I’m trying to work signs like these into a manuscript I’ve been working on for the past year (for adults, not kids) and it’s hard to get the balance just right: I have two protaganists who are slowly developing the beginnings of a mutual attraction, in fits and starts. It’s hard not to lay it on too thick, and sometimes I worry that I haven’t put in enough hints…