Into the Fire

If your characters aren't emotional, what are they? If you write thrillers, there better be some heavy-duty tension going on with those characters. Yes, we've all read of the psychopaths who exhibit serious control and rarely react except possibly in rage when something goes haywire, but if we create static characters short on emotions, well . . . not very interesting scenarios where they're involved.

As you all know, I love Vince Flynn's master CIA operative Mitch Rapp. One of a kind character who, as well trained as he is to handle every possible situation with control, he's a highly emotional man. If you want to get to the core of this character, read Consent to Kill – preferably in sequential order of this series to get the full impact.

I can write emotional scenes. I feel them in my bones. If I have no other writing strengths, I can do emotion. Now emotion won't get you a whole novel. But without emotion, you don't have a novel.

Father, you are the Author of emotion. We see it first in you. You've warned us that our fleshly emotions can't rule us, but you give us our passion. Thank you for sharing your heart with us. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.