Comments on: Emotional Payoff: Why Angst is Awesome

By: Keira

Keira — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:38:59 +0000

@Julia @Tracy @Heidenkind – Angst for angst is difficult to swallow. I don’t like it when a character begins a novel with a heap ton of angst already on their plate. I can recall a few books that did that and I just hated them. There is a time when enough is enough. I like angst more in the middle of the novel to test the hero and heroine and give them a hurdle to overcome to prove to me/themselves that they have a reason to fight for their love.

@Sharon – Yum, right? Sometimes heroines have to grovel, but I much prefer the hero groveling. lol

By: Sharon S.

Sharon S. — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:54:19 +0000

“This heroic grovel is our reward as readers for dealing with difficult heroes and it tastes damn good.”

I like that . I love it when my alpha learns he has to earn a his woman’s respect and love, and yes, groveling is part of it!

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APFOL: December 20-26 « Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:36:39 +0000

[...] Emotional Payoff: Why Angst is Awesome “Angst is valuable and purposeful, not because it’s a way to eek out an extra 15-30 thousand words for a story. Angst is important because it is the culmination of all the little hints and worries and fears into the singular instance that will bring the conflict to its head and start the argument or break up of the leads. Our reaction to it as a reader is a measure of how much the writer got us to care. When we are invested everything changes.” [...]

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:52:05 +0000

I like angst, as long as I feel the characters deserve all the crap that’s being thrown at them. If they don’t, then it just seems depressing and/or annoying.

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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:05:26 +0000

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By: Tracy Cooper-Posey

Tracy Cooper-Posey — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:02:42 +0000

If it was a choice between angst and light and frothy, I’ll take angst any time. But I have to side with Julia, too — angst for the sake of angst is wearing and is the base of melodrama; all good soap operas are rooted in it.

By: Julia Barrett

Julia Barrett — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:44:53 +0000

I love angst, in print and on film, however, there must be a point to angst and a very good payoff. I dislike angst for angst’ sake! Is that kind of like so be good for goodness’ sake? If the misunderstanding and the groveling are mere plot devices, uh-uh, I’m gone. I like a realistic butting of the heads and a slam-bam thank you ma’am coming together again.