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Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, listing beats you can use to convey:

Joy

Hopefully, our characters will also know joy every once in a while. Here are some creative ways to portray it.

Feet

• She bounced on her toes.
• She jumped up and down in glee.

Hands

• He gave a wave for the merriment to commence.
• She threw her arms open.
• He threw his hands in the air.
• She brushed her palms together.
• He rubbed his hands together.

Laughter

• He let out a guffaw that echoed throughout the great room.
• The silence broke when he broke out into hysterical laughter; a sort of half chuckle, half splutter.
• He laughed; a hearty, genuine chortle.
• A laugh broke from…