Nervous Laughter Can Make Readers … Nervous
How a common understanding coupled with prose rhythm may influence a reader’s mood.
Laughter can be infectious, but so can the intention behind that laughter.
An effective way of engaging readers is to make them feel the same sensations as a character or protagonist in the story. Two ways to do this are to create a moment readers can relate to and to use a literary tool known as prose rhythm, which may make a scene or story more viscera…
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