Emotional Viewpoints

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I am not sure how long blogs remain in front of people - I suppose I should note the number of reads to work that out, but I suspect that if it is more than a few clicks on the scroll bar it is lost to most.
I like to blog about writing and I was intrigued by Gwen's blog "Which is the easiest to write about": "Out of curiosity, Is it easiest to write about a deeply flawed, even perhaps handicapped protagonist, or one who is nearly perfect, and very high IQ?"
In my last comment on that post (reproduced below) I wondered instead which was "the hardest emotion to write from". I a talking about stories told in the first person, as I think the majority of mine are. Sometimes that first person is an detached observer, but more often they are involved and emotive as my last 10 short stories for 2020 show:
"... In the last 15 stories I have posted 10 are in the first person:
"Fan" is a young boy, less intelligent than me, but smart.
"Tit Man" is told by a stupid man, whose fascination for breasts ends up with him getting his own.
"Domination" is told by the doctor. I have tried to keep his arrogance in his attitude to his patient, and his captor, but in the end he finds himself passive and yielding (chemistry?)
"Twister" is the story told by the cop who finds "her". I got into this character. He is not so smart - methodical to the point of being dull, but has a strong sense of justice and is a person looking for love. Did I get it right?
"Beauty Boy" is not smart. Here the language might betray that I am more clever than to person speaking.
"For Daddy" is told by the father and we can judge him as unpleasant - he is. He is not "batshit crazy" as I mentioned in my first comment, but he is without conscience I think.
"AGD" is told by a scientist. He might be more intelligent than me.
"The Translator" is told by a lesbian, so I am outside my usual cast. She is intelligent and I think that shows, but the overall impression I wanted to give was her sense of betrayal.
"Office Story" is told by a transwoman, but it is not about her transition but another's. She is clever, but here the dominant emotion is envy, and that colors her narrative.
For me the intelligence is less important than the personality and the driving forces.
A better question might be: Which is the hardest emotion to write from?"
So I am posing that question now...
Maryanne

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