5 Ways to Create Emotional Connection with Readers in a Nonfiction Short Story

Emotion is the skilled writers business

Jen Gippel PhD
The Writing Cooperative
6 min readJul 23, 2021

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Readers need an emotional connection. shutterstock.com

As a writer, you are dealing with human emotions.

Since humans are wired for empathy, it’s the emotional connection between you and the reader, which is arguably the most important element in your short story article. How to hone this skill…

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Ph.D. Finance, MSc Creativity Studies | Combining science and personal experience I write about Aging, Creativity, and Life.