Showing What Your Character Really Feels

Body language is a wonderful way to inject movement and punctuate mood into your story. I am a firm believer in paying close attention to my characters and signaling to the reader what they feel without having to tell them that. Juliette Wade wrote a blog just about that. She said it better than I ever could.

Here is her link:
http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2010/10/body-language-are-there-cliches.html?showComment=1287598518634_AIe9_BHOnYOy_UD9ETllTO2aVbpWAQ8hQDpAMCXAGHQ2J73DmkYNZHHYn9MQ0Jb8nM17OOGl8ORA7T_9W_dA772TFKFXnAD7oP58MkNl7bkkRo3yetksmeBEDhPlFABU0ts50rTQDsa9bPwQUCU1dnifb23F5WsphsJySceOjmnP9SXbYMgDuww7gdKx_pHzkalHo4mN8Lo-nsK9NH7G35q5tZZDTg9oTv_Gjhm2qaHFxmqXIwHx9eqX8xh8-8rnZIdM6_u4jJhRHYV8KYBWIyrcScZ31yR_X-h0YvWMr2yqkIQLJzIsn9k0yKqcD1WuDpTKZ4Suz8S67AzgZRJ3XRtKDVp8sbxfjFwQdKylUU574jqIsyTO0dFSkMwJ-s74DpvkEeAyU4lB45ZqYX3NwlYgks2zCdnioXqpW7dzKVqcOAtC9rXt5yaIdVBh4IJHNGOf-bslbgpmDMXWQPszwRqOe0AZCJY-7J98WWgRMBtcuHW80KM0MAO84oOPT5aOCmKESzyzXaw-jkUFU-pdn_Rb2x1ugwbwjflEUnGEcykngUYyV0YOXWtX2tDT7FcaKdwq88x8BKHYlVtbLOcyUpvvLHWcqUxXUivEE7xm7fcMk1XI3gpS4Rbfgl8UprSB5XvMY7zztDkKRNxokJwozSSp1CCfdL6x8S0vgIGDxauOkQwr2gKSSaT2n_6uu_22TX-_rFfxVlAVv-_imfWjY8uZCo-5xaV3UzpXVwDgXx0TZC1hjWhPHlq1FDsLGHt7QXBmMHYcRSZzNB53ThSohZT568NcGEqtnioOIFVfsasvmE4R9JdI0AdqAC0015r_uT-2TSOxDe-TCSwb4pwnaITbiqcPPCqhBBof3lkHKcCyYpHZL8qRuVI#c6095124915810326360