Capture emotion through Causative Details

A scene can reconnect us to a specific emotion by depicting the details that sparked the emotion itself — good or bad (@greiss7TipsDocument2025). One example was to depict happiness by showing a sunny day.

This idea was for video-editing but could definitely apply to writing!

My thinking:

• messy desk can allude to scattered thinking or anxious feelings
• sounds of birds chirping can remind me of the joy of going on a backyard picnic
• scuffed up shoes by the door = hike from earlier that day