How to handle emotional triggers
Emotional Trigger Defined
The word trigger implies a change or an action is about to take place as a result of a stimulus. It could be the physical trigger on a weapon, or a mechanism that creates the momentum for another action, or the memory and experience of something bring about a dramatic response. The following is a brief example, and an exercise in fiction writing for me.
“Hey, looks like you are Jack’s new neighbor?”
She didn’t hear him through the headphones. She was still strained by the physical exertion from her 10-mile run. As she turned off the music, she tried to make out what the guy was saying. He was standing in the open doorway across from her apartment extending his right hand.
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