I recently tried my hand at the crying fiction section (it's called The Gifting if anyone's interested) but the process of writing a cry heavy story got me thinking about trying to capture the experience of crying in words.it's so easy to get repetitive and use cliches and not really get into describing the sensation or the experience very well. So I was wondering, what books or stories or literature in general do you thing does the best job of writing about crying? Including descriptions, originality, and setting up the atmosphere so you feel it with the character.
My favorite is a poem called the fountain of tears by Victorian writer Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy. The imagery is very moving. What about you guys?

Last edited by inmyarms (November 3, 2013 7:35 pm)