What Emotion Does the Story Tell?

The way you chose to tell the story will determine what emotions the reader feels. Writing, "with her hands on her hip and her chin pointing in the air, she verbally attacked my comment as she turned her back to me", might elicit a reader's dislike of the character. Writing, "she didn't look me in the eye and turned away muttering what I think was her disagreement with my comment," will elicit an entirely different emotion from the reader. Be careful to identify what emotion the reader needs to feel in order to capture the essence of the story.