Any tips on how to write a good sad/slice of life fic?

[Pecan Pencil 12]

See I'm trying to write a sad fic for a cannon character, Applebloom. The problem is I'm not used to making types like these, any tips, tricks, and steps anypony knows of that could come to use?

 

[WarnerBrony 31]

Best advice I can give you is read other writer's stories and let them inspire you. That's what I do when I'm in a slump.

[Admiral Regulus 2,769]

In order to write a good sad story, you kinda have to be sad. That's the surest way to make it authentic.

 

Like, if you're writing about your character's loss of a loved one, 99% of the time, the writer who actually experienced that loss will be able to write the better story. So, try to stick to what you know. Think about the saddest points in your life, and try to build from that.

 

Usually I suggest not to think of your character as yourself, but this is one exception. You need to make that connection, so that you can use your own emotions to add the depth that a sad story needs.

Edited April 4, 2015 by Admiral Regulus

[Tao 6,736]

Use something of  your own past,  a event or memory will make it feel more real and it might hurt to write

at times but your are capturing that feeling and the readers will also feel that and perhaps it will touch

that feeling in them.