The Spectacular Experience of Writing Emotional Scenes

When written really, really well, an emotional scene/moment can
be as beautiful and touching as a sunset (if you love sunsets, that is).

    Stories with emotional moments in them are spectacular! Formed with care and caution, scenes with deep, realistic feeling are beautiful like a vibrant sunset, and powerful like a hurricane. You can see it when people get thrills of exhilaration or start to cry during a movie.
    Writing something with emotional moments like that is awesome for more than one reason. For one, emotions in fiction are good (it's part of what makes the reading experience fun). And secondly, certain parts of the story (like the introduction of a key character, the story's climax, or the epiphany scene) need emotion for them to work. And in addition to those things, writing emotional moments in a story usually means writing from one's own heart, which is a wonderful experience for a writer!
    Starting with the idea. Sifting through the concept of an emotional scene, discerning whether or not it's necessary for the story, or realistic for the characters involved. It's important to have discernment in valuable scenes like this since while they are powerful, an emotional moment set in the wrong time could have no effect, and too many emotional moments would water down the effect of all of them.
    After the idea stage, there's the first draft stage. Pretty much everything in a first draft is a little disheveled, but emotions? Definitely. Because feelings are incredibly difficult to pin down, and the chances that the right words to describe it will be found in the first attempt or two is basically zero. So sometimes (at least, in my experiences) first-draft emotional scenes can seem too short or too fake-sounding or too out-of-character; which can be a little disappointing. But it is important to keep writing because:
    Revisions! Once the whole first draft is done, the reshaping of the story and its chapters and the events of said chapters begins! Looking over the scene as it fits into the whole plot, seeing whether it really does work with the characters' personalities, and whether or not it comes at the right time during the story; deciding once and for all whether it belongs. And then, once the fantastic emotional scene is determined to belong where it is, making the necessary adjustments until it's just right.
    And when it's just right, it's just great to read. The emotional experience is captured perfectly, conveyed successfully and efficiently, prompting readers' feelings, giving them a beautiful and meaningful moment.
    It's good how writing and hard work can make such a thing.
    What do you think of emotional scenes? :) Do you like reading/watching them? Do you write them?