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ISBN: 0999296345

ISBN13: 9780999296349

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Second Edition)

(Book #1 in the Writers Helping Writers Series)

by and

The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as "the gold standard for writers" and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded to include 55 new entries

One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling way. When showing our characters' feelings, we often use the first idea that comes to mind, and they end up smiling, nodding, and frowning too much.

If you need inspiration for creating characters' emotional responses that are personalized and evocative, this ultimate show-don't-tell guide for emotion can help. It includes:

Body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for 130 emotions that cover a range of intensity from mild to severe, providing innumerable options for individualizing a character's reactionsA breakdown of the biggest emotion-related writing problems and how to overcome themAdvice on what should be done beforedrafting to make sure your characters' emotions will be realistic and consistent Instruction for how to show hidden feelings and emotional subtext through dialogue and nonverbal cuesAnd much more

The Emotion Thesaurus, in its easy-to-navigate list format, will inspire you to create stronger, fresher character expressions and engage readers from your first page to your last.

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Good Writing Resource

Published by ToriLaurin , 2 years ago
A great resource for writers wanting to convey emotions in their stories.

Incredible Resource!!!!

Published by Boogers , 2 years ago
I saw a recommendation for this book online and I am blown away by how helpful it is!! I knew it was going to be a good resource, and I went into the book understanding that it was going to cover emotional reactions- but I had no idea that the layout would be so easy to navigate, and each emotion is laid out in ways that sparked a whole lot of character development for me!! I am going through the emotions and placing sticky notes with specific scenes and characters that these signs would apply to- Absolutely amazing!!! Each emotion has *Definition of said emotion, *Physical signs, *Internal sensations, *Mental responses, *Cues of Acute or Long-Term [Emotion], *May Escalate to: [Applicable emotions with respective page numbers], *Cues of Suppressed [Emotion], *and a Writer's Tip which have all been very helpful or encouraging/reinforcing of things to consider while writing and developing scenes and characters!!! This is a book I would recommend to every writer, of every skill level- even the pros would do well to have this as a reference to skim through for more depth and better communicated higher stakes.

Emotions everywhere and whenever you need them!

Published by Acchan , 5 years ago
This is a must have for a writer's shelf. If you're like me and need a helping hand for coming up with a quick fix to that character reaction for the scene.
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