The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression (Second Edition) (Writers Helping Writers Series)
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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.
Publisher : JADD Publishing; 2nd ed. edition (February 14, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 306 pages
ISBN-10 : 0999296345
ISBN-13 : 978-0999296349
Item Weight : 1.26 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 0.69 x 10 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book helpful for writing. It provides descriptions of various emotions with definitions and physical signals. They find it useful for describing how one would act with regards to a feeling, developing characters, and making important scenes more descriptive. The layout is easy to understand and navigate, and the book offers a long list of ideas to get them going again. Customers consider it a good value and worth having around. The expanded edition allows them to expand their horizons and brighten their prose. The design is well-designed and neat.
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