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

by Becca Puglisi and Angela Ackerman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999296345
• ISBN13: 9780999296349
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Jadd Publishing
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Writing Resource

A great resource for writers wanting to convey emotions in their stories.

Incredible Resource!!!!

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!

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.