Remember that old commercial...She told two people and she told two people and she told two people....
Well, Dana told Leola and Leola told me and now I'm telling you about this terrific writer resource -
The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
One of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying a character's emotions to the reader in a unique, compelling way. This book comes to the rescue by highlighting 75 emotions and listing the possible body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for each. Using its easy-to-navigate list format, readers can draw inspiration from character cues that range in intensity to match any emotional moment. The Emotion Thesaurus also tackles common emotion-related writing problems and provides methods to overcome them. This writing tool encourages writers to show, not tell emotion and is a creative brainstorming resource for any fiction project.
While checking out the book, I visited the authors' blog and was amazed to see that they had tons of samples from the book online. Then I checked out the sidebar and...wow!
There's a..
Happy Writing!
Jan
Well, Dana told Leola and Leola told me and now I'm telling you about this terrific writer resource -
One of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying a character's emotions to the reader in a unique, compelling way. This book comes to the rescue by highlighting 75 emotions and listing the possible body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for each. Using its easy-to-navigate list format, readers can draw inspiration from character cues that range in intensity to match any emotional moment. The Emotion Thesaurus also tackles common emotion-related writing problems and provides methods to overcome them. This writing tool encourages writers to show, not tell emotion and is a creative brainstorming resource for any fiction project.
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While checking out the book, I visited the authors' blog and was amazed to see that they had tons of samples from the book online. Then I checked out the sidebar and...wow!
There's a..
- Physical Attributes Thesaurus
- Character Traits Thesaurus
- Weather & Earthly Phenomen Thesaurus
- Colors, Textures & Shapes Thesaurus
- Settings Thesaurus
- Symbolism Thesaurus
• coughingCheck out Angela & Becca's Emotion Thesaurus blog post at http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.com/p/the-emotion-thesaurus.html .
• stuttering, stammering
• speechlessness
• looking down, unable to meet another's eyes
• shoulders slumping, slouching, sagging, hunching
• a desire to run away
• glancing about as if for an exit or escape
• angry or knee-jerk reactions (lashing out, taking a cheap shot, name calling)
• gritting one's teeth, pressing the lips tight
• keeping a death grip on backpack straps, gripping school books against the chest
• rapidly walking away, keeping the head down
• excessive swallowing
• muddied or panicked thoughts
• lightheadedness, tingling in the chest or stomach
• pretending to not have heard or seen
• using long hair to hide the face
Happy Writing!
Jan
