A reference book for "show, don't tell" emotions. It's a real gem (even if these are all basic things anyone with basic observant skills should probably know), because even if you know these things sometimes you get stuck when trying to describe them (or don't want to repeat yourself) and this book ...
I read "The Emotion Thesaurus" shortly after reading "The Negative Trait Thesaurus," and now quite many details and notations made in the latter work make sense. This is another valuable title to have in a writing library, because it examines how emotions are not only shown in a narrative, but also ...
The emotion thesaurus is one of those needful things for authors who want to go beyond the overused words and phrases to describe the feelings of their characters. There's everything from adoration to worry, and each includes a 2 page list of useful things such as physical signals, internal sensatio...
This book is brilliant. It gives an emotion and then a lists the way people react to it in a detailed but simple format. I didn't think it would be of much use to me but I found there were a lot of emotions I hadn't really thought about. I also realized that I probably describe a lot of emotions the...
This book tells me how a a character feels and acts under the influence of certain emotions, including body language and facial expression.I've long wished for a book like this.There have been books and classes before telling writers about character emotions, but those haven't been as helpful. Typic...
Definitely a must for every writer to help with that pesky show, don't tell. Give your characters greater depth by showing their mannerisms and letting the Reader react to the emotional clues.
The Emotion Thesaurus contains some opening material about characterization, showing versus telling, and using this thesaurus as inspiration and applying it naturally to characters and their surroundings. This opening material is nothing particularly new or ground-breaking, but I see how it's necess...
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