About the Book:
Struggle with how to show, not
tell a character's feelings? Need help creating fresh body language
that doesn't come off as stale or cliché? One
of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying emotion to the
reader in a unique compelling way. When showing our characters'
feelings, we often grab onto the first idea that comes to mind, and
our characters end up smiling, shrugging, nodding, and frowning far
too much.
The Emotion Thesaurus:
A Writer's Guide to
Character Expression is a writer's best friend,
helping to navigate the difficult terrain of showing character
emotion. Need some inspiration to get you beyond the basics? Give
your imagination a boost with this creative brainstorming resource
for any fiction project. Inside The
Emotion Thesaurus you will find:
• 75 emotion entries that list body language, thoughts, and
visceral responses to each
• A breakdown of the biggest emotion-related writing problems
and how to overcome them
• Body language and action cues that address both acute and
suppressed forms of emotion
• Suggestions for each emotion that cover a range of
intensity, from mild to extreme
• 75 description tips on emotion, dialogue, characters, and
setting
Editors, authors, agents, and teachers agree that The
Emotion Thesaurus,
in its easy-to-navigate list format, is a convenient and helpful
writing tool that encourages novel writers, screenwriters, and
playwrights to show, not tell emotion. It is required
reading for several University-level Creative Writing programs.
What people say:
"In
these brilliantly conceived, superbly organized and astonishingly
thorough volumes, Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi have created an
invaluable resource for writers and storytellers. Whether you are
searching for new and unique ways to add and define characters, or
brainstorming methods for revealing those characters without
resorting to clichés, it is hard to imagine two more powerful tools
for adding depth and dimension to your screenplays, novels or plays."
— Michael Hauge, Hollywood script consultant and story
expert, author of Writing Screenplays That Sell
About the Author:
Angela Ackerman and Becca
Puglisi are writing coaches and
co-authors of a number of descriptive thesauruses for writers. Angela
Ackerman lives in Calgary, Alberta, just a short drive from the
Canadian Rockies. She writes on the darker side of middle grade and
young adult. Becca Puglisi resides in New York. She is a young
adult fantasy and historical fiction writer.