The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression

Publication Date:

April 2019

Pages:

296

Original language and publisher

English (USA) | JADD Publishing

Territories Handled

World excl. English

Territories Sold

Japan (Film Art Sha)
South Korea (Infinity Books)
Taiwan (Yuan-Liou Publishing Co. Ltd)
Romania (rights reverted)
China (Thinkingdom)
Turkey (Hey Kitap)
Russia (Alpina)
France (Les Éditions La Comédie Française)

Genres

Creative Writing, Practical Guide, Reference

Foreign Covers

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Infinity Books
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Film Art Sha
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Paralela 45
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Yuan-Liou
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Thinkingdom

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression

Synopsis

‘One of the challenges a fiction writer faces, especially when prolific, is coming up with fresh ways to describe emotions. This handy compendium fills that need. It is both a reference and a brainstorming tool, and one of the resources I’ll be turning to most often as I write my own books.’ — James Scott Bell, bestselling author of Deceived and Plot & Structure

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 reactions
  • A breakdown of the biggest emotion-related writing problems and how to overcome them
  • Advice on what should be done before drafting 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 cues
  • And 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.

Marketing Information

  • This popular writing resource has sold 400,000 copies since the publication of the 1st edition in May 2012! Over 1 million copies sold in the series.

Foreign Covers

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Infinity Books
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Film Art Sha
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Paralela 45
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Yuan-Liou
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Thinkingdom