The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Second Edition) (Writers Helping Writers Series) Paperback – February 14, 2019

I can't tell you how this has helped while I write, and it has 100% helped round out my writing and bring more emotion and development into my characters. Highly recommend!

This book is worth every penny. It will help improve your writing and expand your horizons. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it.

Bought this for my bestie’s birthday. Great addition to a writer’s library. She is finding it super helpful as she pens her first novel.

LOVE this. SO helpful. Highly recommend for writers!

I use the book for references for emotions. It is a great book to have.

In addition to adding 55 new emotion entries, the authors expanded the introductory material to include a much more detailed discussion of writing scenes that draw a reader in through the emotional cues, verbal and non-verbal, and using in-depth knowledge of our characters to write scenes in which their reactions are believable and compelling. Knowing our characters includes knowing what their baseline reactions are - are they loud or quiet, outgoing or shy, mouthy or polite - knowing the baseline allows us to present a range of reactions to different situations.In addition to these valuable additions, one of the ways this edition differs from the original is that in the original, there was a list of ways an emotion could escalate, and now, that list has been updated and there is also a new list of ways an emotion can de-escalate. There is also a list of power verbs associated with each entry that will prove extremely helpful in writing emotion.The writer's tips have also been updated for each entry, and I'm happy I have both editions so that I can compare the two when I'm stuck and find nuggets of wisdom in each. With all the new entries, updated entries, and in-depth writing advice in the introductory material, this edition is well-worth keeping on your writing shelf. I can also see it being a help for counseling professionals and others who deal with emotion in real life. The authors have likely put hundreds of hours into researching the emotions listed, and it shows.

Very helpful in writing emotion in stories. Easy to look up and emotion and find ways to nonverbally convey it.

Excellent book. Very useful when writing fiction.