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

This book is amazing and extremely helpful for authors. It contains an alphabetical list of emotions which details physical and mental reactions, with references to similar emotions for tracing emotional evolution. It is also very helpful at breaking the mental deadlock of an author when you're looking for another way to say something and just can't think of it! A must buy!

If you are a writer, this thesaurus is a must have. The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression helps with all those awkward emotional scenes that need to be shown and not told. It is a fast and easy resource for every fiction writer.

I write both fiction and nonfiction. This thesaurus is so helpful for ideas on unpacking the emotions a character is experiencing in a scene to show, not tell. Can also be used for inanimate things such as a sputtering car. Enjoy!

Immensely helpful

I had the original and I just upgraded to the extended version. This book is a huge help in the editing process. I find I have "go to" words and phrases, and a character will "slump" or "narrow their eyes" over and over. Problem is, when I need to correct these things, I go blank. The great thing is I pick up my Emotion Thesaurus and look up the emotion I am trying to convey, and BAM! there it is, a list of new options that gets the same point across and lets me SHOW rather than TELL. I'd love to give this five stars, but I still find the same problem I had with the original... I go to look up the emotion I am trying to convey, and it is not there. So I have to stop and think of a different, similar emotion. I do understand that emotions are similar, and we would not want to duplicate, but I would love a thesaurus-like section in the back, that lists emotions alphabetically, and similar emotions that ARE COVERED in the book, so I can go look for it in the back without as much trial an error. Are MOST emotions in the book? Yes, they are, but about once a week I come up with one that is not there, and I have to think of something similar. That's the only reason I'm taking off a star. Otherwise, this is a slam dunk. I own the whole series, but this one in particular sits on my desk because I use it all the time.

This book gets a lot of use from me. When I have an emotion I want to describe but have a mind block, I refer to this book. It gives physical responses, internal response, for the emotion you are wanting to describe: anger, fear, frustrated, and many more. If you are writing a book, this is a valuable tool. 5 stars.

I whip out the emotion thesaurus every time I'm going through edits on a manuscript. It's great for synonyms you actually want to use, and it also describes physical sensations associated with different emotions.

A must have for authors. Lots of great suggestions and easy to find what you are looking for as an author or writer.

Esse livro é tudo o que eu precisava e não sabia. Principalmente como uma autora cujo primeiro idioma não é o Inglês, esse livro é uma ajuda excelente.

When we are working on the 'show' not 'tell' of creative writing, it is extremely useful to have lists of physical manifestations of various emotions. I teach creative writing and I, and my students, find this book invaluable.

I bought this book because I have an Autism spectrum disorder and I wanted to understand the emotions of neurotypical people. It worked very well ! Now, i still can't feel it, but I can understand why they behave the way they do. Thanks a lot :)

Si escribes y sabes inglés, es muy útil para crear personajes con emociones creíbles y formas distintas de expresarlas para cada personaje y situación. También es útil para dar vida a personajes de rol rápidamente.

What an amazing book. Just what I need at the editing stage of my novel. It provides definitions of key emotions and its physical signs and behaviours, internal sensations, mental responses, acute and long term responses, signs of suppression, escalations and de-escalations. There are no filler pages in the book, just excellent information. Would highly recommend.