This second edition of Emotion Amplifiers teaches you to use conditions and states-pain, arousal, dehydration, addiction, etc.- that will make it difficult for a character to emotionally self-regulate, setting them up for overreactions, misjudgments,...Daugiau...
The Conflict Thesaurus: A Writers Guide to Obstacles, Adversaries, and Inner Struggles (Volume 2) explores more ways to activate story conflict and tension. It serves up over 110 new scenarios that lead to power struggles, lost advantages, dangers,...Daugiau...
Physical obstacles, adversaries, moral dilemmas, deep-seated doubts and personal struggles...conflict keeps the plot fresh, challenges characters as they traverse their arc, builds tension and high stakes, and most importantly, keeps readers emotiona...Daugiau...
What if you could fast-track the readers understanding of a character without chunky paragraphs of description that kill the storys pace? And what if you could use a common element of daily life to explore story goals, relationships, themes, and ev...Daugiau...
THE EMOTION THESAURUS (Volume 2) is an expanded version of the original. Now with over 130 entries and enhanced instructive front matter, this ultimate show-dont-tell tool helps writers navigate the difficult terrain of character emotion by listing...Daugiau...
THE EMOTIONAL WOUND THESAURUS explores over 100 different backstory events that, through fear and dysfunction, can send a characters life off-course until a need for fulfillment forces them to strive for inner growth and overcome the past....Daugiau...
THE URBAN SETTING THESAURUS lists sensory descriptions for 120 urban locations that can be used to steer the plot, characterize the storys cast, and even trigger the readers own emotional memories...Daugiau...
THE RURAL SETTING THESAURUS breaks down over 100 natural and personal settings to shows writers how sensory detail can evoke mood, steer emotion, and create conflict, thereby forcing characters to strive harder for their goals....Daugiau...
THE POSITIVE TRAIT THESAURUS contains in-depth profiles of almost 100 positive attributes that fit into moral, achievement, identity, and interaction categories, helping writers build complex and memorable characters who can withstand lifes fallout....Daugiau...
THE NEGATIVE TRAIT THESAURUS digs into over 100 personality flaws and the dysfunctional behavior and biases associated with each. Its a robust database of weaknesses that can hold characters back and provide them with an internal challenge that must...Daugiau...
