Struggle to Show, Not Tell Emotion? Here’s a Mother-lode of Description Links!

[image error]As you can imagine, we’re pretty amped about the upcoming release of The Emotion Thesaurus Second Edition, out February 19th. I hope those of you who know you want those extra 55 emotions and double the teaching content have secured your Preorder Bonus.

Sometimes it’s fun to see behind the scenes, and we hope these cutting room floor entries that didn’t end up in the book will be put to good use in your stories. (If you haven’t received your bonus, just visit this page to preorder the book and claim your extra entries.)

Every launch, Becca and I go on a guest posting tear, sharing information from our latest release. These posts are packed with great ideas for showing emotion and often utilize excerpts from the book, so I’ll list them here:

The Inner Struggle: How to Show a Character’s Repressed Emotions (Jane Friedman)

Using Vocal Cues to Show Hidden Emotions (Fiction University)

Fight, Flight, or Freeze: Psyche 101 for Writers (Elizabeth Spann Craig)

Got Subtext? Writing Better Dialogue (Jerry B. Jenkins)

Podcast Interview with Angela (Blood, Sweat, and Words)

Emotion and The Setting: A Powerful Story Combo (Seekerville)

The Connection Between Character Emotion and Reader Empathy (Live Write Thrive)

How to Show Emotion for Non-Viewpoint Characters (Jami Gold)

Character Research: What to Know to Write Authentic Emotion (ProWritingAid)

Telling vs. Showing When It Comes to Emotions (Kobo Writing Life)

We hope you enjoy these posts!

[image error]Don’t Forget…

We have a free webinar recording that can be viewed right up until the end of February: Using Emotion To Wow Readers.

You can find the access link here.

And, if you’d like an email reminder on February 19th when this book releases, just add your address to our Notification list.

Happy writing!