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  • Naughty Words for Nice Writers

    A Romance Novel Thesaurus

    by Cara Bristol ...
    Third edition. Expanded and updated with more words and categories.A must-have reference for writing romance…If finding the right words for your love scene is challenging, Naughty Words for Nice Writers: A Romance Novel Thesaurus can make it easier. USA Today Bestselling Author Cara Bristol has written a thesaurus and sex scene writing guide for romance authors to help make sex scenes sizzle ... Read more

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  • The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 7 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    What if there was a shortcut for helping readers get to know your characters? Would you take it?Characters are as complex as people and revealing their inner layers without chunky blocks of pace-stopping description is a challenge. The Occupation Thesaurus can help you unlock one of the best tools in your show-don’t-tell writing kit: a character’s job.Occupations are part of our everyday world, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression

    Second Edition

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 1 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    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 ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 5 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    Making readers care and feel like they’re part of the story should be the number one goal of all writers. Ironically, many storytellers fail to maximize one of fiction’s most powerful elements to achieve this: the setting. Rather than being a simple backdrop against which events unfold, every location has the potential to become a conduit for conveying emotion, characterizing the cast, providing ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 6 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    Readers connect to characters with depth, ones who have experienced life’s ups and downs. To deliver key players that are both realistic and compelling, writers must know them intimately—not only who they are in the present story, but also what made them that way. Of all the formative experiences in a character’s past, none are more destructive than emotional wounds. The aftershocks of trauma can ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Conflict Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Obstacles, Adversaries, and Inner Struggles (Volume 2)

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 9 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    A story where the character gets exactly what they want doesn’t make for good reading. But add villainous clashes, lost advantages, power struggles, and menacing threats…well, now we have the makings of a page-turner. Conflict is the golden thread that binds plot to arc, providing the complications, setbacks, and derailments that make the character’s inner and outer journeys dynamic.Inside Volume ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Conflict Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Obstacles, Adversaries, and Inner Struggles (Volume 1)

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 8 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    Every story starts with a character who is motivated by a need and has a goal that can resolve it. Whether their objective is to find a life partner, bring a killer to justice, overthrow a cruel regime, or something else, conflict transforms a story premise into something fresh. Physical obstacles, adversaries, moral dilemmas, deep-seated doubts and personal struggles…these not only block a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 3 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    It’s a writer’s job to create compelling characters who can withstand life’s fallout without giving up. But building authentic, memorable heroes is no easy task. To forge realistic characters, we must hobble them with flaws that set them back while giving them positive attributes to help them achieve their goals. So how do writers choose the right blend of strengths for their characters—attributes ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 2 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    Crafting likable, interesting characters is a balancing act, and finding that perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses can be difficult. Not only does a well-drawn protagonist need positive attributes to help him succeed, he must also have flaws that humanize him and give him something to overcome. The same is true of villains and the rest of the story’s supporting cast. So how can writers figure ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Stress and Volatility

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 10 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    Welcome to the 2nd edition of Emotion Amplifiers—expanded and updated!Characters who are in control of their emotions rarely slip up, which makes for boring reading. To avoid that pitfall, channel your dark side and introduce stress that will make it harder for them to think clearly. Your weapon of choice? An amplifier. Pain, arousal, dehydration—conditions and states like these make it difficult ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Wired for Story

    The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

    by Lisa Cron ...
    This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’ brains and captivate them through each plot element.Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these cognitive secrets—and it’s a game-changer for anyone who ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Anatomy of Genres

    How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works

    by John Truby ...
    A guide to understanding the major genres of the story world by the legendary writing teacher and author of The Anatomy of Story, John Truby.Most people think genres are simply categories on Netflix or Amazon that provide a helpful guide to making entertainment choices. Most people are wrong. Genre stories aren’t just a small subset of the films, video games, TV shows, and books that people ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook