Emotion Thesaurus: A Guide for Writers and Screenwriters

Every screenwriter and prose writer knows how difficult it is to describe a person's emotions. Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi, experienced authors, have faced this challenge themselves and decided to help writers: in their book, they explored and systematized 130 different emotions and offered a unique navigator through the world of constructing conflicting, believable, and impressive characters.
In addition to the dictionary, they prepared a compact study material, in which they provide a recipe for literary description of emotions based on the principle of “show, don't tell.” Furthermore, the “Emotion Thesaurus” considers the important role of subtext, dialogue, and backstory, helps to correlate different emotions with each other, and provides food for thought and inspiration for creative brainstorming.
The book will be an indispensable aid for established screenwriters and authors, as well as for those who are just seeking their place in this challenging yet exciting field.